 In its original American broadcast , " Cutbacks " was watched by 6 @.@ 8 million households , according to the Nielsen ratings system . It received a 3 @.@ 1 rating / 8 share among viewers in the 18 – 49 demographic , meaning that 3 @.@ 1 percent of all people in that group , and 8 percent of all people from that group watching television at the time , watched the episode . This was a decrease from the previous episode , " Apollo , Apollo " , which was watched by 7 @.@ 2 million American viewers . 
