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The decline of the Simpsons 📉 (jlai.lu)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They were amazing when they came out, which is when they were rated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that's true though - these are the IMDb ratings, which remain open, and didn't exist when the episodes came out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's basically the same. Here's info from the nelson TV ratings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough. As I said at the start, it was just the impression I had - evidently not the case :-)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I'm glad you asked actually. Looking up any info is not easy. Apparently nelson TV ratings are really hard to look into these days. Even in that link I tried to follow the refrences for more info and hit a dead end pretty fast.

Also I find it interesting that they do match up with the IMDb numbers. Because your not wrong, the nostalgia is strong for those early seasons. Pretty cool is not unwarranted.