The Simpsons has gone on longer than most ever really expected it would, with 24 seasons and a whopping 530 episodes under its belt. If that somehow isn't enough, it sounds like a new syndication deal will bring the show to cable for the first time in the near future — as first reported by TV Guide and later backed up by a Reuters report, Fox is shopping the rights to air The Simpsons in syndication for a whopping $1 billion. While the show has been in syndication for years, this would mark the first time cable stations will get a crack at one of the most famous shows of the last few decades.
According to TV Guide's sources, the cable network that lands this deal will have the right to show The Simpsons on any of its channels it...
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