Saturday Final Nationals: ‘SNL’ with Dwayne Johnson and Katy Perry on NBC Registers Best Season Finale Viewership in Six Years

ESPN led Saturday prime time among total viewers (approx. 4.7 million), adults 18-49 (approx. 1.6 rating), adults 18-34 (approx. 1.5 rating), and adults 25-54 (approx. 1.7 rating), thanks primarily to Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals: Golden State Warriors at San Antonio Spurs in the “2017 NBA Playoffs.”

In late night for most of the country (prime time in the Mountain and West time zones), NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with musical guest Katy Perry, averaged 8.272 million viewers overall and a 2.32 rating in adults 18-49 in “fast official” “live plus same day” results from Nielsen Media Research. Among adults 18-49, it was the highest-rated telecast on a broadcast network for the week of May 15-21. The 42nd season finale featured guest stars Alec Baldwin and Tom Hanks and was the final episode for cast members Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer and Sasheer Zamata.

The 8.272 million is “Saturday’s Night Live’s” biggest overall audience for a season finale since May 21, 2011 (with host Justin Timberlake and musical guest Lady Gaga, 9.818 million). In 18-49, it’s the top-rated “SNL” season-closer since May 18, 2013 (with host Ben Affleck and musical guest Kanye West, 2.37).

In Live+Same Day, “SNL” this season has averaged a 2.17 rating in 18-49 and 7.495 million viewers overall, and in Live+Seven Day, “SNL” grew to a 3.48 in 18-49 and 10.880 million viewers.

(Source: NBC)

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
	Saturday, May 20, 2017
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.7/4	2560	0.3/2	0.4/2	0.6/2
8:00	American Housewife (rs)	252	92	1.0/2	1450	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.3/2
8:30	Downward Dog (rs)	253	93	0.9/2	1311	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
9:00	20/20 Saturday (rs)	253	93	2.0/4	2911	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.7/2
10:00	20/20 Saturday (r)	260	93	2.3/5	3388	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.8/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.9/4	2890	0.2/1	0.3/2	0.5/2
8:00	Crimetime Saturday NCIS: New Orleans (r)	254	93	2.1/5	3219	0.2/1	0.3/2	0.5/2
9:00	Training Day (f)	253	93	1.7/3	2602	0.1/1	0.3/1	0.4/2
10:00	48 Hours	253	93	2.0/4	2849	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.6/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.3/3	2250		0.7/3	0.8/3
7:08	NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Western Conference Finals Game 5: Nashville @ Anaheim (s)	244	93	1.4/3	2352	0.5/3	0.6/3	0.8/3
10:16	Saturday Night Live 1996: Jim Carrey/Soundgarden (r)	244	93	1.5/3	2428	0.4/3	0.8/3	1.0/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.4/3	2070		0.4/2	0.5/2
7:00	Fox Saturday Baseball Texas @ Detroit or L.A. Angels @ N.Y. Mets or San Francisco @ St. Louis (thru 10:49)			1.5/3	2320		0.5/2	0.6/2
9:53	Fox Saturday Baseball Bonus L.A. Angels @ N.Y. Mets (thru 10:28)	109	34	0.5/1	827	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.2/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.5/1	848	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.3/1
7:00	Como Dice El Dicho			0.5/1	865	0.2/2	0.3/2	0.3/1
8:00	Gran Estreno Canela			0.4/1	813	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.3/1
10:00	Crónicas de Sábado			0.5/1	916	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.3/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.3/1	611	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.2/1
6:04	Cine The Proposition			0.1/0	269	0.1/1	0.1/1	0.1/1
8:04	Cine El Bolero de Raquel			0.4/1	666	0.2/1	0.2/1	0.2/1
10:04	Los Mosqueteros (thru 11:08)			0.2/0	493	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.2/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average (preliminary)			0.2/0	449	0.1/1	0.1/1
8:00	Cine I, Frankenstein (2014) (preliminary)			0.3/1	685	0.2/1	0.2/1
9:00	Guerra de Idolos (preliminary)			0.2/0	386	0.1/1	0.1/1
10:00	Guerra de Idolos (preliminary)			0.2/0	275	0.1/1	0.1/0

Note: All of this date’s Telemundo data are based on preliminary figures.

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Saturday 5/20/17

For the entire week of May 15-21, 2017 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is down -4 percent in viewership (0.784 million vs. 0.819 million) and down -4 percent among Adults 18-49 (473,000 vs. 492,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down -24 percent in viewership (0.784 million vs. 1.036 million) and down -21 percent among Adults 18-49 (473,000 vs. 601,000) from the same week one year ago (May 16-22, 2016). (https://programmingins.wpengine.com/?p=17143)

	PROGRAM	HH	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
8:00	Dragon Ball Super	0.54	880	0.33	428
8:30	Bob’s Burgers (r)	0.46	772	0.29	375
9:00	Rick & Morty (r)	0.49	860	0.34	434
9:30	Rick & Morty (r)	0.56	940	0.41	530
10:00	Family Guy (r)	0.75	1253	0.56	718
10:30	Family Guy (r)	0.97	1614	0.70	894

TOONAMI – SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
11:00	Samurai Jack	1458	0.67	865
11:30	Dragon Ball Super (r)	1147	0.52	662
12:00a	Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters	1026	0.48	615
12:30a	Attack on Titan	833	0.37	473
1:00a	Tokyo Ghoul	649	0.30	383
1:30a	Hunter X Hunter	583	0.26	333
2:00a	Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn	504	0.22	285
2:30a	Naruto: Shippuden	482	0.21	264
3:00a	Ghost in the Shell (r)	405	0.17	233

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
3:30a	Bob’s Burgers (r)	426	0.19	245
4:00a	Rick & Morty (r)	458	0.19	250
4:30a	Rick & Morty (r)	475	0.21	270
5:00a	King of the Hill (r)	543	0.25	325
5:30a	King of the Hill (r)	551	0.25	327

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

Cable Rankings – Saturday 5/20/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Saturday, May 20:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research