 In its original broadcast , " The Old Man and the Lisa " finished 38th in ratings for the week of April 14 – 20 , 1997 , with a Nielsen rating of 8 @.@ 3 , equivalent to approximately 8 @.@ 1 million viewing households . It was tied along with King of the Hill as the third highest @-@ rated show on the Fox network that week , following The X @-@ files and Melrose Place . 
