[UPDATE 2] Co-creator and producer of The Simpsons, James L. Brooks, told People that Homer will not stop choking Bart. “Don’t think for a second we’re changing anything,” he said.
“Nothing’s getting tamed. Nothing, nothing, nothing,” Brooks said. “He’ll continue to be strangled—[if] you want to use that awful term for it. He’ll continue to be loved by his father in a specific way.”
[UPDATE] The producers of The Simpsons have responded to reports that Homer will stop choking Bart on The Simpsons via an image showing Homer choking Bart.