--- title: "How long to watch The Simpsons? 12 days 8 hours" description: "The Simpsons takes 12 days 8 hours — 808 episodes across 37 seasons, to February 2026. What that assumes, how it breaks down, and how long at a realistic pace." url: https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-simpsons/ site: "At One Place" --- # How long does it take to watch The Simpsons? **How long to watch The Simpsons: 12 days 8 hours** 808 episodes across 37 seasons, to February 2026 The Simpsons passed Gunsmoke in 2018 to become the longest-running American scripted primetime series, and it is still adding roughly 20 episodes a year. Watching it end to end takes longer than the show took to make its first four seasons. The arithmetic is unusually clean for a long-running show because the format never changed: it has been a 22-minute network half-hour since 1989, with no feature-length episodes and no streaming-era runtime creep. What has changed is the aspect ratio, which switched to widescreen in 2009 and makes a continuous watch visibly seam in the middle. ## The numbers - **Total:** 12 days 8 hours - **In hours:** 296 hours - **Non-stop:** 12.3 days without sleeping - **Covers:** 808 episodes across 37 seasons, to February 2026 - **At a realistic pace:** an episode a day - **That works out as:** about 808 days ## What this assumes 808 episodes at 22 minutes each, the actual programme length of a US network half-hour once adverts are removed. Using the 30-minute broadcast slot instead would inflate the total by about 108 hours. > Episode count as of 15 February 2026, during season 37. The show is renewed through a planned 858 episodes, so this figure grows by roughly eight hours a year. ## Other tv series | What | How long | | --- | --- | | Friends | about 87 hours | | Breaking Bad | about 49 hours | | Better Call Saul | about 50 hours | | The Office (US) | about 74 hours | | The Office (UK) | about 7 hours 23 minutes | | Game of Thrones | about 69 hours | | The Sopranos | about 79 hours | | The Wire | about 59 hours | | Grey's Anatomy | 13 days 21 hours | | Seinfeld | about 66 hours | | Modern Doctor Who | about 157 hours | | Classic Doctor Who | about 290 hours | | Star Trek: The Original Series | about 67 hours | | Star Trek: The Next Generation | about 134 hours | | All of Star Trek | 22 days 1 hour | ## Common questions ### How long does it take to watch The Simpsons? 12 days 8 hours — 808 episodes across 37 seasons, to February 2026. ### What does that assume? 808 episodes at 22 minutes each, the actual programme length of a US network half-hour once adverts are removed. Using the 30-minute broadcast slot instead would inflate the total by about 108 hours. ### How long at a realistic pace? an episode a day — about 808 days. ## Related pages - [How long to watch Friends?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/friends/) - [How long to watch Breaking Bad?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/breaking-bad/) - [How long to watch Better Call Saul?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/better-call-saul/) - [How long to watch The Office (US)?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-office-us/) - [How long to watch The Office (UK)?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-office-uk/) - [How long to watch Game of Thrones?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/game-of-thrones/) - [How long to watch The Sopranos?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-sopranos/) - [How long to watch The Wire?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-wire/) - [How long to read the Harry Potter series?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/harry-potter-series/) - [How long to watch One Piece?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/one-piece/) - [How long to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/marvel-cinematic-universe/) - [How long to read the Bible?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-bible/) - [How long to watch the Harry Potter films?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/harry-potter-films/) - [How long to watch Naruto?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/naruto/) ## Sources - Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)