 For season six , Fox moved The Simpsons back to its original Sunday night time of 8 p.m. , having aired on Thursdays for the previous four seasons . It has remained in this slot ever since . In this original American broadcast , " Bart of Darkness " finished 44th in the ratings for the week of August 29 to September 4 , 1994 , with a Nielsen rating of 8 @.@ 9 and an audience share of 17 % . The episode was the third highest rated show on the Fox network that week . 
