The highly anticipated season premiere of The Simpsons managed to gather 11.5 million viewers on Sunday night up against some stiff competition.
While coming fourth behind Sunday Night NFL on NBC, Path To 9/11 on ABC, and CBS’s 9/11 documentary, The Simpsons still pulled healthy numbers, up on last year’s season premiere Bonfire Of The Manatees (11.1 million). FOX finished third overall for the night, but was boosted to second position behind NBC among adults 18 – 49 with help from Family Guy (10 million) and American Dad (8.9 million).