A total of 6.44 million viewers watched Sunday’s episode ‘Angry Dad: The Movie’ – up from last week’s low numbers.
Bob’s Burgers sunk to 4.87 million viewers at 8.30, while Family Guy rose to 6.56 million at 9.00. The Cleveland Show finished the night on 5.42 million viewers. Fox was fourth network overall for the night but in first place among viewers 18 – 49.
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AMAZING EPISODE!!!! one of the best yet!!
This just might have been the worst episode I have ever seen. And I don’t complain about the new Simpsons episodes. I loved the other week’s with Marge’s gray hair. How did they drop from a 5 star to a 1 in one weeks time?
took u awhile
The episode aired on the 20th. This article is listed as being posted on Feb 22nd. It didn’t show up until Feb 27 at the earliest (at least in the USA). Yet, whoever maintains this site published the Blue/Gray ratings the day or so after its airing, and seemingly only to gloat over the low ratings.
To whomever updates this site, since you obviously don’t like the Simpsons in its current form and want it to go off the air, why don’t you just shut this site down. I come to this site every day and you barely post anything, and when you do it’s rarely positive.
I used to enjoy this site.
You obviously don’t anymore.
I love The Simpsons, now as much as ever. I come to these kinds of sites hoping for some sliver of new information. ….. Why the fuck do I keep coming here?
The article in question was posted a week after its airing as there was a death in my family. I did not feel the need to go to my computer for five days and I’m sorry I made you, the most important person in the world, wait.
I’m also getting married in a couple of weeks so posting the ratings for a television show is actually low on my list of priorities.
I did no ‘gloating’ about low ratings for The Blue & The Gray, I posted the figures, a tally of the top 5 least watched episodes of all time which features the episode (a tally I’ve been updating for years), and explained that the low ratings were due to the Grammys.
I liked how it started, but as soon as Lisa suggested “short film”, which did just completely contradict the title, the episode felt like a unnecessary sequel, which is extremely exaggerated to say the least, and then going through a bunch of parodies which I thought OFFENDED Pixar. No way could Angry Dad beat the other short films on the bill. Disappointing.
Average episode, yet the fake Oscars in the episode probably still beats the atrocity that is last night’s Oscars.
In Defense of The Simpsons
After 22 seasons, why the show is still worthy.
December 17, 2010 December 17, 2010 December 17, 2010
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Having been on for a mind-blowing 22 seasons now, The Simpsons has become a juggernaut of a series that has been viewed by multiple generations. But there are many who lament the show continuing on, saying the quality has declined and that the series should have ended years ago.
But not so fast…
We asked Robert Canning, who’s been covering The Simpsons for IGN TV for several years, what he thought about the subject. Read on to see why he’s defending The Simpsons…
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The Simpsons is still a funny show. That’s it. It’s that simple. It’s still worth watching and has been for years. And, yes, I’m talking about all those years after Season 9. There are plenty of classic episodes to be found in Season 12, Season 14, Season 18 and the rest. Admittedly, the classics came more consistently in the single-digit seasons, and there are episodes from that era that will never be topped. Ever. And perhaps you would have been happier if the show ended after “Natural Born Kissers.” But it didn’t. 270 more episodes have followed… and counting. If all you’re going to do is compare those episodes to “Marge vs. the Monorail” or “Mr. Plow,” you’ll miss out on countless more funny bits, quotable lines and touching tales.
– FOXStill Simpsons-ing after all these years…Just don’t tune in expecting to see the next “You Only Move Twice” every time. That’s not going to happen. Enjoy the episode for what it is, not what it might have been 15 years ago. Not every episode is going to blow you away, but more than enough have gotten close over the years. Quite a few of these have become some of my all-time favorites. “Mayored to the Mob” from Season 10. “I am Furious Yellow” from Season 13. “24 Minutes” from Season 18. “The Squirt and The Whale” from Season 21. All of these episodes and more have been added to my growing list of favorites. The Simpsons might not be as consistent as it once was, but there are still more than enough reasons to continue tuning in.
The series has changed its tone a bit over the years. The first season was often just a family sitcom that happened to be animated. The next few seasons kept the family sitcom values but added the kind of absurdity that live-action television just isn’t capable of. The classic seasons (let’s say Season 4 through Season 8) found a perfect balance between the two. But when the scales tipped toward absurdity around Season 10, the series found its detractors and people started saying The Simpsons just wasn’t good anymore. And I agree that watching Homer fail at some ridiculous scheme or unrealistic new job over and over again can get tiresome. But a bad Simpsons episode is still better and funnier than the countless crap sitcoms that come and go in the blink of an eye. (Accidentally on Purpose, Brothers and Hank to name a few.)
During any boring Lisa story you may discover an hilarious Groundskeeper Willie bit, an awesome Ralph Wiggum quote, or a spectacular Itchy and Scratchy short. Sure, not every episode as a whole is killer, but all are packed with the characters we’ve grown to adore and everybody gets a moment to shine. It’s worth watching a so-so episode if Professor Frink shows up, or if Cletus makes an appearance. The consistency of great episodes may have tapered off for a bit, but almost every episode is still good for memorable moments.
– FOXSeason 21’s “The Bob Next Door”And honestly, consistently good episodes from The Simpsons have been making a comeback. The series seemed to hit a creative rebirth when it switched to high-definition in Season 20. The switch gave us the great, different-but-the-same, updated opening titles. And the episodes that closed out that season had a fresh new energy to go along with the crisp new look. “How the Test Was Won,” “Gone Maggie Gone,” and “Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D’Oh” were all fantastic and deserve repeated viewing. The following season kept the new momentum going and delivered great episodes like “Once Upon a Time in Springfield,” “Million Dollar Maybe,” and a smart and hilarious Sideshow Bob episode, “The Bob Next Door.”
This season is already off to a good start. And like when the series first began, The Simpsons is once again a topic of water cooler conversations, thanks to an opening sequence created by British artist and activist Banksy, and Bill O’Reilly calling The Simpsons “pinheads” for showing a Fox News slogan reading, “Not Racist, But #1 With Racists.” The series may not be as edgy as it once was, but it can still make an impact. And the show is still delivering solid laughs.
– FOXSeason 22’s “Lisa Simpson, This Isn’t Your Life”Take this year’s best episode so far, “Lisa Simpson, This Isn’t Your Life.” After 22 seasons, its no surprise that the basic plot was something familiar: Lisa was worried she wouldn’t fulfill her academic potential. You’ve seen it before in “The Secret War of Lisa Simpson,” “Lisa the Simpson,” “Little Girl in the Big Ten” and numerous other outings. But “This Isn’t Your Life” took that familiar story and added new angles, new laughs, and new ways to tug at your heartstrings.
The series can still deliver; no matter how many times a plot might be reused. After 22 seasons, The Simpsons is still well worth watching.
I agree that many of the current Simpsons are very good and worth watching. It was just that last episode that I felt was the worst I have ever seen.
However, much of this is true. They never should have moved the show closer to absurity and the Hi-Def did regroup the show together in a fresh, new way.
If we see more episides like “Blue and Gray”, “Lisa Simpsons, this isn’t your Life”, and “Gone Maggie Gone” I will love to keep watching. Yet, these guest start filled garbage like the Angry Dad movie where they leave the family sitcome behind needs to stop.
Oh, and Lisa episodes are never boring. She is the most interesting character on the show.
It still beats that horrible show bobs burgers or any Seth Macfarlane show. IMHO THE SIMPSON’S is the second best show on TV other then futurama. If any one can name a better half hour sit com then THE SIMPSON’S AND FUTURAMA then I will eat my words but I just don’t see it and I watch a lot of TV. I have watched the Simpson for 22 years and I haven’t seen a really bad episode yet. But hay may be I’m a big HOMER. I also love STAR WARS and I loved all six movies I guess you can say I’m not hard to please and I am a 10 year old trapped in the body of a 30 year old. My shrink says I have peter pan syndrome LOL.
Hey, I agree with you. I might not watch a lot of tv, but Simpsons and Futurama are the best two shows, period. For anything better, you would need to go back in time about 30 years or so…
More like 50 years, the golden era of TV!
Lol, i agree, ive watched it since i was 4 and have never bored of the simpsons, i love it every day
Adam – you obviously don’t have time to dedicate to a site like this which has so much more potential.
Instead of taking a bashing about the lack of news on this site from people who come here, and how you seemingly aren’t writing much at all (parts are numbers and data or articles lifted from others sites)… why don’t you consider letting someone else who is passionate about the show take over?
Rob – stop harping on Adam about his web page, “witch is great by the way” he explained in another tread that he had a death in the family. Family comes before keeping up a Simpson’s web page.