 " Hungry " first aired in the United States on November 21 , 1999 . This episode earned a Nielsen rating of 9 @.@ 6 , with a 14 share , meaning that roughly 9 @.@ 6 percent of all television @-@ equipped households , and 14 percent of households watching television , were tuned in to the episode . It was viewed by 16 @.@ 17 million viewers . The episode aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky1 on April 2 , 2000 and received 0 @.@ 68 million viewers , making it the seventh most watched episode that week . Fox promoted the episode with the tagline " Taste the terror tonight ! " 
