Aubrey Plaza and Sam Smith laughed up a scores document for Season 48 of Saturday Night Live.
The January 21 episode hosted by Plaza with Smith as musical visitor acquired a 0.98 score within the advertiser pleasant 18-49 demographic, which is the best of the season. It additionally drew 4.8M complete viewers, in response to stay + same-day Nielsen information. That’s the second largest viewers of the season, trailing solely behind Steve Martin/Martin Short episode’s 5.1M.
The episode was up 30% within the demo and 13% in complete viewers from the fourth quarter common. It is at the moment the highest episode of the season throughout Peacock and NBC digital platforms.
Prior to final weekend’s episode, Steve Martin and Martin Short’s joint internet hosting gig had additionally been the highest rated of the season. It beat out the earlier document holder for each viewers and scores, which was Dave Chappelle‘s controversial internet hosting stint in November.
SNL has been hit and miss with viewers this season after a string of exits from main forged members. The week earlier than Steve Martin and Martin Short hosted collectively, Keke Palmer hosted the range sketch present to a low viewers of round 3.9M. On December 17, Austin Butler closed out the 12 months with musical visitor Lizzo, and that episode fell again right down to 4.3M viewers.
The first 5 episodes of Season 48 averaging round 4 million viewers. Even Amy Schumer couldn’t elevate the sketch comedy present out of its scores stoop, managing a 0.79 demo score and 4.3 million viewers when she hosted on Nov. 5. The week prior, Jack Harlow’s double obligation as host and musical visitor drew a 0.76 within the demo and simply 4.1 million complete viewers.
Michael B. Jordan is internet hosting the January 28 episode with musical visitor Lil Baby. Hosts and musical company for the February 4 present have but to be introduced.
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