Two Teasers for the upcoming 18th episode of season 28, titled “A Father’s Watch“, have been released by FOX. The episode airs on March 19th, 2017. One of the teasers includes teasers for other shows airing on Sunday.
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Bart was the focus last Sunday night (March 12) where a tale of basketball success turned into one bogged down with the oppression of the mob. A successful sportsman getting involved in the wrong crowd. Typical, eh?
Apologies for the delay in this post – there were some issues with Nielsen for the first half of the week as a power outage at one of their centres in Florida compounded the issue of tweaking ratings collection due to the US’ shift into Daylight Savings Time. Moving on…
Sunday’s episode beat the last episode’s feat of having the highest viewership outside of football-supported episode so far this year, with 2.611 million, with a 1.1/4 rating, equal to the previous episode.
In unrounded ratings for the 18-49 demographic, “The Simpsons” scored a 1.122 rating, marginally below that of “Family Guy”, which attained a 1.13, meaning “Simpsons” was the sixth most-watched show in the demographic on Sunday (“Family Guy” fourth), but in scripted shows, “Simpsons” was fourth. Both “Simpsons” and “Family Guy” were the only shows in FOX’s Sunday schedule above the 1.0 barrier. In all, “Simpsons” and “Family Guy” effectively tied.
Viewership, as said above, is up slightly from the previous episode, which had 2.563 million. Theequivalent episode last year, was higher, however, at a 1.3/5 rating and 3.07 million viewers.
“The Simpsons”, once again, was the lowest-young-skewing original show on FOX, with 54% of its audience in the 18-49s, just above newbie “Making History” with 49%.
After a brief overtaking of last season’s average, this season’s average has come under it again, with 1.961/6 compared to last season’s average (up to the 17th episode, as are we of this season) of 1.967/6. This is also the first time in these rating posts the averages for both seasons have been below the 2.0 barrier. In total viewership, however, this season is higher than last season, with 4.56m compared to 4.54m.
During “The Simpsons”‘ timeslot, the overall audience opposite, on the other broadcast networks, was around 22 million, up on the previous Sunday.
A father’s watch is the focus of this coming Sunday’s episode, where Grampa gifts Bart a watch Homer’s longed for, and Marge succumbs to the pressure of seeking out a ‘parenting expert’, worried Bart’s destined to fail.
Hopefully, I’ll see you next Tuesday!
Sources: TVBytheNumbers, SpottedRatings, ShowBuzzDaily
Information about the plot for the episode “The Caper Chase“, which will air on April 2, 2017; has been released by FOX. The episode will be the 19th episode of Season 28.
In the episode …
“Disappointed in Yale, Mr. Burns decides to start his own for-profit university and Homer is hired as a professor.“
Guest stars
This episode will guest star Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”) as Verlander, Neil deGrasse Tyson (“Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey”) as himself, Ken Jennings (“Jeopardy”) as himself, Screenplay Guru Robert McKee as himself and Financial Expert Suze Orman as herself.
Writer
@BLascelle written by Jeff Westbrook
— Al Jean (@AlJean) March 10, 2017
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The title of the second episode of the 29th production season (XABF02) has been revealed. It is titled “Gone Boy“!
The episode will air during the 29th broadcast season (2017/18 TV season).
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The couch gag for the upcoming 17th episode of season 28, titled “22 for 30“, has been released by FOX. The episode airs on March 12th, 2017. The Couch Gag of the episode was created by Bill Plympton.
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“The Simpsons” was back on Sunday night (March 5) where Bart and Lisa’s Kamp Krusty nightmares became Krustier. I’m not sure what type of crust they’d like their nightmares to be more of, though; pastry, maybe?
Sunday’s episode scored the highest viewership outside of football-supported episode so far this year, at 2.563 million, with a 1.1/4 rating. The viewership is up slightly from the previous episode, which had 2.443 million, and steady in the 18-49 demographic and audience share (1.1/4). The equivalent episode last year was higher, however, at a 1.3/4 rating and 3.09 million viewers; it was steady again in audience share at 4%. Another bane for Sunday’s episode is the fact the episode of “Family Guy” which followed an hour later received a higher audience among 18-49s, with a 1.2/4; the “Simpsons” episode also had the second-lowest 18-49 skew among original shows on the night, at 55%, just above the 53% for the premiere of “Making History”.
The season average so far is narrowly ahead of last season’s, at 2.015/7 compared to 2.009/6. In viewership, this season is also above last season, with 4.68m compared to 4.63m.
This season’s average has definitely benefited from there being more episodes with a high football lead-in. If ratings of this season continue at the same level (at a 1.0 rating and a tenth or two above) things may start to dip below last season’s average again.
Against the show on Sunday was the big return of “Little Big Shots”, watched by 11.718 million viewers. During “The Simpsons”‘ timeslot, the overall audience opposite “The Simpsons” on the other broadcast networks was around 21 million. Without the big rating for “Little Big Shots”, it’s likely The Simpsons could’ve gone up on Sunday, a couple tenths or a few.
Next Sunday’s episode focuses on a venture into sport for Bart, before getting involved with the mafia again – another milk scandal on the cards, perhaps, this time laced with something other than rat genes – it is a sport plotline, after all?! We’ll see. And I’ll see you next Tuesday to review how many watched. See you then!
Two Teasers for the upcoming 17th episode of season 28, titled “22 for 30“, have been released by FOX. The episode airs on March 12th, 2017. One of the teasers includes teasers for other shows airing on Sunday. It was also announced that the Couch Gag of the episode was created by Bill Plympton.
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Two Sneak Peeks for the upcoming 16th episode of season 28, titled “Kamp Krustier“, have been released by FOX. The episode airs on March 5th, 2017.
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The title of the first episode of the 29th production season (XABF01) has been revealed. It is titled “Mr. Lisa’s Opus“!
The episode will air during the 29th broadcast season (2017/18 TV season). It is written by Al Jean, the showrunner of the show. (Source here)
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