[Neil Jones]

Do we even know what type of deal Sky have The Simpsons? If Channel 4 supposedly have a deal for the lifespan of the show, I wouldn’t imagine Sky have any different sort of deal especially considering the fact that one of the reasons they’ve held the rights for so long is surely because of their former relationship to the Fox Network.

I have no idea. I would have also thought that Sky's deal would be life-of-series, but according to people supposedly in the know, it is not. To be honest I expect any former connections between Fox and Sky are now completely irrelevant to whether or not the latter continues to air The Simpsons.

Much like we saw when Hour of Power was a thing on Sunday mornings, the agreement for airing that (which Murdoch bankrolled) continued until it expired (a good three years or so after Comcast took over) and somebody decided not to renew that deal. Not that it matters for that because it is now on TBN in a more prominent slot (Saturday 7:30pm) and that channel is on Freeview.

Which probably means if Sky want to keep Simpsons when the deal runs out they'll have to mud wrestle with everybody else who waves their wallet around after it.