Fox’s “The Simpsons” turned 30 this week, and the age looks good on them — especially just after the final whistle of a late-afternoon NFL game.
This fall, on Sundays when Fox had the late-afternoon (4:25 p.m. ET) national-TV game as a lead-in for “The Simpsons,” the 8 p.m. animated comedy has averaged a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49 and 5.299 million viewers overall, according to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day numbers. On the Sundays that CBS had the late-afternoon game and Fox did not, “The Simpsons” has averaged a 0.8 rating and 2.111 million total viewers.
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Fox’s “The Simpsons” turned 30 this week, and the age looks good on them — especially just after the final whistle of a late-afternoon NFL game.
This fall, on Sundays when Fox had the late-afternoon (4:25 p.m. ET) national-TV game as a lead-in for “The Simpsons,” the 8 p.m. animated comedy has averaged a 1.9 rating among adults 18-49 and 5.299 million viewers overall, according to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day numbers. On the Sundays that CBS had the late-afternoon game and Fox did not, “The Simpsons” has averaged a 0.8 rating and 2.111 million total viewers.
That’s pretty glaring — even in no-frills 2D.