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[11/15/15 - 08:54 AM]
"Saturday Night Live" with Host Elizabeth Banks Equals the Show's Average for Last Season in Metered-Market Households
NBC spins the numbers for Saturday, November 14.
[via press release from NBC]

In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday Night:

· The Nov. 14 telecast of "Saturday Night Live," with host Elizabeth Banks and musical guest Disclosure (4.0 rating, 10 share in households in the 56 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research, a 1.9/9 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters) ranked as the #1 telecast of the night on the Big 4 networks in 18-49 in the local people meters, outrating all primetime programs on those nets.

· The Nov. 14 "Saturday Night Live" equaled the show's average for last season in metered-market households (4.0 vs. 4.0).

· Note that "SNL" adds significant viewership via time-shifting, with originals nationally growing by +51% so far this season going from "live plus same day" ratings to "live plus seven day" results in adult 18-49 (from a 1.75 rating to a 2.65).

Saturday Primetime Results:

· "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" (0.8/3 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET) grew week to week by +33% in adult 18-49 rating (to a 0.8 from a 0.6), to equal the show's season high. It's the top "Dateline Mystery" rating since the show's season premiere on Oct. 24 (0.8).

· In adults 25-54, "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" rose +20% week to week (1.2 vs. 1.0) to its highest rating since Oct. 24 (1.3), and in total viewers, last night's edition grew +10% (4.336 million vs. 3.954 million), also to the show's high since the Oct. 24 season debut.

· "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" grew from its first half-hour to its fourth by +50% in adults 18-49 (from a 0.6 rating to a 0.9), +44% in adults 25-54 (0.9 to 1.3) and +34% or more than 1.2 million persons in total viewers (3.6 million to 4.9 million).

· "SNL Vintage" (0.6/2 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET, with an encore of the Dec. 9, 1978 telecast of "Saturday Night Live" hosted by Eric Idle with musical guest Kate Bush) finished within 0.1 of last week's rating in adults 18-49 (0.6 vs. 0.7) and retained 100% week to week in adults, men and women 18-34.

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





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