By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV EXCLUSIVE: Longtime The Simpsons executive producer/showrunner Al Jean has signed with the Gersh Agency.
This represents the highest-profile new writer signing since Gersh earlier this year became the first major full-service talent agency to sign a franchise agreement with the WGA.
Jean has been on Fox’s The Simpsons since the 1989 pilot and, with brief breaks in the 1990s, for the iconic comedy’s 21-season run to date.
He has been a sole showrunner since Season 13. With The Simpsons, Jean has shared nine Animation Program Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.
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