A total of 10.5 million viewers watched the episode There’s Something About Marrying on Sunday night. The episode has sparked some controversy possibly in order to enhance ratings, which worked to a degree. The episode was the highest rated 8pm episode since All’s Fair In Oven War and Treehouse Of Horror XV in November (post Super Bowl slot not included). But 10.5 million is still a far cry from the last couple of season’s average figures. At 8:00pm, the Simpsons hour still came fourth for FOX, being beaten by ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, CBS’s Cold Case, and NBC’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent. FOX also came in fourth for the entire night, though The Simpsons managed to help boost the network to second place among adults 18-49. The next new episode airs on March 6th.
