Kristen Wiig’s tears in the final sketch of “Saturday Night Live’s” 37th season signaled what appeared to be the end of her SNL career.
Wiig is presumably winging to Hollywood to keep making hit movies with “Bridesmaids” producer Judd Apatow.
Steve Martin, Jon Hamm, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Chris Parnell and Chris Kattan all returned to the SNL stage for the episode, the first hosted by Mick Jagger.
The episode hit a 2.7 in adults 18-49.
As usual, SNL was the highest-rated scripted show on NBC in or out of primetime for the week. (The only show on the network that scored higher was returning reality show “America’s Got Talent.”)
NBC Series
(Adults 18-49; repeats in gray; older weeks in parentheses)
3.7 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) America’s Got Talent (Mo)
3.4 (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) America’s Got Talent (Tu)
2.7 (3.1) (3.1) (---) (1.7) (2.7) (2.9) (---) (1.8) (---) (2.6) Saturday Night Live
1.8 (1.9) (2.0) (2.1) (2.2) (2.1) (1.8) (1.8) (1.8) (2.0) (2.3) Celebrity Apprentice
1.8 (1.8) (1.8) (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) (2.1) (2.1) (2.2) (2.4) (2.7) Smash
1.7 (1.8) (1.9) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) (---) (---) (---) (0.7) (1.0) Law & Order SVU
1.6 (1.3) (1.5) (1.5) (1.5) (1.8) (1.5) (1.5) (1.8) (1.6) (---) Fashion Star
1.5 (1.5) (1.4) (1.7) (1.6) (1.6) (1.8) (---) (---) (---) (---) Off Their Rockers
1.4 (1.5) (1.4) (1.6) (1.5) (1.4) (1.2) (1.5) (1.6) (2.0) (1.4) 30 Rock
1.3 (1.4) (1.4) (1.4) (1.3) (1.4) (1.3) (1.7) (1.7) (2.2) (---) Community
1.2 (1.3) (1.1) (1.4) (1.0) (1.0) (1.2) (0.9) (1.0) (1.3) (1.3) Dateline (Fr)
1.2 (1.4) (1.4) (1.4) (1.6) (1.3) (1.2) (0.7) (0.8) (1.5) (1.6) Grimm
1.0 (0.8) (0.8) (0.9) (0.9) (1.0) (---) (0.8) (1.0) (1.1) (---) Harry’s Law
0.9 (0.9) (1.0) (0.8) (0.9) (0.8) (0.8) (1.0) (0.7) (1.4) (1.4) Who/You Are?
0.7 (0.9) (0.7) (0.8) (0.8) (0.9) (0.9) (1.0) (1.2) (1.6) (1.6) Awake
0.7 (0.7) (0.8) (1.2) (1.3) (1.0) (1.0) (1.0) (1.1) (0.9) (1.0) Dateline (Su)
0.4 (---) (0.5) (0.3) (0.4) (---) (0.3) (0.4) (---) (0.6) (0.4) The Firm
Most recent weekly averages for the other NBC late night shows:
0.8 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
0.5 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
0.3 Last Call With Caron Daly
Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis, widely rumored to be contemplating their own SNL exits before the next season commences, did not receive similar tributes on the finale.
