 This was a large increase over the previous episode of the series, "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson", which received a 2.3 rating.However, "The D'oh-cial Network" was preceded by a popular National Football League playoffs game that helped improve its rating.The episode became the highest-rated broadcast in Fox's Animation Domination lineup that night in terms of both total viewers and in the 18–49 demographic, finishing ahead of new episodes of "Family Guy" and "Napoleon Dynamite".