Saturday Final Nationals: ‘SNL’ with Melissa McCarthy on NBC Ties ‘Big Bang Theory’ Season Finale for Week’s Top Adults 18-49 Telecast

Saturday prime time was minimally watched overall. CBS was tops among total viewers (3.2 million). NBC led in all key demos, thanks primarily to Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals: Ottawa Senators at Pittsburgh Penguins in the “2017 NHL Stanley Cup 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 Melissa McCarthy with musical guest Haim, averaged 10.337 million viewers overall and a 2.74 rating in adults 18-49 in “fast official” “live plus same day” results from Nielsen Media Research. The telecast generated the show’s biggest overall audience for a May edition since May 8, 2010, (with host Betty White and musical guest Jay Z, 12.052 million). In 18-49, it’s a high for a May “SNL” in six years, since the May 21, 2011 season finale (3.68 with host Justin Timberlake and musical guest Lady Gaga).

With its 2.74 rating in adults 18-49, the May 13 “Saturday Night Live” ties as the #1 telecast of the week of May 8-14 on the broadcast networks in adult 18-49 rating, matching CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” (2.74 on May 11, 2017).

It’s the #2 “Saturday Night Live” of the season in total viewers, behind only the Feb. 11 edition (10.843 million viewers with host Alec Baldwin and musical guest Ed Sheeran) and the #3 “SNL” of the season in 18-49, behind only the Feb. 11 telecast (3.10) and the Nov. 12 episode, the first to follow the fall election (3.10 with host Dave Chappelle and musical guest A Tribe Called Quest).

Versus what “Saturday Night Live” averaged with originals for the month of May last year, this week’s telecast is up +71% in adults 18-49 (with a 2.74 rating vs. a 1.60) and +5.1 million persons or +98% in total viewers (10.337 million vs. 5.233 million for the month of May 2016).
 The 2.74 rating in adults 18-49 beats 18 of last season’s 19 “Saturday Night Live” originals and the 10.337 million viewers overall tops all 19 first-runs from last season.

(Source: NBC)

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
	Saturday, May 13, 2017
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.2/2	1853	0.3/2	0.4/2	0.6/2
8:00	Movie Monsters University (2013)	251	93	1.1/2	1897	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.6/2
10:07	20/20 Saturday (r)	253	93	1.2/2	1748	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.5/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			2.2/5	3201	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.6/2
8:00	48 Hours (rs)	252	92	2.1/4	3058	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.6/2
9:00	Training Day	252	92	1.7/3	2507	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.5/2
10:00	48 Hours	253	93	2.7/6	4037	0.3/2	0.6/3	0.9/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.6/4	2810		0.9/5	1.1/4
7:24	NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals Game 1: Ottawa @ Pittsburgh (s)	244	93	1.6/4	2892	0.7/5	1.0/5	1.1/5
10:34	Saturday Night Live (r)	244	93	1.5/3	2422	0.3/2	0.6/3	0.8/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.6/1	1027	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.4/1
8:00	MasterChef Junior (r)	255	93	0.6/1	930	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.3/1
9:00	MasterChef Junior (r)	255	93	0.7/1	1124	0.3/2	0.3/1	0.4/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.7/1	1232		0.5/2
7:00	Intimamente Compartiendo Entre Amigas			0.5/1	807		0.3/1
7:55	Liga MX: Cuartos de Final UANL vs. Monterrey			0.7/1	1311		0.5/3
10:00	Crónicas de Sábado			0.6/1	1047		0.3/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.3/1	657		0.2/1
6:01	Cine Soldado Universal: El Día del Jucio Final (2012)			0.2/1	419		0.1/1
8:01	Cine El Ministro y Yo (1977)			0.4/1	733		0.2/1
10:01	Los Mosqueteros (thru 11:05)			0.3/1	500		0.2/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average (preliminary)			0.3/1	513	0.1/1	0.2/1
8:00	Cine Red Dawn (2012) (preliminary)			0.4/1	671	0.2/1	0.2/1
9:00	Guerra de Idolos (preliminary)			0.3/1	447	0.1/1	0.1/1
10:00	Guerra de Idolos (preliminary)			0.2/1	422	0.1/1	0.1/1

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

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Saturday 5/13/17

For the entire week of May 8-14, 2017 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is up +3 percent in viewership (0.810 million vs. 0.785 million) and up +3 percent among Adults 18-49 (492,000 vs. 476,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down -20 percent in viewership (0.810 million vs. 1.013 million) and down -20 percent among Adults 18-49 (492,000 vs. 617,000) from the same week one year ago (May 9-15, 2016). (https://programmingins.wpengine.com/?p=17030)

	PROGRAM	HH	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
8:00	Dragon Ball Super	0.50	866	0.33	426
8:30	Bob’s Burgers (r)	0.42	676	0.26	333
9:00	Rick & Morty (r)	0.45	800	0.31	392
9:30	Rick & Morty (r)	0.54	892	0.37	477
10:00	Family Guy (r)	0.73	1156	0.52	666
10:30	Family Guy (r)	0.88	1424	0.66	845

TOONAMI – SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
11:00	Samurai Jack	1327	0.63	804
11:30	Dragon Ball Super (r)	1054	0.51	657
12:00a	Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters	1107	0.53	678
12:30a	Attack on Titan	951	0.45	578
1:00a	Tokyo Ghoul	803	0.40	516
1:30a	Hunter X Hunter	755	0.39	498
2:00a	Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn	561	0.26	339
2:30a	Naruto: Shippuden	539	0.26	333
3:00a	Ghost in the Shell (r)	509	0.24	305

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
3:30a	Bob’s Burgers (r)	432	0.21	271
4:00a	Rick & Morty (r)	453	0.22	279
4:30a	Rick & Morty (r)	448	0.22	279
5:00a	King of the Hill (r)	489	0.24	296
5:30a	King of the Hill (r)	469	0.22	280

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

Cable Rankings – Saturday 5/13/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Saturday, May 13:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research