Ratings are In: Simpsons Up, but Family Guy still King

I’m pretty certain you can have an entire episode of The Simpsons featuring Homer walking around with a dildo strapped to his forehead, and Family Guy would still be number 1 on Animation Domination. That said, just about everyone went up in the ratings and according to Deadline.com:

They were really building something on The Simpsons (1.9/6) on Sunday. “You’re right,” Marge said to a questioning Bart last night, “something is different about the Simpsons today.” Of course, the answer wasn’t just that Homer was “wearing a tie.” It was that the Fox show was almost completely full of the Danish interlocking blocks for its 550th episode. Being the Matt Groening-created show, the “Brick Like Me” episode made a nod to Warner Bros’ blockbuster The LEGO Movie and also went very much down its own CGI road. And that worked out well for the long-running series with a 19% rise among adults 18-49 and a 26% rise in viewers to 4.3 million. The rest of Fox’s mainly animated night was on an upward turn for the most part as well. While Bob’s Burgers (1.1/4) was even with last week,American Dad (1.3/4) bopped up 8%. The highest-rated show of the night,Family Guy (2.2/7), saw a 5% rise.

Hats off to FOX for promoting the hell out of The Simpsons this week, and I hope it’s a sign of what’s to come because Animation Domination needs to be marketed in more innovative ways come next season.

Animation Domination returns this Sunday Night on FOX @ 7 pm ET/PT, check your local listings.