<p class="title">Al Jean, the showrunner of long-running animated sitcom "The Simpsons", has denied that the show is coming to an end.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His response came after Danny Elfman, the composer behind the show's iconic opening theme, said he has heard rumours that the show could be "in its last year".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jean, however, said the show will continue to live on, post its season 32, which will come out next year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"No disrespect to Mr Elfman but we are producing season 32 starting next year and have no plans to end after that," the showrunner told Metro.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to website JOE, Elfman had said that he was "flabbergasted and amazed" that the show stayed on screens for more than 30 years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Well, from what I've heard, it is coming to an end. So, that argument (about whether the show should be cancelled) will also come to an end. I don't know for a fact, but I've heard that it will be in its last year," Elfman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I scored 'The Simpsons', I wrote this crazy piece of music, and I expected no-one would hear it because I really did not think the show had a chance in hell. Really, I expected it would run for three episodes and get cancelled, and that would be that, because it was so weird at the time, and I just didn't think it had a chance. So believe me, that is one of the truly big surprises in my life," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Simpsons", which premiered in December 1989, is one of the longest-running animated sitcoms on American TV. </p>
<p class="title">Al Jean, the showrunner of long-running animated sitcom "The Simpsons", has denied that the show is coming to an end.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His response came after Danny Elfman, the composer behind the show's iconic opening theme, said he has heard rumours that the show could be "in its last year".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jean, however, said the show will continue to live on, post its season 32, which will come out next year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"No disrespect to Mr Elfman but we are producing season 32 starting next year and have no plans to end after that," the showrunner told Metro.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to website JOE, Elfman had said that he was "flabbergasted and amazed" that the show stayed on screens for more than 30 years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Well, from what I've heard, it is coming to an end. So, that argument (about whether the show should be cancelled) will also come to an end. I don't know for a fact, but I've heard that it will be in its last year," Elfman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I scored 'The Simpsons', I wrote this crazy piece of music, and I expected no-one would hear it because I really did not think the show had a chance in hell. Really, I expected it would run for three episodes and get cancelled, and that would be that, because it was so weird at the time, and I just didn't think it had a chance. So believe me, that is one of the truly big surprises in my life," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Simpsons", which premiered in December 1989, is one of the longest-running animated sitcoms on American TV. </p>