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Saturday Night Live pulled disconnected different successful season.
Season 51 vanished its tally arsenic No. 1 among broadcast drama bid successful nan 18-49 demo (the show’s seventh consecutive play to do so), per Nielsen data.
It was besides No. 3 among each intermezo bid successful nan demo and, successful position of full viewers, Season 51 was No. 2 among broadcast comedies.
While it didn’t surpass nan show’s typical 50th day season’s audience, Season 51 was still up 6% versus Season 49 and 5% versus Season 48 successful full viewers, signaling immoderate growth.
And, contempt not gathering Season 50’s average, nan Season 51 finale, pinch big Will Ferrell and philharmonic impermanent Paul McCartney, was up 9% successful full viewers compared to nan 2025 play finale.
Per NBCUniversal, nan most-watched telecast of nan play crossed each platforms was nan December 20 section featuring big Ariana Grande and philharmonic impermanent Cher, which drew 10.1M viewers. That section besides sewage nan astir societal views of nan season.
On Peacock alone, nan October 4 play premiere pinch big Bad Bunny and philharmonic impermanent Doja Cat came retired connected top. That section besides generated nan most-viewed sketch of nan play crossed societal platforms, “El Chavo Del Ocho.”
The full 2025-26 play tallied 8.2B position views — a 98% summation complete nan erstwhile season.
