The Simpsons had a stellar night on Sunday, boosted by the NFC championships which aired before it, the episode “I, D’oh-bot” ranked #13 for the week with 16.30 million viewers nationwide. The event helped the episode become the most-watched this season; a trend that continued with The Bernie Mac Show afterwards (ranked #40, 11.39 million viewers).
This helped FOX become the most watched network for the night, for the first time in quite a while. FOX averaged a 14.3 rating/21 share for the night, well in front of CBS’ 9.0/14. NBC was a distant third at 6.9/11. Among adults 18-49, FOX held strong with a 10.3 rating in the coveted demographic, with NBC coming in second. The Simpsons outrated CBS’s Cold Case, one of their biggest successes of the year.