‘Saturday Night Live’ Ratings Slip, Stay Strong With Host Bill Burr

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Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLast night’s Saturday Night Live, hosted by Bill Burr with musical guest Jack White, drew a 4.7 household Live+Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters.That was off double-digits from last week’s season premiere (5.6 HH rating, 2.9 in 18-49).

Still, last night’s delivery was the third highest since Nielsen changed their methodology after SNL‘s Season 45 opener last fall, only behind the blockbuster Eddie Murphy-hosted holiday 2019 episode (6.7, 3.4) and last week’s Season 46 kickoff.

That should be expected as the month leading to a presidential election is traditionally big for SNL. Versus primetime programming on the Big 4.