The major character dying on "The Simpsons" may have been revealed, and we're not clowning around. 
 
 Fans have been speculating for months on what character would be killed off in the Seasons 26 premiere of "The Simpsons," and now it appears that Krusty the Clown is set for his final act. 
 
 The show's executive producer Al Jean caused a frenzy when he announced the first episode in the new season of the show would be called "Clown in the Dumps." Jean has also said that the actor who voices the soon-to-be-departed character has won an Emmy for his/her work, something that the voice of Krusty, Dan Castellaneta, has done. 
 
 Even with the strong evidence that Krusty will take his final bow, Jean still chose to play coy, saying, "I didn’t say I was killing Krusty ... I didn't say I wasn't," during the Television Critics Association press tour, according to Mashable. 
 
 With that, some of the other characters that are still on the chopping block include: Krusty's dad Rabbi Hyman Krustofski (Jackie Mason), Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer), Bart (Nancy Cartwright), Marge (Julie Kavner), Lisa (Yeardley Smith) and the many characters voiced by Hank Azaria. 
 
 So whether or not Krusty dies in the end, it appears that Jean will have the last laugh. 

 FXX said in April that it will air the longest marathon in TV history when it welcomes The Simpsons repeats, and today the network announced that it’ll run August 21 through September 1. During the course of the mega-marathon, FXX will air in chronological order all 25 seasons — 552 episodes — of the Fox animated series that’s the longest-running scripted series in TV history. The Simpsons Movie will be included in the marathon and also will air chronologically within the stunt, after episode No. 400. The marathon begins at 10 AM ET/PT on August 21 and ends at midnight ET/PT on September 1. 
 
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 Reminding TV critics about the stunt at the TCA Summer Press Tour, panelists also walked them through plans for a new interactive digital and online experience that’s billed as the ultimate Simpsons digital experience. Simpsons World — named after, and incorporating, Matt Groening’s published show bible of same name — offers a premium Simpsons fan experience, including access to their entire catalog of full-length episodes for the first time ever via FXNOW App and SimpsonsWorld.com, in October. 
 
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 Beginning September 2, FXX will regularly schedule The Simpsons episodes in fringe, primetime and late-night dayparts on weekdays and weekends. Additionally, every Sunday the network will broadcast a thematic mini-marathon consisting of eight Simpsons episodes beginning at 4 PM ET/PT and leading into the 8 PM ET/PT broadcast on Fox. 
 
 FXX will telecast four thematic marathons per year — the first being a 12-hour Halloween-themed marathon airing Sunday, October 26, when The Simpsons will not air on Fox broadcast network because of World Series coverage. 
 
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 Simpsons World will give authenticated viewers instant and on-demand access to every single Simpsons via SimpsonsWorld.com, and FXNOW apps for iPhone, iPad, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Android phones and tablets, Smart TVs, and additional set-tops devices. Among the exclusive offerings, viewers will be able to explore Springfield’s characters and locations, the ability for users to curate their own personalized playlists and share their favorite show clips and quotes. 
 
 “It tracks American history,” FX Networks and FX Productions CEO John Landgraf said this morning of Simpsons World. “Anything that happened on any given day you can find a quote on it.” For a generation of viewers, he said, “The show has something funny to say about everything. People want to find those quotes and shat them. … It’s a place for the consumer to go get it and share it.” 
 
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 The Simpsons exec producer Al Jean, came to the tour to tout the FXX package. ” I love The Simpsons. I’ve worked there 25 years. It’s more than job — it’s part of my life,” he said, adding that he was “thrilled” cable and non-linear rights had gone to FXX “because of everything they’re going to do with it. … What I’m most excited about is the Simpsons World app. … I don’t want to oversee it, but I think this site is going to provide you with affordable health care… I could not be more thrilled.” 
 
 Simpsons World does not include The Simpsons footage from its time as an interstitial of The Tracey Ullman Show. But “we are very much working on that now,” FX Networks COO Chuck Saftler said, explaining that Groening controls those rights and their talks are “going in a positive direction.” 
 
 FXX announced in November that it had landed exclusive cable and VOD/nonlinear rights to The Simpsons, in what was reported to be the priciest off-network pact ever. The enormous size of the deal — which some sources said could each $1 billion if the series keeps producing new seasons — stems from the volume of Simpsons episodes available, which is scheduled to grow to 574 by September 2015. 
 
 Insiders estimate FXX would be paying about $1.25 million per week, with the length of the agreement said to be at least eight years. The granting of full VOD/non-linear rights to the cable network in conjunction with an off-network agreement, was a headline in itself when the deal was announced. FXNOW, the mobile viewing app of FX Networks, will offer all seasons of The Simpsons that are available on FXX. The 21st Century Fox COO Chase Carey suggested years ago the company could launch a Simpsons cable channel. The Simpsons had been kept away from cable all these years; when it was sold in broadcast syndication in 1993, it was rare for a broadcast animated series — a genre of which TV stations were not too fond — cable TV was in its infancy, and Fox stations secured exclusivity for as long as the show was still airing on Fox, which we’re guessing no one had imagined back then would be 26 years and counting. The Simpsons’ only presence on cable until now had been via 2007′s The Simpsons Movie, to which FX has had the rights. 

 Soon you’re going to be able to watch every episode of The Simpsons anywhere you want. Cable network FXX, which last year struck a deal to obtain the exclusive cable network rights to the longest-running primetime animated series, is putting The Simpsons archive online, all fully searchable. 
 
 FXX is launching “Simpsons World,” a new way of getting on-demand Simpsons content. For the first time, viewers can access every episode of the series via their computer or other networked devices. “Authenticated” FX subscribers will have instant access on iPhone, iPad, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Android phones and tablets, Smart TVs, and additional set-tops devices. Viewers will also be able to search for specific quotes, curate their own own personalized playlists, and share their favorite show clips and quotes (non-subscribers will be able to watch the clips, just not full episodes). 
 
 The site will vastly widen the availability of Simpsons content online. Hulu currently carries a library of classic Simpsons clips, though only the series’ eight most recent episodes are available for viewing on that streaming service. 
 
 “I don’t want to over-promise, but this website can provide you with affordable health care,” joked longtime Simpsons executive producer Al Jean. 
 
 Also, as previously announced, The Simpsons is getting the Longest. Marathon. Ever! FXX will air 25 seasons of The Simpsons in a row. That’s 522 episodes. And The Simpsons Movie. According to FXX, this will make it the longest-running marathon in television history—all Simpsons, all the time, 24 hours a day, for 12 days, in chronological order. 
 
 The marathon begins Aug. 21, so order those cases of Duff now.
– Need to brush up on your Homer-isms or catch up on what’s been going on in Springfield before The Simpsons starts its 26th season in September? Then clear your calendar and prepare to do absolutely nothing for 12 days later this summer: The FXX cable network has announced that its much-anticipated Simpsons marathon is scheduled to start at 10am on Aug. 21, and will air until midnight on Sept. 1, showing every single one of the 552 episodes that make up TV’s longest-running scripted series of all time, reports Deadline. Yep—Every. Single. Episode. In addition to showing all 25 seasons in chronological order, the marathon will also shoehorn in The Simpsons Movie, which will air (chronologically within the series' timeline) after the 400th episode. And don’t have a cow if you miss this animated endurance test: FXX is also uploading all the episodes to its Simpsons World portal, a searchable online archive that can be accessed by FX subscribers on their networked digital devices, according to Entertainment Weekly. “I don’t want to over-promise, but this website can provide you with affordable health care,” a Simpsons executive producer jokes. We’d like that, too, but for now, we’ll stock up on our caffeinated beverages of choice and 64 slices of American cheese to prepare for the upcoming boob-tube bonanza. (And worry about which character might get killed off in the season 26 premiere.)