Will Thorne Staff WriterAfter a memorably horror-stricken episode four years ago, this week’s post-election edition of “Saturday Night Live” was a far less sombre affair.Comedian Dave Chappelle was back again as host for the episode which delivered huge ratings and viewership numbers for NBC.
According to Nielsen research, the episode scored around 9.1 million total viewers and averaged a 2.6 rating among adults 18-49.
That makes it the highest-rated “SNL” episode in three-and-a-half years. The last “SNL” to beat that number was the Melissa McCarthy and Haim edition from May 2017.That viewership tally is also the largest in around a year.
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