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[11/23/14 - 08:54 AM]
"Saturday Night Live," with Host Cameron Diaz, Ranks As the Night's #1 Telecast on the Big 4 Networks in 18-49
NBC spins the numbers for Saturday, November 22.

[via press release from NBC]

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

· "Saturday Night Live," with host Cameron Diaz and musical guests Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars (4.1 rating, 10 share in household results in the 56 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research; 2.0/9 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters), ranked as the night's #1 telecast on the Big 4 networks in 18-49 in the Local People Meters, ahead of all primetime programs on those networks.

· "Saturday Night Live" matched its results for the same night last year in metered-market households and adults 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

Saturday Primetime Results:

· "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" (0.8/3 in 18-49, 4.4 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) captured NBC's top 18-49 rating in the time period, excluding sports, in four months (since "Dateline Mystery" scored a 0.8 in the hour on July 12) and equaled NBC's top non-sports rating in the slot since Feb. 11, 2012 (1.0 that hour for a "Voice" encore). In total viewers, it was the biggest overall audience in the time period, excluding sports, since July 5 ("Dateline Mystery," 4.527 million that hour).

· In the time period, "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" ranked #1 among the Big 4 networks in total viewers, women 18-49 and women 25-54.

· A rebroadcast of "State of Affairs" averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 3.1 million viewers overall from 9-10 p.m. ET. In the time period, the "State of Affairs" encore tied for #2 among the Big 4 nets in women 18-34 (with a 0.3 rating) and women 25-54 (0.9).

· "SNL Vintage" (0.6/2 in 18-49, 2.9 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET with an encore of a Nov. 20, 1976 telecast hosted by Paul Simon with musical guest George Harrison) grew from its first half-hour to its second by +17% in adults 18-49 (to a 0.7 rating from a 0.6), +11% in adults 25-54 (1.0 vs. 0.9) and +25% in men 25-54 (1.0 vs. 0.8), despite the 10 p.m. hour.

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





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