why does “regular” include 6.0 and 7.0? This gives 11 values for “regular” and only 9 for “good”
Kobosil on
The series is running for 36 seasons – these numbers are kinda expected
Exciting_Telephone65 on
I never stop being amazed at how people can complain so much about the perceived quality of a cartoon.
Unhappy_Poetry_8756 on
What’s the deal with the 4.0 episode?
eatmoreturkey123 on
Who is still watching this? I honestly don’t know anyone who is.
alehanro on
This is a terrible chart. And poor spelling.
pedanticPandaPoo on
Wowza, third worst episode is during the heyday. They just had to screw up a perfectly serviceable wagon story with all that fruity singing.
scottyboy218 on
Keep in mind that this kinda data is inherently skewed.
There’s always a large subset of people who will continue to watch a show no matter what since they’re so invested. They’re the ones who continue to rate episodes
Thepilli17 on
I personally think the following:
– Peak period was s10-13
– Early seasons are overrated as a total
– Later seconds are underrated because “nah, men, I miss the good old Simpsons”
Dethmonger on
Frank Grimes episode seems to have the highest score at 9.3.
sweetcinnamonpunch on
I think the series dropped off way later than S9.
Faaacebones on
The data looks pretty bad at a glance. I feel differently though when I look at what the colors represent. Dark green, Green, and Yellow signify Awesome, Great, and Good. Orange signifies regular while red and purple signify Bad and Garbage.
It looks to be about 90 percent of the episodes fall between Awesome and regular. From that perspective the show seems to have maintained a pretty high level of success.
Itisd on
Dawnfall? What’s that, the beginning of the morning?
battleship61 on
Only 10 episodes hit a >8.0 since season 11. Wow.
Broccobillo on
The bad and awesome colours are to close for my colourblind eyes to understand at a glance making the colours useless. At least that written data is there.
flag_tats on
This is one of the ugliest data entries in this sub. I don’t know how we got to this point, but it’s sad what happened to Data is Beautiful.
zigthis on
Most of that green on the left is when Conan O’Brien was on the writing team.
ManEEEFaces on
Please tell me you’ve went your whole life thinking it’s dawnfall.
sgrams04 on
Guess when Mike Scully took over the show, turned Homer into a mentally retarded person and everyone else one-dimensionally annoying? The show *never* recovered from that change in direction.
What do these numbers mean? Ratings? Personal preference?
WantsToBeUnmade on
S4E18 – a clip show
S6E03 – another clip show
S9E11 – a musical clip show
I’m starting to think people don’t like clip shows.
_Karmageddon on
I always love on these that you can tell which one is “Lisa Goes Gaga” immediately without even zooming in.
disappointed_darwin on
It has been an incredibly long time since the Simpsons put anything good out. It’s insane that it’s still on the air. It definitely shaped my sense of humor growing up though, and the golden age where Conan was steering the ship was some of the best TV comedy ever.
tehnoodnub on
What’s the deal with the last ep of S23? I think o stopped watching during season 13 or 14 and have only seen about a half dozen episodes since.
Le_Botmes on
I’ve always felt subconsciously that seasons 4-6 was the sweet spot. Guess I was correct.
![[OC] The Simpsons dawnfall](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/bu3z16tsqine1-1536x609.png "[OC] The Simpsons dawnfall")
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Data: IMDb, [SeriesGraph](https://seriesgraph.com/show/456-the-simpsons)
Tools: D3Js
why does “regular” include 6.0 and 7.0? This gives 11 values for “regular” and only 9 for “good”
The series is running for 36 seasons – these numbers are kinda expected
I never stop being amazed at how people can complain so much about the perceived quality of a cartoon.
What’s the deal with the 4.0 episode?
Who is still watching this? I honestly don’t know anyone who is.
This is a terrible chart. And poor spelling.
Wowza, third worst episode is during the heyday. They just had to screw up a perfectly serviceable wagon story with all that fruity singing.
Keep in mind that this kinda data is inherently skewed.
There’s always a large subset of people who will continue to watch a show no matter what since they’re so invested. They’re the ones who continue to rate episodes
I personally think the following:
– Peak period was s10-13
– Early seasons are overrated as a total
– Later seconds are underrated because “nah, men, I miss the good old Simpsons”
Frank Grimes episode seems to have the highest score at 9.3.
I think the series dropped off way later than S9.
The data looks pretty bad at a glance. I feel differently though when I look at what the colors represent. Dark green, Green, and Yellow signify Awesome, Great, and Good. Orange signifies regular while red and purple signify Bad and Garbage.
It looks to be about 90 percent of the episodes fall between Awesome and regular. From that perspective the show seems to have maintained a pretty high level of success.
Dawnfall? What’s that, the beginning of the morning?
Only 10 episodes hit a >8.0 since season 11. Wow.
The bad and awesome colours are to close for my colourblind eyes to understand at a glance making the colours useless. At least that written data is there.
This is one of the ugliest data entries in this sub. I don’t know how we got to this point, but it’s sad what happened to Data is Beautiful.
Most of that green on the left is when Conan O’Brien was on the writing team.
Please tell me you’ve went your whole life thinking it’s dawnfall.
Guess when Mike Scully took over the show, turned Homer into a mentally retarded person and everyone else one-dimensionally annoying? The show *never* recovered from that change in direction.
S23 E22
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2403733/
Great job, what tool can i use to make this fast
We need this for more tv shows please
What do these numbers mean? Ratings? Personal preference?
S4E18 – a clip show
S6E03 – another clip show
S9E11 – a musical clip show
I’m starting to think people don’t like clip shows.
I always love on these that you can tell which one is “Lisa Goes Gaga” immediately without even zooming in.
It has been an incredibly long time since the Simpsons put anything good out. It’s insane that it’s still on the air. It definitely shaped my sense of humor growing up though, and the golden age where Conan was steering the ship was some of the best TV comedy ever.
What’s the deal with the last ep of S23? I think o stopped watching during season 13 or 14 and have only seen about a half dozen episodes since.
I’ve always felt subconsciously that seasons 4-6 was the sweet spot. Guess I was correct.
Wait til hatler hears about this