Kammala wannan jumla: Marubutan "The Simpsons" sun ci gaba
tare da Writers Guild of America a karshen shekara ta 2007. Ba a shafi watsa shirye-shiryen "The Simpsons" ta hanyar yajin aiki ba. Tun da yake yana daukan lokaci mai tsawo don samar da wani ɓangaren wasan kwaikwayo, an rubuta sassan har zuwa shekara guda a gaba. Don haka yajin aikin zai ci gaba na wani lokaci don wasan kwaikwayon ya ƙare da sababbin aukuwa. An ci gaba da jinkirta samar da kakar wasa ta 20 saboda tattaunawar kwangila tare da manyan 'yan wasan kwaikwayo shida. An warware rikici, kuma an ɗaga albashin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo zuwa dala 400,000 a kowane sashi. Jinkirin samarwa ya haifar da shirye-shiryen 22 da aka tsara don a rage zuwa 20.