It's worth noting that Sheare has spearheaded negotiations and threatened to leave before. A few years ago the cast agreed to lower their pay from $400k per episode to $300k. He is also one of the only cast on an ongoing tv show I've ever heard of criticizing his own show publicly. I don't blame him if he is tired of working on the show. It can't just be Internet pundits who are tired of the falling Simpsons quality.…
The Simpsons and HN have a lot in common - both still feasting on previous glories, both past their sale by date, both not even realising how tragic they have now become.
yet here you are