Ratings Review: THE SIMPSONS (season 24)

The Simpsons is currently the #2 primetime TV series, in number of original episodes produced, with 528. it is now just 107 episodes behind the all-time leader, GUNSMOKE. Based on current production runs, THE SIMPSONS should past the classic western sometime in the middle of season 29, or early 2018.

I bring this up because, the ratings are still relatively solid and I do not see FOX ever getting rid of the series. It still draws a young viewing audience that is mostly loyal to the series. In fact, we may not see the end of THE SIMPSONS, in our lifetime.

On average for the 2012-13 season, THE SIMPSONS drew around five million viewers per episode and a solid mid-two demo rating. Is is that A18-49 demographic rating that fuels its success. It is the demographic/category that advertisers love and will pay top dollar to reach. So, three things are always certain... Death, Taxes and THE SIMPSONS.

THE SIMPSONS (Sundays at 8 p.m., on FOX)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
09/30/12	8.08	3.8
10/07/12	6.57	3.1	-19%
10/14/12	Preempted
10/21/12	Preempted
10/28/12	Preempted
11/04/12	5.54	2.6
11/11/12	6.86	3.2	24%	8:20 PM
11/18/12	5.06	2.4	-26%
11/25/12	7.46	3.3	47%
12/02/12	4.38	2.0	-41%	R
12/09/12	7.44	3.4	70%
12/16/12	3.77	1.7	-49%
12/23/12	5.54	2.4	47%	R
12/30/12	6.69	2.7	21%	R
01/06/13	8.97	4.2	34%
01/13/13	5.04	2.4	-44%
01/20/13	3.97	1.8	-21%	R
01/27/13	5.23	2.3	32%
02/03/13	1.77	0.8	-66%	R
02/10/13	4.19	2.0	137%
02/17/13	4.57	2.0	9%
02/24/13	3.44	1.6	-25%	R
03/03/13	4.66	2.2	36%
03/10/13	4.85	2.2	4%
03/17/13	4.89	2.2	1%
03/24/13	3.69	1.6	-25%	R
03/31/13	3.10	1.4	-16%	R
04/07/13	3.24	1.4	5%	R
04/14/13	4.11	1.8	27%
04/21/13	3.67	1.6	-11%	R
04/28/13	4.54	2.1	24%
05/05/13	4.43	1.9	-2%
05/12/13	4.16	2.0	-6%
05/19/13	4.01	1.9	-4%
05/19/13	4.52	2.1	13%