Numbers were down slightly for Simpsons Christmas Stories, the newest episode of The Simpsons which aired on Sunday. 9.8 million viewers in total watched the episode, equalling this season’s lowest audience which was also reached with The Girl Who Slept Too Little. This shows however that there isn’t a great deal of difference from week to week this year.
While a low rating episode, the show managed to come second at 8:00pm, behind only Cold Case on CBS. For FOX, the lineup was enough to give them first place for the night amongst adults 18 – 49, and second in overall viewers, again beaten by CBS. These results reflect the omission of ABCs big guns Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy from this weeks schedule.