Reception
In its original American broadcast, "Rednecks and Broomsticks" was viewed by an estimated 9.02 million households and received a 4.2 Nielsen rating/10% share in the 18–49 demographic rising 27% from last weeks episode. It was the most-watched show out of the four shows on Fox's "Animation Domination" line-up, but the second highest rated show of Animation Domination after Family Guy. The show was also the fourth most watched show on Fox that week after House, The OT, and Bones while being fourth in the Adults 18–49 viewing for the week after House, The OT, and Family Guy.
Robert Canning of IGN stated in his review "In the end, for all the small bits the worked -- Moleman operating on himself, Moe and the angry mob -- "Rednecks and Broomsticks" was just too bland to be worthwhile.". Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club gave the episode A- praising the Sideways parody saying "a.) arose naturally from the story and b.) was all about moonshine, which is never not funny.". Ariel Ponywether of FireFox gave the episode a B- saying "Mildly amusing, but not with the verve the show’s been displaying this season in general, and arguably the second-worst episode this season after “Homer the Whopper” – not a condemnation, but not a recommendation either."
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