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
The Ashlee Simpson Show two began with Simpson celebrating her 20th birthday (her birthday was on October 3, while the "SNL" performance took place about three weeks later, so this segment of episode three actually predated the events of the first two episodes), before continuing with Simpson deciding to cut her hair shorter (a decision which her mother was not pleased with) and then filming her video for "La La" and doing a photoshoot for "Entertainment Weekly", since she was chosen as one of "EW"s breakout artists of the year. The season's fourth episode featured rehearsals and the addition of a new member, Lucy