List of The Simpsons episodes (seasons 1–20)
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List of The Simpsons episodes (seasons 1–20)

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Season	Episodes	Originally aired	Nielsen ratings

First aired	Last aired	Households / viewers	Rank	Rating

1	13	December 17, 1989	May 13, 1990	13.4m households	30th	14.5

2	22	October 11, 1990	July 11, 1991	12.2m households	38th	N/A

3	24	September 19, 1991	August 27, 1992	12.0m households	33rd	N/A

4	22	September 24, 1992	May 13, 1993	12.1m households	30th	13.0

5	22	September 30, 1993	May 19, 1994	10.5m households	53rd	N/A

6	25	September 4, 1994	May 21, 1995	9.0m households	67th	N/A

7	25	September 17, 1995	May 19, 1996	8.0m households	75th	N/A

8	25	October 27, 1996	May 18, 1997	8.6m households	53rd	N/A

9	25	September 21, 1997	May 17, 1998	9.1m households	30th	9.2

10	23	August 23, 1998	May 16, 1999	7.9m households	46th	N/A

11	22	September 26, 1999	May 21, 2000	8.2m households	44th	N/A

12	21	November 1, 2000	May 20, 2001	14.7m viewers	21st	N/A

13	22	November 6, 2001	May 22, 2002	12.4m viewers	30th	N/A

14	22	November 3, 2002	May 18, 2003	13.4m viewers	25th	N/A

15	22	November 2, 2003	May 23, 2004	10.6m viewers	42nd	N/A

16	21	November 7, 2004	May 15, 2005	9.6m viewers	52nd	N/A

17	22	September 11, 2005	May 21, 2006	9.1m viewers	62nd	3.2

18	22	September 10, 2006	May 20, 2007	8.6m viewers	60th	4.1

Film	July 27, 2007	N/A	N/A	N/A

19	20	September 23, 2007	May 18, 2008	8.0m viewers	87th	N/A

20	21	September 28, 2008	May 17, 2009	6.9m viewers	77th	N/A

21	23	September 27, 2009	May 23, 2010	7.2m viewers	61st	3.4

22	22	September 26, 2010	May 22, 2011	7.3m viewers	65th	3.3

23	22	September 25, 2011	May 20, 2012	7.0m viewers	69th	3.3

Short film	July 13, 2012	N/A	N/A	N/A

24	22	September 30, 2012	May 19, 2013	6.3m viewers	70th	2.9

25	22	September 29, 2013	May 18, 2014	5.6m viewers	81st	N/A

26	22	September 28, 2014	May 17, 2015	5.6m viewers	100th	2.6

27	22	September 27, 2015	May 22, 2016	4.7m viewers	102nd	2.1

28	22	September 25, 2016	May 21, 2017	4.8m viewers	92nd	2.1

29	21	October 1, 2017	May 20, 2018	4.1m viewers	122nd	1.7

30	23	September 30, 2018	May 12, 2019	TBA	TBA	TBA

Sentence(s)

Season two dropped, resulting in an average of approximately 12.2 million viewing households.

final_sentence: Season two dropped, resulting in an average of approximately 12.2 million viewing households.