By Rick Porter Television Business Editor The water-cooler nature of the episode paid off in the ratings ... of which are season highs. More than season highs, in fact: SNL had its best showing ...

Will Ferrell’s Jan. 27 return to Studio 8H gave SNL its best overnight ratings of the season ... episode and a slight improvement from the season-high that Larry David brought back in November.

NBC has revealed that Season 50 of the late-night show hit a three-year rating high – it became the most-watched season since ...

besting the previous season highs set on Jan. 13 (with Sam Rockwell with musical guest Halsey) and Oct. 14 (Kumail Nanjiani and musical guest P!nk). The last SNL to beat these results was the May ...

Both are season highs — besting the ... The return of popular former Saturday Night Live cast member and host Will Ferrell delivered the show’s best ratings so far this season.

Live knows how to mark a milestone. Season 50 of NBC’s iconic sketch comedy program averaged 8.1 million weekly viewers ...

SNL typically gets a ratings boost in election years - the season 46 premiere in 2020 brought in more than 8 million viewers, which was also a four-year high at the time. More from The Hollywood ...

Dave Chappelle gave Saturday Night Live a boost this weekend, as the ratings for the late-night sketch comedy show reached a season high. The episode was the first since Donald Trump’s stunning ...

the show’s ratings began to decline from the high points of the late ’70s and the blockbuster ’92 season. (Chris Rock and several other stars played on that cast.) From 2006-08, SNL posted ...

Saturday Night Live returned for its 42nd season as a ratings smash, notching the long-running variety show’s biggest premiere numbers in 8 years. The politically-leaning episode debuted 29 ...

Saturday Night Live is enjoying strong ratings momentum again this season, notching a season-high number in Nielsen’s overnight markets with its most recent edition hosted by Larry David.