 In its original broadcast , " Marge Simpson in : " Screaming Yellow Honkers " " finished 43rd in ratings for the week of February 15 – 21 , 1999 , with a Nielsen rating of 8 @.@ 7 , equivalent to approximately 8 @.@ 6 million viewing households . It was the third highest @-@ rated show on the Fox network that week , following Ally McBeal and The X @-@ Files . 
