Comment on 'The Simpsons' announces new Milhouse voice actor following Pamela Hayden's exit

• setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t think this comic exactly applies; I’m not commenting about people not knowing some bit of trivia. Even if you didn’t grow up with the classic Simpsons, I don’t know how you can’t notice how old and stiff all the main cast sound. Marge sounds older than the voice acting for her mother in classic episodes.

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  • wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think part of it is that most peoiple aren’t watching, but the threshold for being a viable network show is so much lower than it used to be. At its peak around season 12, it was averaging 14 million viewers. Season 35 was coming in around 2 million, and it’s been going down every year for a while. I guess the trend is predictable though, and the advertising and streaming revenue still works out for their cost structure.

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    • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I suppose there is a business argument to be made, but I’m more curious about the audience perspective. Who are these 2 million viewers? What do they like about the show? Do many of them actually even care and rewatch new episodes or is it just background noise?

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  • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s my point you have new people discovering and liking the show. Not everyone (and actually less people now) are the initial first 10 season watcher. I’m like you, original was good and I’m done with it but the reality is that new generation/people discovers and enjoy the current seasons.

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    • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am asking, sincerely, what they see in it and how they don’t get distracted by the gravely, old sounding voices. It is difficult to find these people.

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      • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Agreed, I do wonder that since season 11 tbh 😝

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