NBC The Halloween edition of Saturday Night Live , marking John Mulaney ’s fourth turn as host, drew a 4.7 rating household Live+Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters. That was down a bit from last week’s show, featuring Adele in her hosting debut and musical guest H.E.R. (5.0, 2.4). But last night’s broadcast capped a strong run of five SNL originals in a row leading to the Presidential election on Tuesday, which have all outrated the show’s October 2019 average by double-digits.
SNL will have one more original episode in the current stretch, a post-election edition next Saturday hosted by Dave Chappelle who also hosted the comparable SNL episode four years ago. Versus primetime programming on the Big 4 networks last night, SNL is the #1 show of the night in metered-market households (4.7 vs. 4.4 for the #2 show, ABC’s Ohio State-Penn State college football). In official nationals, last week’s Adele-hosted SNL ranked as TV’s #1 entertainment show of the week in adults 18-49 (excludes newsmagazines and live news and sports), with a national 1.39 rating, and the #3 most-watched entertainment […]
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