A total of 5.16 million viewers watched last night’s episode ‘Four Great Women and a Manicure’, making it the least-watched episode of all time. The previous all-time low belonged to March episode ‘Lisa The Drama Queen’, which had 5.75 million viewers, so not only is it a new record, it has taken a giant beating by its own weakest episode. All five of the least watched episodes have now come in this, the 20th Anniversary year.
Episodes
New Episode: Four Great Women and a Manicure
The second to last episode of the milestone 20th season airs tonight. Marge and Lisa visit the nail salon where they engage in a spirited debate as to whether a woman can be smart, powerful and beautiful all at the same time. To prove their point, they spin four tales of famous women featuring famous Springfield faces.
Ratings
Ratings: Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D’oh
The ratings for Sunday night’s episode Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D’oh are finally in after some delays with the Nielsen figures. A total of 6.66 million demon viewers tuned in, which are relatively good numbers compared to the last few months. The show even beat Family Guy, which had 6.566 million viewers at 9:00.
Episodes
New Episode: Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D’oh
Airs tonight. When The Simpsons rent an apartment in the upscale Waverly Hills neighborhood, Lisa is ostracized by the popular girls. Bart uses his newly established bad boy image to impress the other students and increase Lisa’s popularity by telling everyone she is best friends with the pop star Alaska Nebraska.
Promos
Promo: Coming To Homerica
“Coming To Homerica”, the 20th season finale, airs May 17th on Fox. When nearby Ogdenville’s economy crumbles due to tainted barley discovered in Krusty’s veggie burgers, the unemployed workers of Ogdenville flock to Springfield. After Mayor Quimby closes Springfield’s borders and enlists private citizens to help patrol them, Homer organizes a border patrol group.
Promos
Promo: Four Great Women and a Manicure
Marge and Lisa visit the nail salon where they engage in a spirited debate as to whether a woman can be smart, powerful and beautiful all at the same time. To prove their point, they spin four tales of famous women featuring famous Springfield faces: Selma as Queen Elizabeth I, Lisa as Snow White, Marge as Lady Macbeth and Maggie as the idealistic architect protagonist from Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead”.
Ratings
Ratings: Father Knows Worst
Last night’s episode ‘Father Knows Worst’ entered the danger zone, the below 6 million viewer mark. 5.94 million viewers tuned in to the show, just shy of the record for least-watched episode of all time (Lisa The Drama Queen, 5.75 million). It becomes the second least-watched episode ever, pushing March episode ‘Gone Maggie Gone’ (5.97 million) into third place. ‘Family Guy’s ratings were also lower than usual, with 6.80 million viewers.
Episodes
New Episode: Father Knows Worst
“Father Knows Worst”, the 18th episode of the 20th season airs tonight at 8.00pm on Fox. When Homer observes Bart and Lisa struggling in certain aspects of their academic and social lives at school, he becomes a proponent of “helicopter parenting,” the process of closely monitoring a child and forcing them to succeed. Meanwhile, Marge discovers a sauna in the Simpson family’s basement that she finds hard to resist.
Promos
Promo: Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D’Oh
Fox have released a promotional image for Sunday May 3’s premiere of “Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D’Oh”.
When The Simpsons rent an apartment in the upscale Waverly Hills neighborhood, Lisa is ostracized by the popular girls. Bart uses his newly established bad boy image to impress the other students and increase Lisa’s popularity by telling everyone she is best friends with the pop star Alaska Nebraska.
Ratings
Ratings: The Good, The Sad And The Drugly
A respectable 6.50 million viewers watched last night’s episode ‘The Good, The Sad and the Drugly’. After some poor figures earlier this year, the show has maintained this average figure for the last three episodes. The Simpsons at 8 paved way for Fox’s new offering, ‘Sit Down Shut Up’ which had just 5.21 million viewers. An original installment of ‘Family Guy’ at 9 has 7.40 million viewers, while ‘American Dad’ ended the night with 5.76 million.