Encore of Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Hosted SNL is #1 Telecast Among Big 4

By: Jun. 06, 2016
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An encore telecast of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with host Julia Louis-Dreyfus and musical guest Nick Jonas, averaged a 2.8 rating, 7 share in household results from the 56 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research and a 1.1/6 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

The 2.8 in metered market households equals the highest rating "Saturday Night Live" has scored with a summer encore outside the traditional September-to-May season since Sept. 14, 2013 (3.1/8 with host and musical guest Justin Timberlake). The summer rebroadcast to match that 2.8 since 2013 was the May 30, 2015 encore hosted by Cameron Diaz with musical guests Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars (2.8/7).

"Saturday Night Live" ranks as the #1 telecast of the night on the Big 4 networks in both metered-market households and in 18-49 in the local people meters, ahead of all primetime programs on those nets in both measures.

The June 4 "SNL" is up +12% versus the show's June 2015 average in metered-market households (2.8 vs 2.5 for June 2015) and up +10% versus June 2015 in 18-49 in the local people meters (1.1 vs. 1.0).

Note that "SNL" adds significant viewership via time-shifting, with originals growing by +49% going from L+SD to L+7 in adults 18-49 (1.84 to 2.74) and +2.102 million persons in total viewers (6.111 million to 8.213 million).

Saturday Primetime Ratings:

"Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" (0.6/3 in 18-49, 3.4 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET): Wins the time period among the Big 4 in adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and total viewers and ranks #1 or tied for #1 among those nets in every other key measure (pending updates).

Ties as the #1 primetime show of the night on the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 (0.6 each for "Dateline Mystery" and CBS's "48 Hours" from 10-11 p.m. ET).

Returning with its first telecast in three weeks, matches its prior rating in adults 18-49 (0.6 vs. 0.6 on May 14) and adults 25-54 (0.9 vs. 0.9).

Grows steadily throughout its two-hour telecast, increasing by +75% from its first half-hour to its fourth in 18-49 (0.4 to 0.7) and +47% or 1.3 million persons in total viewers (2.7 million to 4.0 million).

A rebroadcast of "Maya & Marty" (0.5/2 in 18-49, 2.1 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) Ranks #2 in the hour among ABC, CBS and NBC in adults 18-49 and total viewers and ties for #1 among those nets in adults, men and women 18-34 and men 18-49.

NBC ranks #1 or tied for #1 for the night among the Big 4 networks in every key demographic (pending updates).

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.

Image courtesy of NBC



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