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Did ‘The Simpsons’ foresee 2026? Here’s everything you should know
The Simpsons, known for its eerie prophecies, is warning of more doom and gloom in the new year.
In 2026, online sleuths are looking at storylines that could be connected to a new type of flu, artificial intelligence taking over jobs, another world war, smart homes, and aliens making human contacts.
The buzz around The Simpsons‘ 2026 predictions is making waves on the internet, and netizens can’t get enough of the chilling predictions.
Let’s find out.
Did The Simpsons predict AI would take over jobs?
Take Season 23, Episode 17, Them, Robot, for example: it predicted AI taking over human jobs in Springfield.
The 2012 episode foresees Mr. Burns replacing his staff with robots; when the robots turn on him, it’s his laid-off workers who come to his rescue.
Interestingly, a recent study that came out in October last year, surprisingly based on ChatGPT findings, found that AI and automation could wipe out nearly 100 million jobs in the US over the next decade, including both white- and blue-collar jobs.
The report findings suggest that “the agriculture revolution unfolded over thousands of years. The Industrial Revolution took more than a century. Artificial labor could reshape the economy in less than a decade.”
Moreover, backing the hypothesis, a recent Stanford University report states that U.S. job postings for young adults aged between 22 and 25 have dropped by 13% since 2022 in AI-exposed sectors.
Did 1994 episode “Deep Space Homer” predict space travel?
Season 5 of The Simpsons’ 1994 episode titled Deep Space Homer could be seen as predicting space travel becoming commercial for the public.
In this Season 5 episode, Homer Simpson is selected by NASA to go into space with astronaut Buzz Aldrin in an attempt to make space travel more commercial for the man on the street.
While in reality, an all-female crew, which also included Katy Perry and Gayle King, went on a brief trip to space on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, which was again part of tourism flight.
Did Simpsons predict ‘superflu’ back then?
The Simpsons could have seen into the future with the new “superflu” strain that’s surging in the U.S.
The U.S. is facing the highest surge in infectious cases in nearly three decades, as per the data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week on Monday, January 5, 2026.
The storyline in the Marge in Chains episode of 1993 predicts a fictional virus spreading throughout Springfield after it came from Japan in shipping crates.
That particular episode generated buzz on the internet during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, especially through its depiction of how society unraveled and how the ensuing town-wide frenzy was in the quest for a cure.
The nostalgic show, which hit the airwaves in 1989, has also shown what it would be like to live in a smart house.
In Season 13, episode 1, Treehouse of Horror XII, the Simpson family moves into a voice-activated house that handles their day-to-day lives.
But with each passing day, the home grows more menacing.
Did Simpsons predict ‘alien contact’ in a 1997 episode?
Amid growing theories about extraterrestrial life, a 1997 Simpsons episode, The Springfield Files, might already offer fans a sneak peek into what’s to come.
In the episode, two FBI agents come to interrogate an alien that Homer claims to have seen in the woods.
There have been multiple instances of a World War III in the show The Simpsons, and fans are taking it seriously.
In 1995, the Lisa’s Wedding, episode that features her fiancé, Hugh Parkfield, in the future, talks about WWII with Homer and Bart as well as a succeeding global conflict.
Homer also appeared to be convinced that the world was ending in an episode titled Thank God, It’s Doomsday, which went on air in 2005.
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Harry Styles shares marriage plans amid rumoured romance with Zoe Kravitz
Harry Styles has candidly spoken about marriage plans and wanting to start a family in a recent interview.
The 32-year-old Grammy winner, who has just marked his comeback to spotlight after a three-year break, started making headlines last year for his rumoured relationship with The Batman star Zoe Kravitz.
The duo was first spotted holding hands in September 2025 while strolling around in Brooklyn, New York. After that, the two had been photographed multiple times together in Rome as well.
Amid all these speculations, Styles just made a statement confessing that he wants a “family.”
In conversation with Zane Lowe, the Watermelon Sugar hitmaker opened about having serious conversations to himself during his hiatus about how he wants his life to be in five years and how to make changes to aim those goals.
“I don’t want to be the guy who’s on his own but was like, ‘Oh, I really did it”, said Harry.
The former One Direction singer claimed, “I want to be fulfilled, and I want to be in great relationships with people. I want to have great friendships with people. I want a family. I want these things.”
He further admitted that while assessing his life, he also realized that he would have to make some changes to create space for all those things to happen.
Styles said, “It just allowed me to go like, ‘OK, what do I have to do to create space to allow these things to happen?’ I can’t just expect them to just happen to me.”
Harry Styles, Zoe Kravitz Romance Heats Up:
Reportedly, Harry and Zoe’s relationship is quite more than just a “casual” romance.
Not just that, the rumoured couple has also received approval from Kravitz’s father Lenny, who think that they are a “great match.”
Styles latest statement has heated up the speculations of his romance with Kravitz, leaving many people to think if they will be hearing wedding bells soon.
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David Beckham supports Cruz at Manchester gig after emotional Brooklyn moment
Cruz Beckham gave a special nod to his father David by honouring him with a Manchester United football shirt as he took his The Time For Your Love tour to the city on Wednesday.
For the unversed, Sir David, who was knighted by King Charles last November, played for the team for 12 years.
However, he made sure to support his son as he watched his 21-year-old son and his band, The Breakers perform on stage at The Deaf Institute alongside former player Nicky Butt.
Just hours earlier, David, Victoria, Cruz, and Romeo sent birthday wishes to Brooklyn with Instagram posts to mark his 27th birthday.
The public olive branch came six weeks after Brooklyn made his bombshell statement stating he had no wishes to reconcile with his father.

As for style, David donned a cream beanie as he joined Manchester United star Nicky and his best friend David Gardner.
Cruz’s girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, who has been travelling around the UK with the band, was also present at the show.
Jackie, meanwhile cut a stylish figure in a furry brown jacket and denim jeans.
However, Victoria and Romeo missed the show as they are currently in Paris for the city’s Fashion Week.
Sharing childhood photos of Brooklyn, David used his childhood nickname for his son, Buster, as he wrote ’27 today. Happy Birthday Bust. We love you x’
Minutes later Victoria shared the same photo and wrote ‘happy birthday Brooklyn, we love you so much’. She then uploaded a photo of herself laughing with her son with a string of love hearts.
Cruz, meanwhile, shared a sweet throwback of Brooklyn holding him as a baby and wrote: ‘I love you’.
The young musician has been carving out his music career and currently is in the middle of his UK tour with his band, Cruz Beckham And The Breakers, performing at King Tuts in the city.
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‘Jersey Shore Family Vacation’ to finally end after 300 seasons
After nearly two decades of drama, Jersey Shore Family Vacation is coming to an end, and the whole gang is coming back for one final round.
MTV has confirmed that the show will conclude with 18 farewell episodes, premiering globally on Thursday, 7th May.
The entire original cast will return for the send-off; Angelina Pivarnick, Deena Cortese, DJ Pauly D, Jenni “JWOWW” Farley, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola, and Vinny Guadagnino, the same faces that first came onto screens back in 2009.
It’s a remarkable run by any measure.
Since its debut, the Jersey Shore universe has spanned nearly 300 episodes and spawned multiple spinoffs, turning a house full of rowdy twenty-somethings into one of reality television’s most enduring and culturally significant franchises.
Viewers have watched the cast grow up in real time, through relationships, marriages, sobriety battles, parenthood, and career reinventions, all while somehow keeping the same chaotic chemistry intact.
The final season is billed as “a last hurrah for a cultural icon,” and the milestone moments are coming thick and fast.
The final season will feature the usual mix of celebrations, baby showers, bachelorette parties, gender reveals, birthdays, and weddings, alongside the inside jokes and friendships that have defined the show since the beginning.
Past seasons are currently streaming on Paramount+ and Pluto TV.
And for those not quite ready to say goodbye to the Shore universe entirely, MTV has confirmed that international spinoffs, including Canada Shore, remain in production.
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