http://deadline.com/2014/08/simpsons-marathon-fxx-ratings-record-823563/
The Simpsons has been revived on the channel, FXX, with a grand marathon which has been showing all 552 episodes back-to-back, plus The Simpsons Movie, as of August 24, 2014. The marathon has been predicted to be quite a success but it is likely that the proprietors of the FXX channel were not predicting that on the first day, the marathon would reel in over 1 million views, including another 623,000 views for their demo. Because of this, FXX has ranked No.1 with all basic cable networks in prime time. To put that in perspective, the FXX channel has averaged only 206,000 viewers since it was launched in September 2013 as opposed to The Simpsons marathon, which reeled in almost five times the amount of those viewers!
This specific event caught my eye because they gathered record breaking numbers of viewers with something as simple as a marathon! As a student of film, this has taught me that any little thing you do I. Your career can have a big impact on you, negative or positive. Now, I think it's safe to say that these people have made an adequate amount of money for themselves, but the question is, what will they do with it exactly? I mean, the marathon will only be on for 12 days but what will happen when it ends? With that many viewers I think the best thing to do is to keep them, by maybe making new episodes or maybe even make they're own Simpsons movie sequel.
