Overview
- Disney+ released The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror exclusively on Wednesday, August 26, making the two-segment special available only to the streamer’s subscribers.
- The hourlong episode contains two Black Mirror‑style tales that use sci‑fi and dark comedy to probe technology’s effects on family life without revealing major plot outcomes.
- Disney+’s official trailer and key art introduce new elements including an AI named Hailey, robot dogs, and flashbacks to a teenage Homer that tease the episode’s themes.
- Yellow Mirror is the third Disney+‑only Simpsons special this summer and arrives ahead of the show’s Season 38 broadcast run on Fox beginning September 27 and the annual Treehouse of Horror planned for this fall.
- The release underscores Disney+’s strategy of leveraging The Simpsons’ long‑running brand to drive subscribers and build an adult‑animation hub while the franchise continues to supply Fox and a planned 2027 theatrical sequel.