In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday night:
· "Saturday Night Live," with host Woody Harrelson and musical guest Kendrick Lamar (4.1 rating, 10 share in household results in the 56 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research; 2.3/10 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters), matched the show's second highest rating in metered-market households so far this season, trailing only the Nov. 1 telecast (with host Chris Rock and musical guest Prince, 4.9/12) and tying the Oct. 25 edition (with host Jim Carrey and musical guest Iggy Azalea, 4.1/10).
· In 18-49 rating in the Local People Meters, this is the second highest rated "SNL" this season, running within a tenth of a rating point of the season's top telecast Nov. 1 (with host Chris Rock and musical guest Prince, 2.4/12). It's also the #2 "SNL" in 18-49 in the Local People Meters since March 1 (with host Jim Parsons and musical guest Beck, 2.4/11).
Saturday Primetime Results:
· "SNL Vintage" (0.8/3 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET with an encore of a Feb. 3, 2007 telecast of "Saturday Night Live" hosted by Drew Barrymore and featuring musical guest Lily Allen) matched the show's top 18-49 rating since its debut on Sept. 27 (with the Dec. 13, 1975 edition hosted by Richard Pryor featuring musical guest Gil Scott-Heron). This week's "SNL Vintage" ranked #2 or tied for #2 in the time period in adults 18-34 and all key adult-male demos.
· "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" (0.7/2 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) captured NBC's top 18-49 rating in the time period in six weeks (since a "Voice" encore scored a 0.7 on Oct. 4) and biggest overall audience in 10 weeks (since Sept. 6, 4.8 million from 8-10 p.m. for Michigan-Notre Dame football).
· In the time period, "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" ranked #2 or tied for #2 in adults and women 18-49, adults and women 18-34, adults, men and women 25-54 and total viewers. From its first half-hour to its fourth, "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" grew by +50% in adults 18-49 (from a 0.6 to a 0.9), +44% in adults 25-54 (0.9 to 1.3) and +42% or 1.5 million persons in total viewers (3.6 million to 5.2 million).
NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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