NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” closed out the year on a strong note, with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Bruce Springsteen combining to produce the show’s second highest overnight rating of the past 22 months. Meanwhile in primetime, ABC was the winner with its coverage of the Democratic debate from New Hampshire, but it logged the lowest numbers of this election cycle.
Looking at the Nielsens for Saturday, “Saturday Night Live averaged a 5.1 overnight household rating/13 share — trailing this season only the 6.6/16 registered by the Nov. 7 telecast featuring Donald Trump as host. And this is also the second best for “SNL” since February 2014, when host Melissa McCarthy produced a 5.4/13 in the overnights.
Similarly in adults 18-49, last night’s 2.6 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters was the second best of the fall — but only a tick behind the 2.7 for the Trump-hosted show — and is the second best since
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Looking at the Nielsens for Saturday, “Saturday Night Live averaged a 5.1 overnight household rating/13 share — trailing this season only the 6.6/16 registered by the Nov. 7 telecast featuring Donald Trump as host. And this is also the second best for “SNL” since February 2014, when host Melissa McCarthy produced a 5.4/13 in the overnights.
Similarly in adults 18-49, last night’s 2.6 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters was the second best of the fall — but only a tick behind the 2.7 for the Trump-hosted show — and is the second best since