Olympic-themed episode ‘Boy Meets Curl’ served as an alternative to the Winter Olympics last night, but the majority of the audience preferred to tune in to the real deal, delivering the show it’s fifth lowest ratings of all time. A total of 5.87 million viewers watched the show, slightly up on this month’s other episode ‘Million Dollar Maybe’, but largely down on average. The show was fourth-placed in its timeslot at 8.00pm. Here’s the half-hour breakdown.
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Welcome to Simpsons Channel v14
Hello visitors! We’re very excited today to finally unveil our brand new design for Simpsons Channel. This is the site’s first new look since we introduced the Wordpress content management system back in September 2008. Many of the successful elements from the previous design remain while others have been drastically overhauled.
Videos
Simpsons/Coke Super Bowl Advert
Montgomery Burns took center stage last night, starring in a campaign from Coca-Cola tied to this year’s Super Bowl. In the commercial, which can be watched above, Mr. Burns faces the loss of his fortune and worldly belongings and learns to appreciate lifes simple pleasures like friends, family and of course, Coca-Cola.
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Ratings: ‘5.11 Million’ Dollar Maybe
In the space of three weeks, The Simpsons can go from having its highest ratings in five years, to the lowest ratings of all time in the very next episode. Last night’s episode drew a meager 5.11 million viewers. Seeing an animated Coldplay or a ‘viewer-designed’ character couldn’t save the show, and indeed, Fox, from being slaughtered by the competition.
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Season 20 DVD & Blu-Ray Out Now
Today’s the day when Season 20 is released on DVD and Blu-Ray, bypassing the natural order of the release of seasons 13 – 19. Normally in these updates we detail all the special features contained in said shiny new release. Not this time. Not because I’m a jerk. But because Fox decided not to include any this time. So what am I to fill the rest of the post with? How about: Ten Reasons To NOT Buy This Set. Read on…
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Ratings: Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special In 3D On Ice
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3D on Ice, presented by Morgan Spurlock, was an hour long retrospective showcasing 20 years and 450 episodes of the show. Viewers old and new were treated to a rare brief history of the show, through the words of its producers, writers, stars, and guest stars. 13.46 million viewers tuned in to the first half hour of the special, and 11.171 million stayed watching for the second half.
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Ratings: Once Upon A Time In Springfield
Preliminary figures are in for Sunday’s 450th episode ‘Once Upon a Time in Springfield’. The show was bumped to an after-8pm timeslot due to an overrun of Fox’s NFL coverage, but the 8pm half hour averaged a whopping 21.01 million viewers. These figures will be adjusted later in the week, but we can already tell you before the adjustments that this will be the most-watched episode of Seasons 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (season 16’s post-Superbowl episode had 23.1 million viewers).
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Ratings: O Brother, Where Bart Thou?
A total of 7.11 million viewers watched last night’s episode ‘O Brother, Where Bart Thou?’ Family Guy had 7.68 million viewers, making it the top watched animated show of the night. The Cleveland Show continues to pull reasonable figures at 6.52 million, and American Dad had 6.19 million viewers at the end of the night.
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Ratings: The Devil Wears Nada
Last night’s episode ‘The Devil Wears Nada’ had a total of 9.04 million viewers. This makes the episode the second highest rated this season, behind ‘Bart Gets a ‘Z’ which had 9.32 million viewers last month. A usually-dominant Family Guy had 8.28 million viewers with a new episode at 9:00pm.
Episodes
New Episode: The Great Wife Hope
The third episode of Season 21, ‘The Great Wife Hope’, airs tonight on Fox. The men and boys of Springfield become obsessed with Mixed Martial Arts, a violent sport where fighters inflict severe pain on one another. When Marge and her friends stage a protest, the show’s promoter embraces the controversy and challenges Marge to a match, promising to shut down the competition if she wins.