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The Simpsons: Season 24 Ratings

Published:May 14, 2013

Simpsons ratingsDo you think that The Simpsons will ever actually be cancelled? If so, will it be due to low ratings or just because the writers have finally run out of ideas? Last season’s ratings were down by 11%. Will they continue to fall, stay the same or actually rise? Stay tuned to find out.

The 25th season of The Simpsons typically airs Sunday nights on the FOX network. Once again, the sitcom’s cast includes Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith.

Below are the TV show’s ratings for the 2012-13 season, the best way to tell if The Simpsons is going to be cancelled or renewed for future seasons (it’s already been renewed through season 25 for 2013-14).

These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:

Episode 24-20: Sunday, 05/12/13
2.0 in the demo (+5% change) with 4.16 million (-6% change).
Season averages: 2.54 in the demo with 5.52 million.

Episode 24-19: Sunday, 05/05/13
1.9 in the demo (-10% change) with 4.43 million (-2% change).
Season averages: 2.57 in the demo with 5.59 million.

Episode 24-18: Sunday, 04/28/13
2.1 in the demo (+17% change) with 4.54 million (+11% change).
Season averages: 2.61 in the demo with 5.66 million.

Episode 24-17: Sunday, 04/14/13
1.8 in the demo (-18% change) with 4.11 million (-16% change).
Season averages: 2.64 in the demo with 5.72 million.

Episode 24-16: Sunday, 03/17/13
2.2 in the demo (0% change) with 4.89 million (+1% change).
Season averages: 2.69 in the demo with 5.82 million.

Episode 24-15: Sunday, 03/10/13
2.2 in the demo (0% change) with 4.85 million (+4% change).
Season averages: 2.72 in the demo with 5.89 million.

Episode 24-14: Sunday, 03/03/13
2.2 in the demo (+10% change) with 4.66 million (+2% change).
Season averages: 2.76 in the demo with 5.96 million.

Episode 24-13: Sunday, 02/17/13
2.0 in the demo (0% change) with 4.57 million (+9% change).
Season averages: 2.80 in the demo with 6.06 million.

Episode 24-12: Sunday, 02/10/13
2.0 in the demo (-13% change) with 4.19 million (-20% change).
Season averages: 2.87 in the demo with 6.18 million.

Episode 24-11: Sunday, 01/27/13
2.3 in the demo (-4% change) with 5.23 million (+4% change).
Season averages: 2.95 in the demo with 6.37 million.

Episode 24-10: Sunday, 01/13/13
2.4 in the demo (-43% change) with 5.04 million (-44% change).
Season averages: 3.01 in the demo with 6.48 million.

FOX TV show ratingsEpisode 24-09: Sunday, 01/06/13
4.2 in the demo (+147% change) with 8.97 million (+138% change).
Season averages: 3.08 in the demo with 6.64 million.

Episode 24-08: Sunday, 12/16/12
1.7 in the demo (-50% change) with 3.77 million (-49% change).
Season averages: 2.94 in the demo with 6.35 million.

Episode 24-07: Sunday, 12/09/12
3.4 in the demo (+3% change) with 7.44 million (0% change).
Season averages: 3.11 in the demo with 6.72 million.

Episode 24-06: Sunday, 11/25/12
3.3 in the demo (+38% change) with 7.46 million (+47% change).
Season averages: 3.07 in the demo with 6.59 million.

Episode 24-05: Sunday, 11/18/12
2.4 in the demo (-25% change) with 5.06 million (-26% change).
Season averages: 3.02 in the demo with 6.42 million.

Episode 24-04: Sunday, 11/11/12
3.2 in the demo (+23% change) with 6.86 million (+24% change).
Season averages: 3.17 in the demo with 6.76 million.

Episode 24-03: Sunday, 11/04/12
2.6 in the demo (-16% change) with 5.54 million (-16% change).
Season averages: 3.17 in the demo with 6.73 million.

Episode 24-02: Sunday, 10/07/12
3.1 in the demo (-18% change) with 6.57 million (-19% change).
Season averages: 3.45 in the demo with 7.33 million.

Episode 24-01: Sunday, 09/30/12
3.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 8.08 million total viewers.
Season averages: 3.80 in the demo with 8.08 million.

Year-to-year the debut was down just 3%, in the demo (vs a 3.9 rating) and matched total viewership exactly.

Reference point: The 2011-12 season averaged a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.15 million viewers.

Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.

What do you think? Do you still like The Simpsons TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a 26th season?

 

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Miguel Sanchez May 2, 2013 at 10:20 am

“If so, will it be due to low ratings or just because the writers have finally run out of ideas?”

Are you kidding? The writers ran out of ideas 13 years ago, around the same time they had decent writers. Cancel this train wreck, it’s nothing but an embarrassment to what it once was.

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erg April 20, 2013 at 7:50 am

This show is too classic to cancel, although the new episodes suck, they owe the fans a great ending, which it wont be able to deliver, so they should just keep it going, and hopefully it will pick up again.

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tom April 5, 2013 at 2:08 pm

walking dead , the big bang theory , family guy , Are you serious? want to compete with them with their boring program

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ross March 30, 2013 at 9:11 am

I hope it will get renewed, i still love the simpsons and i hope it will beat gunsmoke on episode count.

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PATT February 17, 2013 at 9:20 pm

I HATE THIS SHOW. PLEASE CANCEL.

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Anonymous January 29, 2013 at 2:55 pm

please..please. cx. can’t anyone come up with true comedy anymore without the f word and others.

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samspring December 19, 2012 at 12:42 am

smart & hilarious ‘most every time. Best show , even better than S.P. mostly because it’s not so embarassingly filthy.

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SimpsonFan October 7, 2012 at 9:36 am

I was unhappy at the low ratings last season, but happy for the high premiere this season and that is beat Family Guy last season and so far this season.

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