Ratings: SNL Premiere ft. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Cameos Delivers 3-Year High
Taylor and Travis picked a good night to swing by Studio 8H!
Saturday Night Live‘s Season 49 premiere, hosted by Pete Davidson and featuring musical guest Ice Spice, delivered 4.8 million viewers and a 0.96 in the coveted 18-49 demo (in Live+Same Day numbers)
That marks a 19% increase in total audience and a 31% rise in the demo vs. last year’s Season 48 premiere, and the long-running sketch comedy series’ best demo delivery for a season opener since 2020.
TVLine readers gave the season premiere an average grade of “B+.”
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NBC is touting Saturday’s premiere as the “highest SNL season premiere on Peacock” (in terms of reach, and with no hard numbers reported), saying it more than doubled last year’s premiere.
All told, it was the “third-highest SNL performance” ever on Peacock through one-day viewing, trailing only the Nov. 12, 2022 episode (featuring host Dave Chappelle and musical guest Black Star) and Feb. 4, 2023 outing (with Pedro Pascal/Coldplay).
SNL continues Season 49 this weekend with host and musical guest Bad Bunny.
