So in 2 weeks, we will launch the seventh Bracket Battle. Following last months season 32 finale, it’s a Bracket Battle of the 32 seasons of our favourite family, where 31 head-to-head matchups will determine once and for all, which has been the best season.
To go along with the Bracket Battle, we will also be launching a Pick’em contest next week on June 25. But to help refresh your memory before you have to make your picks, we will recap all 32 seasons over the four preceding weeks.
Season 25 to 32 (June 18)
Pick’em Contest (June 25)
Bracket Battle begins (July 2)
So without further ado, a quick recap of seasons 25 to 32:
Season 25
Season | 25 |
Premiere | 29-Sep-13 |
Finale | 18-May-14 |
# of Episodes | 22 |
Episodes | Homerland, “Treehouse of Horror XXIV”, “Four Regrettings and a Funeral”, “YOLO”, “Labor Pains”, “The Kid Is All Right”, “Yellow Subterfuge”, “White Christmas Blues”, “Steal This Episode”, “Married to the Blob”, “Specs and the City”, “Diggs”, “The Man Who Grew Too Much”, “The Winter of His Content”, “The War of Art”, “You Don’t Have to Live Like a Referee”, “Luca$”, “Days of Future Future”, “What to Expect When Bart’s Expecting”, “Brick Like Me”, “Pay Pal”, “The Yellow Badge of Cowardge” |
Average Viewers | 5.1 million |
Most Watched Episode | “Steal This Episode” (12.1 million) |
Guest Stars | Amy Poehler, Anderson Cooper, Andrés Cantor, Carl Kasell, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Denise Donatelli, Edwin Moses, Elisabeth Moss, Eva Longoria, Glenn Close, Harlan Ellison, Joe Mantegna, Joe Namath, Joey Vieira, John Oliver, Jon Lovitz, Judd Apatow, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Mann, Marcia Wallace, Maurice LaMarche, Max von Sydow, Paul Rudd, Peter Sagal, Rachel Maddow, Renee Ridgeley, Rob Halford, Seth Rogen, Stan Lee, Tavi Gevinson, Will Arnett, Will Lyman, Zach Galifianakis |
Season 26
Season | 26 |
Premiere | 28-Sep-14 |
Finale | 17-May-15 |
# of Episodes | 22 |
Episodes | “Clown in the Dumps”, “The Wreck of the Relationship”, “Super Franchise Me”, “Treehouse of Horror XXV”, “Opposites A-Frack”, “Simpsorama”, “Blazed and Confused”, “Covercraft”, “I Won’t Be Home for Christmas”, “The Man Who Came to Be Dinner”, “Bart’s New Friend”, “The Musk Who Fell to Earth”, “Walking Big & Tall”, “My Fare Lady”, “The Princess Guide”, “Sky Police”, “Waiting for Duffman”, “Peeping Mom”, “The Kids Are All Fight”, “Let’s Go Fly a Coot”, “Bull-E”, “Mathlete’s Feat” |
Average Viewers | 5.7 million |
Most Watched Episode | “The Man Who Came to Be Dinner” (10.7 million) |
Guest Stars | Albert Brooks, Billy West, Carice van Houten, Cat Deeley, Christopher Lloyd, David Herman, David Hyde Pierce, David Silverman, Don Hertzfeldt, Elon Musk, Frank Welker, Glenn Close, Heavy Young Heathens, Jackie Mason, Jane Fonda, Jeff Ross, Joe Mantegna, John DiMaggio, John Ratzenberger, Johnny Mathis, Jon Lovitz, Justin Roiland, Katey Sagal, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Michael Richardson, Lauren Tom, Marc Wilmore, Matthew Sweet, Maurice LaMarche, Nathan Fielder, Nick Offerman, Pharrell Williams, Phil LaMarr, R Lee Ermey, Rich Sommer, Richard Branson, Robert Siegel, Sally Stevens, Sammy Hagar, Sarah Silverman, Stacy Keach, Will Forte, Willem Dafoe, Yaya DaCosta |
Season 27
Season | 27 |
Premiere | 27-Sep-15 |
Finale | 22-May-16 |
# of Episodes | 22 |
Episodes | Every Man’s Dream, “Cue Detective”,”Puffless”, “Halloween of Horror”, “Treehouse of Horror XXVI”, “Friend with Benefit”, “Lisa with an ‘S'”, “Paths of Glory”, “Barthood”, “The Girl Code”, “Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles”, “Much Apu About Something”, “Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4”, “Gal of Constant Sorrow”, “Lisa the Veterinarian”, “The Marge-ian Chronicles”, “The Burns Cage”, “How Lisa Got Her Marge Back”, “Fland Canyon”, “To Courier with Love”, “Simprovised”, “Orange Is the New Yellow” |
Average Viewers | 4.0 million |
Most Watched Episode | “Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles” (8.4 million) |
Guest Stars | Adam Driver, Allison Williams, Alton Brown, Andrew Rannells, Ben Schwartz, Blake Anderson, Bob Boilen, Bobby Moynihan, Brian J Kaufman, Chris Wedge, David Copperfield, Edward James Olmos, George Takei, Glenn Close, Jay Leno, Jemima Kirke, Jon Lovitz, Jon Wurster, Kaitlin Olson, Kate McKinnon, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kristen Bell, Laura Ingraham, Lena Dunham, Michael York, Natalie Maines, Nick Kroll, Renee Ridgeley, Sofía Vergara, Stephen Merchant, Tom Scharpling, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Yo-Yo Ma, Zosia Mamet |
Season 28
Season | 28 |
Premiere | 25-Sep-16 |
Finale | 21-May-17 |
# of Episodes | 22 |
Episodes | Monty Burns’ Fleeing Circus, “Friends and Family”, “The Town”, “Treehouse of Horror XXVII”, “Trust but Clarify”, “There Will Be Buds”, “Havana Wild Weekend”, “Dad Behavior”, “The Last Traction Hero”, “The Nightmare After Krustmas”, “Pork and Burns”, “The Great Phatsby, Vol. I”, “The Great Phatsby, Vol. II”, “Fatzcarraldo”, “The Cad and the Hat”, “Kamp Krustier”, “22 for 30”, “A Father’s Watch”, “The Caper Chase”, “Looking for Mr. Goodbart”, “Moho House”, “Dogtown” |
Average Viewers | 4.8 million |
Most Watched Episode | “Pork and Burns” (8.2 million) |
Guest Stars | Adam Silver, Allison Janney, Amy Schumer, Bill Burr, Brian Posehn, Charlean Carmon, Charles Barkley, Common, Dan Rather, Dana Gould, Dawnn Lewis, Deb Lacusta, Destiny Torres, Donald Fagen, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Drew Carey, Earl Mann, Glenn Close, Jackie Mason, Jason Alexander, Jason Nash, Jennifer Saunders, Jim Beanz, Joe Mantegna, Joyce Carol Oates, Judith Owen, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelsey Grammer, Ken Jennings, Kipp Lennon, Lizzy Caplan, Magnus Carlsen, Matt Leinart, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Chiklis, Michael Sheen, Michael York, Mike Mitchell, Natasha Lyonne, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Patton Oswalt, Pendleton Ward,Phil LaMarr, Rachel Dratch, Rob Riggle, Robert McKee, RZA, Sally Stevens, Sarah Silverman, Seth Green, Snoop Dogg, Stacy Keach, Stan Lee, Stephen Curry, Suze Orman, Taraji P Henson, Theo Jansen, V Bozeman, Valerie Harper, Vanessa Bayer, Wayne Gretzky |
Season 29
Season | 29 |
Premiere | 01-Oct-17 |
Finale | 20-May-18 |
# of Episodes | 21 |
Episodes | The Serfsons, “Springfield Splendor”, “Whistler’s Father”, “Treehouse of Horror XXVIII”, “Grampy Can Ya Hear Me”, “The Old Blue Mayor She Ain’t What She Used to Be”, “Singin’ in the Lane”, “Mr. Lisa’s Opus”, “Gone Boy”, “Haw-Haw Land”, “Frink Gets Testy”, “Homer Is Where the Art Isn’t”, “3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage”, “Fears of a Clown”, “No Good Read Goes Unpunished”, “King Leer”, “Lisa Gets the Blues”, “Forgive and Regret”, “Left Behind”, “Throw Grampa from the Dane”, “Flanders’ Ladder” |
Average Viewers | 4.1 million |
Most Watched Episode | “Frink Gets Testy” (8.1 million) |
Guest Stars | Alison Bechdel, Andy Daly, Ben Daniels, Bill Hader, Billy Boyd, Caitlin Parrott, Carolyn Omine, Cecily Strong, Damian Kulash, Dan Harmon, Daniel Radcliffe, Dawnn Lewis, Debi Mazar, Ed Sheeran, Glenn Close, J K Simmons, Jackie Mason, Jimmy O Yang, Joe Mantegna, John Baldessari, Jon Lovitz, Jonathan Schmock, Kat Dennings, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Pollak, Kipp Lennon, Marcia Wallace, Mario Batali, Marjane Satrapi, Martin Short, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Dees, Neil Gaiman, Nick Fascitelli, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Norman Lear, Rachel Bloom, Ray Liotta, Roz Chast, Shaquille O’Neal, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Tim Nordwind, Trombone Shorty, Valerie Harper, William Friedkin |
Season 30
Season | 30 |
Premiere | 30-Sep-18 |
Finale | 12-May-19 |
# of Episodes | 23 |
Episodes | Bart’s Not Dead, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “My Way or the Highway to Heaven”, “Treehouse of Horror XXIX”, “Baby You Can’t Drive My Car”, “From Russia Without Love”, “Werking Mom”, “Krusty the Clown”, “Daddicus Finch”, “‘Tis the 30th Season”, “Mad About the Toy”, “The Girl on the Bus”, “I’m Dancing as Fat as I Can”, “The Clown Stays in the Picture”, “101 Mitigations”, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, “E My Sports”, “Bart vs Itchy & Scratchy”, “Girl’s in the Band”, “I’m Just a Girl Who Can’t Say D’oh”, “D’oh Canada”, “Woo-Hoo Dunnit?”, “Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion” |
Average Viewers | 3.1 million |
Most Watched Episode | “The Girl on the Bus” (8.2 million) |
Guest Stars | Awkwafina, Bill de Blasio, Billy Eichner, Bryan Batt, Chelsea Peretti, Dan Mintz, Dave Attell, Dave Matthews, David Turley, Emily Deschanel, Eugene Mirman, Gal Gadot, George Segal, Guillermo del Toro, H Jon Benjamin, Illeana Douglas, J. K. Simmons, Jackie Mason, Jane Lynch, Jenny Slate, Joe Clabby, John Lithgow, John Roberts, Jon Lovitz, Jonathan Groff, Josh Groban, Judy Blume, Ken Burns, Ken Jeong, Kristen Schaal, Ksenia Solo, Lawrence O’Donnell, Liev Schreiber, Lucas Meyer, Marc Maron, Natasha Lyonne, Nicole Byer, Okilly Dokilly, Patti LuPone, Pete Holmes, Peter Serafinowicz, Renee Ridgeley, Rhys Darby, RuPaul, Scott Thompson, Sutan Amrull, Ted Moock, Ted Sarandos, Terry Gross, Tracy Morgan, Wallace Shawn, Werner Herzog, Will Forte |
Season 31
Season | 31 |
Premiere | 29-Sep-19 |
Finale | 17-May-20 |
# of Episodes | 22 |
Episodes | The Winter of Our Monetized Content, “Go Big or Go Homer”, “The Fat Blue Line”, “Treehouse of Horror XXX”, “Gorillas on the Mast”, “Marge the Lumberjill”, “Livin La Pura Vida”, “Thanksgiving of Horror”, “Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?”, “Bobby, It’s Cold Outside”, “Hail to the Teeth”, “The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson”, “Frinkcoin”, “Bart the Bad Guy”, “Screenless”, “Better Off Ned”, “Highway to Well”, “The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby”, “Warrin’ Priests, Part One”, “Warrin’ Priests, Part Two”, “The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds”, “The Way of the Dog” |
Average Viewers | 2.6 million |
Most Watched Episode | “Go Big or Go Homer” (5.7 million) |
Guest Stars | Anthony Russo, Asia Kate Dillon, Beanie Feldstein, Billy Porter, Bob Odenkirk, Camila Mendes, Cate Blanchett, Charlie Brooker, Chelsea Peretti, Chrissy Teigen, Cobie Smulders, Dana Gould, David Silverman, Dawnn Lewis, Dr Drew Pinsky, Ed ‘Too Tall’ Jones, Fortune Feimster, Glenn Close, Jane Goodall, Jason Momoa, Jill Sobule, Jim Parsons, Joe Mantegna, Joe Russo, Joey King, John Legend, John Mulaney, Jon Lovitz, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Feige, Kevin Smith, Lili Reinhart, Lilly Singh, Madelaine Petsch, Marcia Wallace, Michael Rapaport, Michael York, Natasha Lyonne, Pete Holmes, Scott Bakula, Steve Ballmer, Suzanne Waters, Tal Fishman, Taran Killam, Weezer, Werner Herzog, Zach Woods |
Season 32
Season | 32 |
Premiere | 27-Sep-20 |
Finale | 23-May-21 |
# of Episodes | 22 |
Episodes | Undercover Burns, “I, Carumbus”, “Now Museum, Now You Don’t”, “Treehouse of Horror XXXI”, “The 7 Beer Itch”, “Podcast News”, “Three Dreams Denied”, “The Road to Cincinnati”, “Sorry Not Sorry”, “A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas”, “The Dad-Feelings Limited”, “Diary Queen”, “Wad Goals”, “Yokel Hero”, “Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars”, “Manger Things”, “Uncut Femmes”, “Burger Kings”, “Panic on the Streets of Springfield”, “Mother and Child Reunion”, “The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.”, “The Last Barfighter” |
Average Viewers | 2.1 million |
Most Watched Episode | “Treehouse of Horror XXXI” (5.5 million) |
Guest Stars | Albert Brooks, Ariana Piknjac, Ben Mankiewicz, Ben Platt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bob Balaban,Bob Seger, Brian George, Cesar Mazariegos, Chris Parnell, Christine Nangle, Dan Aykroyd, David Harbour, Dawnn Lewis, Dmitry Malanitchev, Ella Piknjac, Ellie Kemper, George Stephanopoulos, Greg Grunberg, Hannibal Buress, Ian McShane, J J Abrams, James Sie, Jason Bateman, Jenny Yokobori, Joe Mantegna, Kimberly Brooks, Marcia Wallace, Mario Jose, Maurice LaMarche, Megan Mullally, Melanie Minichino, Michael Palin, Morgan Fairchild, Natasha Rothwell, Nate Silver, Nick Offerman, Olivia Colman, Paul Rudd, Phil Rosenthal, Richard Kind, Robin Atkin Downes, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Fry, Stephen Root, Tiya Sircar, Werner Herzog |
Are you excited for the Bracket Battle? What about the Pick’em contest? Do you remember seasons 25 to 32? Which season is your favourite? Sound off in the comments below. You know we love hearing from you.
¡aye carambe! Bracket Battle Royale – Pick’ Em is almost upon us (Safi puts in a lot of work and this is when Tappers get what they’d want in the Game App!) 🥳
I can’t tell you any Season will be as Epic as Season 4, but I can tell you my favourite Episodes offer up plenty of potential New Content! 👇🏻
Season 25
Episode 1 – “Homerland”
Episode 2 – “Treehouse of Horror XXIV” (Oh, the Places You’ll D’oh!, Dead and Shoulders, Freaks, No Geeks)
Episode 9 – “Steal This Episode”
Episode 10 – “Married to the Blob”
Episode 13 – “The Man Who Grew Too Much”
Episode 16 – “You Don’t Have to Live Like a Referee”
Episode 19 – “What to Expect When Bart’s Expecting”
Episode 20 – “Brick Like Me”
Season 26
Episode 1 – “Clown in the Dumps”
Episode 5 – “Opposites A-Frack
Episode 6 – “Simpsorama”
Episode 7 – “Blazed and Confused”
Episode 10 – “The Man Who Came to Be Dinner”
Episode 12 – “The Musk Who Fell to Earth”
Episode 16 – “Sky Police”
Episode 17 – “Waiting for Duffman”
Season 27
Episode 3 – “Puffless”
Episode 5 “Treehouse of Horror XXVI” (Wanted: Dead Then Alive, Homerzilla, Telepaths of Glory)
Episode 8 – “Paths of Glory”
Episode 11 – “Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles”
Episode 12 – “Much Apu About Something”
Episode 13 – “Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4”
Episode 17 – “The Burns Cage”
Episode 22 – “Orange Is the New Yellow”
Season 28
Episode 1 – “Monty Burns’ Fleeing Circus”
Episode 5 – “Trust but Clarify”
Episode 7 – “Havana Wild Weekend”
Episode 10 – “The Nightmare After Krustmas”
Episode 12 – “The Great Phatsby” (Vol. I)
Episode 13 – “The Great Phatsby” (Vol. II)
Episode 14 – “Fatzcarraldo”
Episode 19 – “The Caper Chase”
Episode 22 – “Dogtown”
Season 29
Episode 4 – “Treehouse of Horror XXVIII” (The Exor-Sis,Coralisa, MMM… Homer)
Episode 5 – “Grampy Can Ya Hear Me”
Episode 9 – “Gone Boy”
Episode 10 – “Haw Haw Land
Episode 11 – “Frink Gets Testy”
Episode 15 – “No Good Read Goes Unpunished”
Episode 20 – “Throw Grampa from the Dane”
Episode 21 – “Flanders’ Ladder”
Season 30
Episode 5 – “Baby You Can’t Drive My Car”
Episode 8 – “Krusty the Clown”
Episode 13 – “I’m Dancing as Fat as I Can”
Episode 14 – “The Clown Stays in the Picture”
Episode 15 – “101 Mitigations”
Episode 18 – “Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy”
Episode 20 – “I’m Just a Girl Who Can’t Say D’oh”
Episode 21 – “D’oh Canada”
Season 31
Episode 3 – “The Fat Blue Line”
Episode 4 – “Treehouse of Horror XXX” (Omen Parody, Danger Things, Heaven Swipes Right, When Hairy Met Slimy)
Episode 5 – “Gorillas on the Mast”
Episode 8 – “Thanksgiving of Horror”
Episode 9 – “Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?”
Episode 10 – “Bobby, It’s Cold Outside”
Episode 17 – “Highway to Well”
Episode 22 – “The Way of the Dog”
Season 32
Episode 2 – “I, Carumbus”
Episode 5 – “The 7 Beer Itch”
Episode 6 – “Podcast News”
Episode 7 – “Three Dreams Denied”
Episode 11 – “The Dad-Feelings Limited”
Episode 12 – “Diary Queen”
Episode 13 “Wad Goals”
Episode 17 – “Uncut Femmes”
Episode 18 – “Burger Kings”
Episode 19 – “Panic on the Streets of Springfield”
Episode 22 – “The Last Barfighter”