Information about the plot for the episode “Left Behind“, which will air on May 6, 2018; has been released by FOX. The episode will be the 19th episode of Season 29.
In the episode … “Homer gets Flanders a job at the plant, and he soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished when Flanders starts to insist on carpools and demands more from Homer’s work performance. Meanwhile, Marge feels as though their marriage has lost its spark.”
For further information…
If you want to read the original listing from FOX, visit this page.
If you want to know further info about the episode, check our Wiki article on it. We’re always keeping it up-to-date.
If you want to know more about Season 29, visit our page for it in our Wiki!
The efforts to boost ratings have now entered “dress like someone from another culture” territory…
So, contrary to what I promised, there was a bit of show-inflation this time round, with a halo from golf increasing the viewership and ratings for some CBS shows. Onto the figures…
Another fractional rating (now four in a row) was bestowed upon a controversial “The Simpsons” on Sunday; 0.9/4 was the demo rating and share, with a slight improvement in viewership to 2.151 million, up on the past three episodes (2.06m, 2.147m and 2.1m). Again, the show had the lowest 18-49 skew on Fox’s night for originals, with 54% (around 1.2 million viewers). The episode, however, was the highest-rated show on Fox all night, and was the only show with more than two million viewers.
This season is so far averaging a 1.6 demo rating and 3.95 million viewers.
…but this definitely proved an attention-booster.
Competition in the timeslot on the other three main networks combined was around 22-23 million, perhaps a smidgen above the usual.
Could the controversy see viewership rise for the next episode? Probably not, and we may even see a new low in both the demo rating and in viewership, due to its scheduling against the Country Music Awards on CBS. See you next Tuesday to discern if there’s a massacre or just a knock this Sunday!
N.B. I’m aware the first image and caption above was featured in last week’s post, but that’s only because I mistakenly thought this week’s episode aired last week. Last week’s episode’s post has since been corrected.
The Scheduled Air date for the 20th and 21st episodes of season 29, titled “Throw Grampa From the Dane” and “Flanders’ Ladder“, have been announced. Heartbreak Hotel is probably going to be the season finale.
Two Sneak Peeks for the upcoming 15th episode of season 29, titled “No Good Read Goes Unpunished“, have been released by FOX. The episode airs on April 8, 2018. The first one also shows previews of the other shows airing that night.
The list of episodes continues to fill up, as the title of the fourth episode of the 30th production season (YABF04) has been revealed. It is titled “The Girl on the Bus“!
Information about the plot for the episode “Forgive and Regret“, which will air on April 29, 2018; has been released by FOX. The episode will be the 18th episode of Season 29. This episode will also be the 636th episode of the show, which means that The Simpsons will surpass Gunsmoke‘s record as the longest-running scripted series in the history of TV.
In the episode … “Grampa makes a confession to Homer while on his deathbed. After his recovery, he comes to realize that this issue will not be easy to reconcile.”
For further information…
If you want to read the original listing from FOX, visit this page.
If you want to know further info about the episode, check our Wiki article on it. We’re always keeping it up-to-date.
If you want to know more about Season 29, visit our page for it in our Wiki!
I think Bart and Milhouse are threatening people into watching.
No Easter bunny hopping about for “The Simpsons”, as it narrowly avoids dipping below the two million viewers mark.
Another episode, another fractional rating for “The Simpsons”, three weeks/episodes in a row this time (a new record).
Sunday’s episode drew a 0.9/4 rating and 2.06 million viewers – the show’s lowest viewership yet. (The last episode had 2.147m viewers (but the same demo rating and share), to put into contrast.) Around 56% of viewers were in the key 18-49 demo; that equates to around 1.2 million viewers, and tied for the lowest skew of Fox’s night for non-repeat shows.
Despite all the doom and gloom, “The Simpsons” did manage to make it out as Fox’s most-watched show of the night, although that title doesn’t look so good when you realise that the most-watched show of the night got just 2.06m viewers. “Family Guy” came in just under “The Simpsons” in viewership, and slightly over in the unrounded demo rating (or at least was in preliminary ratings); it was the only other show on Fox that night with over two million viewers.
This season is currently averaging a 1.67 rating and 4.07 million viewership.
Could the low viewership be excused? The episode did have the old-skewing Jesus Christ Superstar live event to contend with on NBC, which drew around 9 million during the show’s half-hour. Around about an additional 13 million viewers were also split between the other two main networks during the timeslot, making it a 22 million opposition; although, that is not that much higher than normal…
See you next Tuesday to see how the next episode fares up – up against normal schedules with no special events and no basketball-inflated opposition. Naturally, it should increase, but we’ll see…
N.B. A previous version of this article incorrectly included an image from, and linked to, the episode that would air the following Sunday. This has been amended.
Information about the plot for the episode “Left Behind“, which will air on May 6, 2018; has been released by FOX. The episode will be the 19th episode of Season 29.
