It seems like every time The Simpsons voice actor’s contracts are up for renewal Fox begins to spread rumors about the series being canceled. This time, things escalated quite a bit. Instead of wanting a pay raise, the voice actors, knowing that the series won’t be on the air too much longer, were interested in obtaining a piece from the back-end profits. Fox plainly stated that this would never happen.
As the offers went back and forth, a certain unnamed Fox executive began to spread rumors that The Simpsons was going to be canceled next year, no matter what.
In the end, everyone came to an agreement (the details of which remain unknown) and Fox renewed The Simpsons for seasons 24 and 25. Sadly, it’s highly likely that this will be the final renewal that everyone’s favorite animated family will receive.
...good thing that Fox will continue to make billions off of the series after it’s off the air, while the cast gets nothing but union mandated residuals.