At last months Disney Investor Day, it was announced that 30 seasons of “The Simpsons” will be coming to Disney+ at launch and today, just ahead of Disney’s “Upfront” presentation, it was revealed by FX Networks CEO John Landgraf, that the website, “Simpsons World”, will be closing down when Disney+ launches.  Making Disney+ the exclusive streaming home of “The Simpsons”.

FXX secured the off-network rights to “The Simpsons” back in 2013 and put all the back-catalog on the site for viewers.

It was also announced today that “The Simpsons” will also now be airing on Disney’s Freeform channel from September. This follows a similar deal between FXX and Freeform over Family Guy.  Freeform will be showing 10 hours a week of “The Simpsons” episodes.

It’s not a huge surprise to see Disney close down the FXNOW spin off site and I suspect we will see more of this now that they have control of Hulu and with Disney+ set to launch.

Are you sad to see “Simpsons World” close?

Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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