This Sunday saw a Simpsons double, with new episode Smart & Smarter at 8:00pm, followed by a rerun of I, D’oh-Bot at 8:30pm. This is the standard schedule for a Simpsons double, and once again Fox received the standard result. 12.5 million viewers tuned in for Simon Cowell’s appearance at 8pm while 12.8 million caught the rerun.
Elsewhere, the premiere of “Super Millionaire” helped push ABC to second on the night, just behind CBS. NBC wasn’t far off in third place. Despite the improved Simpsons ratings, FOX once again took fourth at 5.2/8. Among adults 18-49, though, ABC came out on top. FOX was a tight second in the coveted demographic, while NBC and CBS followed. The two Simpsons episodes helped Fox come second for the 8pm hour, behind CBS’s “Cold Case.”