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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Is The Simpsons Coming to an End? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: There aren't really primetime shows you can think of that
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  Speaker 2: debuted my freshman year of high school that are still
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  Speaker 2: on TV. I was thinking back to this that are
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  Speaker 2: still making people, you know, interested laugh. But The Simpsons
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  Speaker 2: is one.
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  Speaker 3: It's been on TV for thirty seven years solid, and
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  Speaker 3: that is an unbelievable run that.
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  Speaker 4: Is crazy, but its end might be insights.
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  Speaker 2: So fans should not freak out just yet because there's
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  Speaker 2: still some seasons to come. But Nancy Cartwright, who's been
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  Speaker 2: voicing Bart since day one, just said on the Inside
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  Speaker 2: of You podcast she doesn't think their current contracts will
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  Speaker 2: be renewed.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, all the Simpsons voice actors were re signed to
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  Speaker 3: a four year contract last year, which included this most
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  Speaker 3: recent thirty seventh season. So if you do the math,
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  Speaker 3: that would carry them to a very historic and celebratory
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  Speaker 3: fortieth season.
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  Speaker 2: A fitting moment to say goodbye to the show, and
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  Speaker 2: Nancy did not explain why, but in her opinion, Fox
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  Speaker 2: won't renew the show at that point.
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  Speaker 4: But she also said that assuming the full cast is
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  Speaker 4: still healthy and breathing and she stresses all of them,
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  Speaker 4: she would still do the show as long as they'd
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  Speaker 4: have her.
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  Speaker 2: And any event, The Simpsons is guaranteed for three more,
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  Speaker 2: with season thirty eight debuting on Fox September twenty seventh.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.