It's the End of an Era for The Simpsons

Change is in the air for The Simpsons, with one of the animated show's creative minds stepping down behind the scenes. Al Jean, writer and showrunner of The Simpsons, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that next week's episode will be the last one that he will showrun... at least for now.

"Thank you for watching @TheSimpsons tonight … next week the last (Simpsons) episode I’ll showrun (at least for now) although as always I’m still thrilled to work on the show," Al Jean wrote after Sunday's episode of The Simpsons aired. "11/2 an episode by a brilliant new director and a writer I am never satisfied with …"