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[10/26/14 - 08:44 AM]
"Saturday Night Live" with Host Jim Carrey Scores the Show's Highest Rating in Metered-Market Households Since March 8
NBC spins the numbers for Saturday, October 25.

[via press release from NBC]

In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday night (the Seattle and Portland markets are currently excluded):

· "Saturday Night Live," with host Jim Carrey and musical guest Iggy Azalea (4.1/10 in household results in the 56 local markets metered by Nielsen Media Research, Seattle and Portland currently excluded; 2.2/10 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters) scored the show's highest rating in metered-market households since March 8 (with host Lena Dunham and musical guest The National, 4.1/11) and equaled the top "SNL" metered-market rating since March 1 (with host Jim Parsons and musical guest Beck, 4.6/12).

· In 18-49 rating in the Local People Meters, this is the highest-rated "SNL" since April 5 (with host Anna Kendrick and musical guest Pharrell, 2.2/10) and equals the high since March 1 (with host Jim Parsons and musical guest Beck, 2.4/11).

· Versus the same night last year, "SNL" is up +5% in both the metered-market households (4.1 vs. 3.9) and 18-49 rating in the Local People Meters (2.2 vs. 2.1).

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· On a night of World Series competition, an encore telecast of "The Mysteries of Laura" averaged a 0.3/1 in 18-49 and 2.1 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET, a rebroadcast of Friday's "Constantine" debut delivered a 0.4/1 in 18-49 and 1.5 million viewers overall from 9-10 p.m. ET and "SNL Vintage" averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 1.8 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET with an encore of an Feb. 17, 1990 telecast of "Saturday Night Live" with host Tom Hanks and musical guest Aerosmith. The 9 p.m. "Constantine" encore grew from half-hour to half-hour in adult 18-49 rating (from a 0.4 to a 0.5), men 18-49 (0.2 to 0.4) and men 25-54 (0.3 to 0.5).

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





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