By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2011 6:00 am EST
Slice of Sci-Fi alerted us to this surprising, but fairly logical, turn of events. Carey was at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media Communications & Entertainment Conference in Beverly Hills and said The Simpsons, well on its way to 500 episodes as its 23rd season is about to kick off, shows “no signs of slowing down.” However, there’s only so much money to be made from merchandising, syndicated repeats and DVD sales after 20 plus years.
With the amount of shows The Simpsons currently has, a channel would be pretty spectacular. Let’s do some math as if it was actually happening. To keep things simple, let’s say The Simpsons ends with its 500th episode. It won’t but this is hypothetical. Each episode is 22 minutes long, roughly, meaning there are about 11,000 minutes of show. There are only 1,440 minutes in a day. So, even if the channel ran commercial free, 24-7 (again – hypothetical and impossible) it would take more than a entire week before a repeat aired. Add in commercials and you’re looking at almost 11 days without a repeat. Not too shabby.
Would you watch a full time Simpsons channel?
