Belgium In Belgium, The Simpsons have two different airings. One for the
Flanders region where it remains in its original English with Dutch subtitles on RTL 4, then TVTWEE, then VIER, then 2BE since 2012, and one for the
Wallonia-
Brussels region where they air the French dub from France, first on Canal+ Belgium, then RTL-TVI, then Club RTL from 1995 to 2016, then Plug RTL in late 2016, then Tipik from 2020 to early 2023, and Plug RTL again in 2023. Seasons 24 to 26 of the French dub were broadcast in Belgium before France. On 24 October 2009,
VT4 broadcast a one-off dubbed episode of the series dubbed in Flemish Dutch (the series was regularly broadcast in English with Dutch subtitles),
Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes, under the title (The Flemish Simpsons) as part of the 20th anniversary of the series. For the dub, the same voice actors from the movie reprised their roles. The series in Walloonia moved from Club RTL to Plug RTL on 1 February 2016, as it attracted low ratings (2% share). At the time of the decision, RTL Belgium was negotiating the airing of around 150 old episodes per year.
China In 2006,
The Simpsons, along with other shows such as
Pokémon,
SpongeBob SquarePants and
Mickey Mouse cartoons, were banned from being aired during primetime (5:00 to 8:00 PM) in
China. This was done so that Chinese cartoons, which were having a hard time competing with foreign cartoons, would gain more viewers. The government had previously tried several things, such as ordering that networks cut down on the number of foreign animated series being aired in 2000 and in 2004, passed a rule that would ensure that 60 percent of cartoon content came from Chinese studios. The move was heavily criticized by Chinese media.
The Simpsons Movie, however, has been dubbed into Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese. The show currently airs in Mandarin with some edits. Episodes are typically broadcast 2–3 weeks after its original airdate in the US.
Hungary The Simpsons appeared for the first time in Hungary, and it was dubbed into the Hungarian language on
TV3 on September 14, 1998. The series was one of the most popular shows on TV3, but this channel closed down on February 21, 2000. As a result, Viasat 3 started to broadcast new episodes starting with season 6 from September 29, 2001. In January 2008, Viasat 3 was ceased to broadcast
The Simpsons, and its sister channel, Viasat 6 (then TV6) started to air reruns. In September 2008, Viasat 6 also started to air new episodes. On August 30, 2013, Viasat 6 broadcast the season finale of season 24. On February 4, 2014, the
Hungarian version of Fox launched, and from season 25, Fox broadcasts new episodes of
The Simpsons in Hungary on Fridays. Currently the episodes are available in Hungarian after two weeks from its original broadcast in the US.
India The Simpsons (द सिम्पसन्स) has aired on
Fox India and
FX India, in English and dubbed into the
Hindi language.
Chetan Shashital provides the voice for
Homer Simpson in the Hindi dub of the TV series, while during talks of a Hindi dub of
The Simpsons Movie, the producers of the planned Hindi dub wanted to choose
Boman Irani to voice Homer instead, but that project never came through. It also airs in
English and
Punjabi.
Japan In
Japan, The Simpsons has been dubbed into Japanese and was first broadcast by
WOWOW from September 19, 1992, until 2002 (seasons 1 - 12), and later on the
Fox Channel (seasons 13 - 14) until 2007. The show is broadcast on
Fox Sports and Entertainment in English with Japanese subtitles from 2008 (season 15 -) onwards. However Season 15, Season 16, and Season 17 were dubbed for Disney+ in 2022.
Netherlands In the Netherlands, The Simpsons airs in its original English with Dutch subtitles on
Comedy Central. The Simpsons Movie did receive a Dutch dub.
Pakistan The Simpsons was dubbed for the first time in
Punjabi and aired on
Geo TV in Pakistan. The name of the localised Punjabi version is
Tedi Sim Sim (). All references to drugs, drinking and sex have been removed. It is one of the most popular shows that airs on
Geo TV. The original English version also airs but on
STAR World. Both of the versions are quite popular.
South Africa In
South Africa, all networks air the show in
English. This is due to the fact that there are no
Afrikaans or native language dubs of the show and that most people would view it in English anyway. The series first aired on
Bop TV, the television station of the former state of
Bophuthatswana, in 1990, before being picked up by
M-Net nationwide shortly after.
South Korea The show arrived to South Korea on January 9, 1995, on
MBC and the second season on July 1, 1995. Homer was dubbed by Han Song-Pae. Due to disparate cultural differences, MBC pulled the show from their schedule. In 2002, EBS and Tooniverse acquired the show with individual dubs for each channel. However, the show stopped being aired in
South Korea after Season 28. Currently, the series is available to stream in South Korea on Disney+.
Sweden The Simpsons appeared for the first time on Swedish television on November 29, 1990. However, in 1993, the network decided to start dubbing
The Simpsons into Swedish to increase ratings, Bart was voiced by
Annica Smedius and Homer by
Per Sandborgh. A dub of the movie was released with
The Simpsons Movie DVD, with Annica Smedius providing the voice for Bart once again. ==List of languages==