Saturday Night Live Experiences Decrease in Ratings This Week

According to Deadline, this week's episode of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE experienced a decrease in ratings. The episode, hosted by Idris Elba, with musical guest Khalid, averaged a 4.5 live plus same day household rating in the metered markets, and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in the markets with local people meters.

This rating was down a notch from last week's episode, that was hosted by John Mulaney, with musical guest Thomas Rhett.

The sketch comedy show was still ranked as the top show of the night on the Big 4 networks, in both metered-market households and 18-49 in the local people meters.

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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members.