The Simpsons Season 17 could go to air before November this year. The Futon Critic website has The Simpsons Season 17 premiere scheduled for the tentative date of Sunday September 18th at 8:00pm. If these details are correct, it will be the eighth time the show has premiered in September, and the first time it has premiered before November since Season 11. However with Fox screening the Baseball playoffs throughout October, the season return would be shortlived, with the possibility of only one or two new episodes in September and Treehouse Of Horror airing in it’s (now) usual post Halloween date. In Season 10, Fox aired a stray episode in August away from the rest of the season and a similar situation could be seen this year. With Season 15 being cut one episode short due to a postponement, the original Season Finale “The Girl Who Slept Too Little” could act as a bumper episode. At the moment it’s all speculation but as soon as any concrete information comes through we’ll let you know. Speculate here.
SOURCE: The Futon Critic