Over the years, The Simpsons has had a bit of a rivalry with Fox News, its former corporate sibling and farm team for the Trump Administration. In 2003, creator Matt Groening claimed the arch-conservative cable news channel threatened to sue the show over a parody involving its news crawl. Seven years later, disgraced pundit Bill O’Reilly took exception to a gag written on a helicopter, which naturally led Simpsons producers to do it again and again. So it might come as a bit of a surprise that these two American institutions are joining forces to fight a common enemy: cord-cutting.
Fox Corporation recently unveiled its upcoming streaming platform, Fox One, which will give subscribers access to “the full portfolio of FOX brands,” including Fox News, Fox’s sports channels, and the Fox network, which broadcasts The Simpsons. Vulture raises some questions about the service, but for the moment it’s looking like you’ll be able to watch The Simpsons on Fox and then switch over to Sean Hannity on Fox News without ever leaving the app, for the low, low price of “yet to be determined.” Will such wonders never cease?