Saturday Night time Dwell was welcomed again to the airwaves with open arms.
The Season 49 premiere managed 4.8M viewers on NBC, in accordance with Nielsen knowledge. That marks a 19% viewers enhance versus the Season 48 premiere.
The episode, hosted by Pete Davidson with musical visitor Ice Spice, additionally scored a 0.96 ranking among the many 18-49 leisure demographic, which is up 31% over final yr to grow to be the perfect demo efficiency because the season premiere in 2020.
On Peacock, the Season 49 premiere claims the third-highest one-day viewing on Peacock for SNL, behind Dave Chappelle/Black Star and Pedro Pascal/Coldplay.
The return of SNL additionally made some noise on social media, producing 1.2M social interactions, which is probably the most for an episode of the comedy sketch present since Nov. 13, 2021, when Jonathan Majors hosted with Taylor Swift as musical visitor.
Perhaps Taylor Swift’s shock look on Saturday, alongside together with her new beau Travis Kelce, had one thing to do with it.
SNL additionally returned to NBC amid a lull in live-action, scripted comedy as a result of 148-day writers strike, which additionally prompted an early finish to Season 48, in addition to the continued actors strike (which is about to succeed in 100 days). This virtually actually had some impact on the episode’s efficiency.
Saturday Night time Dwell returns this weekend with Unhealthy Bunny pulling double obligation as host and musical visitor.
