The final ratings for Season 46 of Saturday Night Live are in, and the venerable late-night sketch program ranked as the #1 entertainment show among all ad-supported networks in the adults 18-49 demo.
The show averaged a 2.06 rating in 18-49 and 9.0 million total viewers overall in Live+7 numbers.For the second year in a row, SNL also finished as the #1 comedy on ad-supported television in the demo.
It ranked as No.2 in total viewers after leading the pack for most of the season.The top finishes come despite SNL ending the season by hitting lows in its last episodes.
The strong season averages stem largely from a red-hot fall run leading to and immediately following the November Presidential election.
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