With Ariana Grande, ‘SNL’ Scores Most-Watched Episode Since Elon Musk Hosted in 2021
variety.comEthan Shanfeld Ariana Grande led “Saturday Night Live” to its highest ratings since Elon Musk hosted the show on May 8, 2021.
Grande’s Oct. 12 episode, with musical guest Stevie Nicks, drew 5.6 million viewers in live+same day viewing on NBC, per Nielsen data.
That number does not account for delayed viewing, with that data becoming available at a later date. The Grande show also became the most-watched “SNL” episode ever on Peacock across its first two days of viewing, Sunday and Monday, according to NBC.
Per NBC, Grande’s episode drew a “record-breaking” 516 million views across “SNL’s” social channels, with 415 million of those views attributed to in-show sketch and musical performance content. (“SNL” also uploads sketches online that were cut from the broadcast for time.) On “SNL,” Grande wooed viewers with the “Bridesmaid Speech” sketch, which riffed on Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” and a darkly funny sketch in which she played a castrated boy with a gift for singing.
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