The Scheduled Air Date for the upcoming 15th episode of season 29, titled “Fears of a Clown“, has been announced.
We're all kinds of busy today! A vocal session and an orchestra session for XABF07 NO GOOD READ GOES UNPUNISHED, and a spotting session for XABF08 FEARS OF A CLOWN. X7 sched to air 3/25/18, X8 sched to air 4/1/18 on FOX. #TheSimpsons#SimpsonsForeverpic.twitter.com/G790U5lZNp
The Scheduled Air Dates for March’s episodes have been announced, as the 14th episode of season 29, No Good Read Goes Unpunished‘s date is set to March 25.
The scheduled air date for the upcoming 12th episode of season 29, titled “Homer Is Where the Art Isn’t“, has been announced.
First music spotting of 2018 today. XABF05 is sched to air Sunday, 3/11/18 on FOX. After this Sunday, we're off for a while cuz of Super Bowl, Oscars, Grammys, Olympics, etc. #TheSimpsons#SimpsonsForeverpic.twitter.com/QguOZFOaCi
“Now that are ratings are up, is sexy times back on the menu? Or am I going to have to resort to eating cold chicken legs out the fridge again?”
You gotta thank the NFL, FOX – it just lifted your longest-running animated comedy, your two other animated comedies, and a live action comedy about no longer being the last man on Earth to season highs (and in the latter’s case, a two-year high!).
Sunday’s episode scored a 3.3/11 rating and attracted 8.042 million viewers, with 53% of that audience in the key 18-49 demo (approx. 4.26m).
That’s the show’s highest ratings since last January 8th when “Pork and Burns” pulled in 3.5/10 and 8.19m, and up on the last episode (2.8/9 and 6.945m) and up on the equivalent episode last season/year (2.8/8 and 6.901m). However, its 11% share is the show’s highest share since “The Man Who Came To Be Dinner“‘s 13% share in January 2015 – three seasons ago!
This season is averaging so far 1.9/6 and 4.6m.
Last season was averaging 2.2/7 and 5.25m by this point.
“The Simpsons”‘ high ratings may have also been down to the low opposition on Sunday – just an approximate 15m viewers watching the other three main networks, about 10m down on usual.
Outside of sports, “The Simpsons” was the highest-rated show of the night (in the 18-49 demo), and the second-most-watched (in viewership) of the night – across all US TV. As well as this, it collected the title of being the highest-rated (in the 18-49 demo) show of the week on US TV, outside of sports.
See you again sometime in March after the show’s award-season-and-Olympics-avoiding spring break – and as we begin our journey into depths of ratings carnage that is deep spring.
N.B. This post is a day later than anticipated, due to the Martin Luther King Day holiday delaying final ratings.
Two new Sneak Peeks for the upcoming 11th episode of season 29, titled “Frink Gets Testy“, have been released by FOX. The episode just finished airing.
