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).
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UK Ratings: Regina Monologues
On Friday night Sky One broadcast the UK TV premiere of the much-hyped Simpsons episode featuring Tony Blair, complete with a voice provided by the British prime minister himself. The Simpsons: the Regina Monologues, featured Homer and the gang on a visit to London, during which they are welcomed to Britain by Mr Blair at the airport and also run into JK Rowling and Sir Ian McKellen. Sky One was watched by 1.1 million viewers and attracted an 8% share of the multichannel audience between 8pm and 8.30pm on Friday, when the new Simpsons episode was on air. This was well below the highest ever rating Simpsons on Sky One, which was 1.65 million for an episode broadcast in February 2001. However, The Regina Monologues proved more popular in multichannel homes than BBC2’s Hidden Gardens, a Friends repeat on Channel 4 and Channel Five’s Moving to Mars.
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I, D’oh-Bot – New Episode Tonight
Don’t miss tonights all new Simpsons titled “I, D’oh-Bot”. There wont be an episode next week so make the most of this one. Here’s a description thanks to snpp.com. “Homer and Bart build a Robot Wars-style robot, but when they discover they don’t know as much about building killer robots as they thought, Homer decides to get inside of it. Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa are under the impression that Snowball II “went to kitty heaven”. This episode may start late and/or be “already in progress” in the Eastern and Central time zones because of an NFC Divisional Playoff. If the game runs until 8:30, the episode may be pre-empted.
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Blair Appearance Aired In UK
In what will probably be the first of many articles hounding tonights airing of The Regina Monologues in the UK, the Telegraph has posted their thoughts. “The Prime Minister might have been trying to impress his children. But if he wanted to win fans, he should have played it more for laughs, reports Tom Cox. Mr Blair’s appearance – the subject of eight months of negotiations between Alastair Campbell and the show’s producers, lasted well under a minute. Were it not for Homer’s comment of “I can’t believe we met Mr Bean!”, it could almost have been scripted by Mr Campbell. The episode did nothing to dissuade you from the impression that America thinks of Britain as a nation of top-hat wearing, mini-driving, well-spoken wimps who make films about running to pop music and cling to a defunct monarchy; nor, if you had any kind of sense of humour, would you have wanted it to.” Read More >>>
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Ratings: Marge Vs. .. Everybody
Here’s the fast national ratings for Sunday. Overall for the night, ABC averaged a 12.0 rating/18 share, trouncing the night’s normal winner CBS, which had a 9.9/15 for second. NBC claimed third followed by FOX’s 4.7/7. This trend was repeated in the coveted demographic 18-49, with FOX also coming out fourth. At 8 p.m., ABC moved into the lead with the 13.0/19 for the showdown between the Sooners and the Tigers. CBS dropped to second with the 10.2/15 for “Without a Trace.” FOX’s new episode of The Simpsons titled “Marge Vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays” (6.7/10) and “The Bernie Mac Show” (5.1/7) were good enough for third, topping “American Dreams” on NBC. Official Nielsen figures will be available soon.
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Marge Vs. Singles, Teens, Gays
Season 15 returns to North America tonight, with an episode titled “Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays”. So far it wins the award for longest (and most annoying) title ever, but will the episode be any good? A short description follows: “Marge goes on another of her crusades – this time against a law that says that only parents of school children have to pay the school tax. Meanwhile, Maggie is among the babies who riot at a kiddie concert, prompting a backlash by single childless citizens, who organize against kids and famililes.” Catch the episode at the usual time tonight on Fox and we’ll bring you the ratings soon after.
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Al Jean Talks Tony Blair
For a moment, Al Jean couldn’t believe his ears. Here was the British Prime Minister, the man to whom he had sent an irreverent script, shaking his hand in a quiet ante-room at 10 Downing Street and saying, “You’re my hero”. As a writer and executive producer of The Simpsons, Jean wasn’t used to being called a hero, let alone being greeted so effusively by a statesman. But these were exceptional circumstances. British premiers won’t get the chance to be immortalised as a character in The Simpsons very often. Tony Blair knew an opportunity when he saw it and, after 8 months of negotiation between his director of communications and the producers, he agreed to make an appearance. “We never, ever thought he would agree. And, even up to the last minute, we never thought it would happen,” explains Jean. Read More >>>
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‘Tis The Ratings Report
Against extremely tough competition, NBC got a solid performance out of “Secret Santa,” but it wasn’t nearly enough. The finale of “Survivor” helped CBS run the table on Sunday night. Overall, CBS averaged a 12.6 rating/19 share for a comfortable advantage over second place NBC. FOX was well back in third at 6.1/9. Among adults 18-49, CBS maintained its margin of victory in the coveted demographic. FOX finished second for the night at 4.4. At 8pm, the first hour of the “Survivor: Pearl Islands” finale earned a 13.2/20, more than doubling up FOX’s new Simpsons episode ‘Tis The Fifteenth Season (6.6/10) and “The Bernie Mac Show” (5.5/8).
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‘Tis The Fifteenth Season
Christmas is coming early in Springfield. Tonight’s new episode titled ‘Tis The Fifteenth Season’ is another Christmas-themed episode and will be repeated on Monday December 22nd. Here’s a description thanks to snpp.com. “Homer is given a Joe DiMaggio rookie card by Mr. Burns, so he sells it for a lot of money. After spending most of it on himself, Homer comes to realize his greedy ways when he sees “A Christmas Carol” on TV. So he reverses course and starts to do favors for everyone he can, making Flanders jealous by becoming Springfield’s new king of nice. He and Flanders then engage in a head-to-head “nice-off”. Catch it tonight!
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Simpsons Test Fans Attention
In a joke on “The Simpsons” Sunday night, cartoon character Lisa consulted a real-life book about the show’s episode-by-episode history to check whether they had already done that night’s story before. They hadn’t. But if she’d checked further, she would have found another apparent error in the script. In an episode focusing on Krusty the Clown’s long-delayed bar mitzvah, the clown stated his given name as Herschel Pinchas Yoracham Krustofsky. And as anyone who remembers the Wanted poster that was issued after Mr. Burns was shot in 1995 knows only too well, Krusty’s name is Herschel Shmoikel Krustofsky. Did the producers goof? No, says Fox spokeswoman Jill Hudson: “They just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention.”
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Ratings: Today I Am A Clown
The much anticipated ‘Today I Am A Clown’ did well in the opinion polls, lets see how it rated on Sunday. For the night, CBS averaged an 11.7/18, miles in front of second place ABC. NBC was a distant third with FOX right behind at 4.7/7. Among adults 18-49, CBS had a 4.8 rating to win the coveted demographic. FOX moved up to second with a 3.4 rating. At 8 p.m., CBS rode “Cold Case” to a 10.6/16 and the hourly win. FOX moved up to second with “The Simpsons” (6.1/9) and “The Bernie Mac Show” (5.7/9). Nielsen’s weekly data will be available later this week, when we’ll bring you the figures and ranking for the episode.
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Tonight, He Is A Clown
New episode again tonight, for the sixth week in a row. Tonight’s episode is titled ‘Today, I Am A Clown’. A related article was posted on The Jewish Journal this week. “Krusty the Clown never had a bar mitzvah. It’s a startling confession “Simpsons” fans will hear this Sunday when the Springfield celebrity discovers he doesn’t have a star on the town’s Jewish Walk of Fame. Krusty turns to his Orthodox father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky (Jackie Mason), and Mr. T for help. Krustofsky returns to help his son study for his big day ? which he originally opposed for the young Hershel, fearing that he might make a mockery out of it. When Krusty realizes that his show’s shooting schedule has him working on Shabbat, he brings in Homer Simpson as a guest host.” Read More >>>