The Simpsons season 18

The Simpsons
Season 18
DVD cover featuring Fat Tony
ShowrunnerAl Jean
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 10, 2006 (2006-09-10) 
May 20, 2007 (2007-05-20)
Season chronology

The eighteenth season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons aired on Fox between September 10, 2006 and May 20, 2007. The season contained seven hold-over episodes from the seventeenth season’s HABF production line. Al Jean served as the showrunner, a position he has held since the thirteenth season, while the season was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television.

The season finale, "You Kent Always Say What You Want", was the series' 400th episode. Additionally, the Simpsons franchise celebrated its 20th anniversary, as it has been on the air since April 19, 1987, beginning with shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.