‘Saturday Night Live’ dominated late Saturday; ‘The Biggest Loser’ held audience

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From 8-9 p.m., an encore telecast of “The Biggest Loser” averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 2.0 million viewers overall.


At 9 p.m., a rebroadcast of “Law and Order” (1.1/4 in 18-49, 5.6 million viewers overall) locked up NBC’s highest non-sports 18-49 rating in the time period since December 12.  “Law and Order” increased from week to week by 38 percent in 18-49 (to a 1.1 from a 0.8) and 53 percent or more than 1.9 million persons in total viewers (5.6 million vs. 3.6 million).  In the time period, “Law & Order” is currently #2 among the major networks in adults 25-54 and #1 in women 25-54 and total viewers.

At 10 p.m., an encore telecast of “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” (1.4/4 in 18-49, 5.8 million viewers overall) won the hour among the major networks in adults 18-49, total viewers, adults 18-34 (tie) and all key adult-female demos.  “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” captured NBC’s highest 18-49 rating in the time period since March 6.  “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” increased week to week by 17 percent in 18-49 (to a 1.4 from a 1.2) and 28 percent or 1.3 million persons in total viewers (5.8 million vs. 4.5 million).

In late-night metered-market households Saturday night

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, hosted by Ryan Phillippe and featuring musical guest KeSha (5.2/13 in metered-market households) dominated the time period, delivering the #1 rating of the night in metered-market households ahead of all primetime telecasts on all the major networks.  In the 25 markets with local people meters, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE averaged a 3.1/13 in adults 18-49 and was the night’s #1 telecast.

NOTE: All national ratings and metered-market ratings are “live plus same day” from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated. 

(source: NBC)