Rosebud (The Simpsons) the ratings for the week of October 18–24, 1993. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 11.9. The episode was the second highest-rated show on the Fox network that week after "Married... with Children". In 2003, "Entertainment Weekly"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s placed "Rosebud" second on their top 25 "The Simpsons" episode list, writing that "despite being one of "The Simpsons" most spectacularly overstuffed episodes, "Rosebud" has plenty of heart". IGN.com ranked The Ramones's performance as the fifteenth best guest appearance in the show's history. In 2007, "Vanity Fair" named it the best episode of the show, calling it, "A perfect episode. Mr. Burns's lamentations
Rock music in Australia rock radio was already well-established in the US. Many of the more progressively-oriented artists found themselves locked out of these radio stations, which concentrated on high-rotation of a small list of three-minute pop singles. This was a result of the widespread adoption of the US-inspired "More Music" format. A conflict between radio broadcasters and record labels resulted in the 1970 radio ban from May to October. During the ban major UK and Australian releases were refused airplay on commercial radio – but not on Australian Broadcasting Commission stations. A series of cover versions of UK singles by local artists on