SNL Reports Highest Ratings Since November

[Initech]

Source: Broadway World

In Late-Night Metered-Market Ratings for Saturday Night:

· "Saturday Night Live" has matched the show's highest adult 18-49 rating in Nielsen's local people meters since Nov. 12.

· The Feb. 4 telecast, with host Kristen Stewart and musical guest Alessia Cara, and featuring an appearance by Melissa McCarthy as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, scored a 5.0 rating, 13 share in "live plus same day" household results from the 56 local markets metered by Nielsen Media Research and a 2.5/13 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

· The 2.5 in 18-49 equals the strongest "Saturday Night Live" local-market rating since the Nov. 12 telecast, which was the first "SNL" to follow the Presidential election.

· The 5.0 in metered-market households makes this the second highest rated "SNL" by that measure since Nov. 12, trailing over that span only the Jan. 21 edition hosted by Aziz Ansari with musical guest Big Sean (5.1). That Jan. 21 episode is also the only other "SNL" since Nov. 12 to generate a 2.5 in 18-49 in the local people meters.

Read more: http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/SATURDAY-NIGHT-LIVE-Receives-Highest-Ratings-Since-November-2017020

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?vUWuc18xISwI

[LuckyLib]

1. Melissa McCarthy hit it out of the park.

[NCjack]

6. Hope she does SpiceBoy every week. nt

[question everything]

10. Agree. This should be a recurring skit (nt)

[Bob Loblaw]

8. She was

nothing short of brilliant. Her performance was Emmy worthy.

[PatrickforO]

13. Oh, she was HILARIOUS. My wife sent out the video to our friends.

That was priceless.

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. Kudos to the writers too

Unsung heros

[Initech]

22. That was an absolute mic dropper!

[raising2moredems]

23. Awesome!

Yes she did. I too hope this is a recurring skit. I cannot wait until next week when Alec Baldwin hosts!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. check your link

v equals UW, not vUW

I know what happened. The software strips out symbols in the original post, including the equal sign. In replies, the symbols are not stripped, which is why when I posted the link, the video itself appears.

I tired to link to a section of an article at Wikipedia, and the pound sign got stripped.

And the monologue is gone, due no doubt to the naughty word.

[csziggy]

20. The way to not get broken links for YouTube videos is to use their "Share" button

That creates a shorter link without odd characters. That also shows up if you like the video, by the way.

[dem4decades]

3. I can only imagine next weeks ratings.

Though I do wish that they hadn't taken away Trump's twitter today. Who hides that from him?

[Initech]

4. I'm sure they're trying to make him look presidential for his Super Bowl interview.

[dem4decades]

5. Isn't that the interview he said we were just like Russia?

He's already failed.

[Initech]

9. Wait he said that?

And yet there's no evidence of hacking they tell us!

[question everything]

11. Alec Balldwin is the host next week so I wonder whether he will do a doublt duty

No twitting? really? Still marvel at the ones addressed to Kristen Stewart..

[leftynyc]

25. I so wish she had pointed out

that at least when she was cheating, she wasn't married, unlike the degenerate in the white house.

[True Dough]

7. Well deserved ratings too!

It was one of the best episodes I've seen in a long time. The cold opens with Alec Baldwin had been spectacular for months, but much of the rest of the show was mediocre most weeks. Last night's show was fantastic from start to finish.

And the ratings should be an additional irritant for Don the Con, who gets ticked off at SNL each week as it is.

[HoneyBadger]

26. Agreed

Other than the Baldwin open, the only good part has been Weekend Update, even McKinnon has been bad. This Saturday, Weekend Update was typically good, but turned out to be the weakest part of that particular show. I wonder what happened, it was a great show from start to finish.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Since the minority President watches ratings, expect a 3 am tweet about it. . . nt

[workinclasszero]

14. Winning!

Bigly!!!

[Initech]

15. Yuuuuuuuuuuuge numbers! Nobody gets bigger ratings!

[workinclasszero]

16. SNL is not tired of winning yet

I bet!

[Initech]

17. Can't wait for next week - Alec Baldwin is going to be the host!

He should do the monologue as Trump.

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Trump & Co.: "Making Saturday Night Live Great Again"

[Cha]

21. It was killer!

[orleans]

24. "that study was published by hungry wolves"

10:45 on the clock

i laughed a lot throughout the show.
thanks snl -- i really needed that