Saturday Night Live was welcomed back to the airwaves with open arms. The Season 49 premiere managed 4.8M viewers on NBC, according to Nielsen data.
That marks a 19% audience increase versus the Season 48 premiere. The episode, hosted by Pete Davidson with musical guest Ice Spice, also scored a 0.96 rating among the 18-49 entertainment demographic, which is up 31% over last year to become the best demo performance since 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 also made some noise on social media, generating 1.2M social interactions, which is the most for an episode of the comedy sketch show since Nov.
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