The show has won 27 Emmy Awards. It's pretty hard to determine who will die from there.

shakin steak wrote :

October 6 for the Halloween episode, really?

Hey, it's better than having the Halloween episode air at the beginning of November. Besides, I'm sure they'll repeat it again as Halloween approaches.

It's pretty weird that they waited until after Halloween to air a Treehouse of Horror special.

It can't be Dr. Nick since he died in the movie.

What if it's Grampa Simpson?

thecrow174 wrote :
It's pretty weird that they waited until after Halloween to air a Treehouse of Horror special.

That would be like airing a Christmas special in January.

It's like blowing out the candles on the cake after the birthday has gone by,

The intro to the new Treehouse of Horror. To be honest, I kind of like it. It contains subtle references from the older Treehouse of Horror shorts as well as cameo appearances from the Tracy Ullman Simpsons family and a certain Futurama character at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtgYY7dhTyE

Well done. I like the Lardlad Donuts reference. That and the Pan's Labyrinth one.

Well, if they were planning on killing off a main Simpsons character, they have just been given a reason to choose Edna Krabappel:

http://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/marcia-wallace--star-of--the-simpsons--and--the-bob-newhart-show---dies-at-age-70-154712041.html