 In its original broadcast , " Bart After Dark " finished 57th in ratings for the week of November 18 – 24 , 1996 , with a Nielsen rating of 8 @.@ 5 , equivalent to approximately 8 @.@ 2 million viewing households . It was the fourth @-@ highest @-@ rated show on the Fox network that week , following The X @-@ Files , Melrose Place and Beverly Hills , 90210 . 
