UPDATE: SNL is currently NBC’s top-rated scripted show, in or out of primetime.
From NBC:
“Saturday Night Live” (5.4/13 in metered-market households), hosted by Miley Cyrus with musical guest The Strokes, dominated its time period. “SNL” was the #1 telecast of the night in metered-market households ahead of all primetime programs on ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox. Versus the same night last year, “SNL” is up 8 percent in metered-market households (5.4 vs. 5.0).In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, “Saturday Night Live” averaged a 3.3 rating, 14 share in adults 18-49, making it the #1 program of the night, more than doubling each primetime telecast on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.
In the 25 Local People Meter markets, “Saturday Night Live’s” 3.3 matched the show’s second-highest 18-49 rating of the season (also earned on February 5 with host Dana Carvey and musical guest Linkin Park), behind only the January 8 telecast, which benefited from a high-rated primetime NFL game on NBC that night.
How SNL’s 3.3 compares to NBC primetime fare in adults 18-49:
(previous weeks in parentheses; repeats in gray)
1.3 (3.2) (3.3) (3.5) (3.7) (4.0) (4.5) (1.5) (1.7) (1.7) (1.0) (1.8) (3.7) (3.7) (---) (3.8) (3.6) (3.8) (4.0) (3.4) (3.8) (3.5) (3.7) (4.4) The Office
1.6 (2.5) (2.2) (2.6) (2.9) (1.7) (2.3) (2.5) (2.9) (1.3) (1.5) (1.9) (1.8) (2.5) (---) (2.1) (2.0) (2.2) (1.3) (2.7) (2.3) (2.6) (2.8) (3.2) Law & Order SVU
2.4 (2.7) (2.7) (3.0) (3.3) (3.2) (2.9) (3.2) (3.3) (---) (---) (4.0) (3.1) (2.9) (2.3) (2.5) (2.4) (2.4) (2.4) (2.6) (2.6) (2.5) (2.7) (2.9) Biggest Loser
--- (2.4) (2.2) (2.5) (2.4) (3.0) (3.2) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Parks And Recreation
--- (2.3) (2.0) (2.3) (2.4) (2.4) (2.7) (1.2) (1.2) (1.1) (0.8) (1.4) (2.1) (2.3) (---) (2.2) (2.4) (2.4) (---) (2.2) (3.1) (2.1) (2.6) (2.6) 30 Rock
1.9 (2.1) (1.9) (1.9) (2.2) (---) (2.1) (2.2) (2.3) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (1.9) (1.8) (2.1) (---) (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) (2.1) (2.0) (2.5) Parenthood
--- (1.8) (1.8) (1.8) (2.0) (2.2) (2.2) (1.2) (1.0) (0.9) (0.7) (1.2) (1.9) (1.9) (---) (1.9) (2.0) (1.9) (2.4) (1.9) (2.2) (1.8) (1.9) (2.2) Community
1.8 (1.7) (1.7) (1.7) (2.1) (2.1) (2.2) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Harry’s Law
1.7 (1.7) (1.7) (1.7) (1.7) (1.9) (2.1) (0.8) (0.7) (0.7) (---) (---) (---) (2.0) (1.7) (1.8) (---) (2.0) (1.9) (1.9) (1.9) (1.9) (2.0) (2.0) Chuck
1.6 (1.4) (1.9) (1.7) (1.4) (1.5) (1.3) (---) (---) (1.4) (1.4) (0.7) (---) (1.2) (1.4) (1.3) (1.3) (1.0) (1.2) (1.6) (1.3) (1.6) (1.4) (---) Dateline
--- (1.4) (1.5) (1.7) (1.8) (1.9) (1.8) (---) (1.2) (1.2) (0.8) (1.5) (---) (---) (---) (2.6) (2.6) (2.7) (2.7) (2.3) (2.6) (2.5) (2.8) (3.6) Outsourced
--- (1.4) (1.4) (1.5) (1.4) (1.7) (2.1) (---) (---) (---) (---) (1.3) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Perfect Couples
1.3 (1.4) (1.3) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) Who Do/You Are?
1.2 (1.2) (1.2) (1.3) (1.5) (1.6) (1.8) (1.0) (2.6) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) The Cape
1.0 (1.0) (1.0) (1.7) (2.4) (1.4) (1.6) (1.5) (2.1) (---) (1.8) (1.8) (1.9) (1.6) (1.9) (2.1) (1.9) (1.8) (2.0) (2.1) (---) (---) (---) (---) Minute To Win It
The most recent 18-49 nightly average we have for “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” (week of Feb. 21-25) is 0.9.
“Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” averaged 0.6 that week.
“Last Call with Carson Daily” averaged 0.4.
That 3.3 puts the SNL ahead of most of the primetime shows on the other networks as well.
Will they bring back Jimmy Fallon to play Charlie Sheen this week? Or will the real Charlie Sheen just show up?
Next week’s host is the great Zach Galifianakis.
Look! Press release!
SNL ROARS INTO MARCH WITH HOST MILEY CYRUS AND MUSICAL GUEST THE STROKES ON MARCH 5
March 12 - SNL Welcomes Back Host Zach Galifianakis with Musical Guest Jessie J
New York, NY – February 28, 2011 – SNL returns with back-to-back shows starting March 5 with Miley Cyrus and musical guest The Strokes, with Zach Galifianakis and musical guest Jessie J the following week on March 12.
Miley Cyrus, the youngest-ever multi-platinum recording artist with four number one albums in less than three years, will make her SNL debut.
She previously starred in the feature film drama by Nicholas Sparks, “The Last Song.”
The Strokes return for their third musical guest appearance. The band’s newest single "Under Cover of Darkness," has garnered critical acclaim and continues to climb the charts. Their upcoming album “Angles,” due out March 22, is the band's first new release since their 2006 album “First Impressions of Earth.”
Zach Galifianakis returns for his second time as host on March 12. Galifianakis just finished filming “The Hangover 2,” due out later this year and is a follow-up to the hit box office feature film, “The Hangover.”. Galifianakis currently stars in the HBO series “Bored to Death” and last appeared in the feature film “Due Date,” alongside Robert Downey Jr.
Making her first SNL and U.S. television appearance, Jessie J’s debut album, “Who You Are,” due out April 12, has already spun two hit singles. Her global single, “Price Tag,” featuring rapper B.o.B, became Jessie J's first number-one single on the UK Singles Charts. Jessie J recently won the prestigious Critic's Choice Award and BBC Sound Award at The 2011 BRIT Awards.
"Saturday Night Live" is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels.
Oh, and if you need something to do before the show, check out Norm Macdonald, knowledgable and hilarious as the new host of GSN's "High Stakes Poker."
"High Stakes Poker": 8 p.m. Saturday. GSN.
"Saturday Night Live": 11:30 p.m. Saturday. NBC.
