‘SNL UK’ Bows Out With Series Low Audience Up Against Eurovision Song Contest

SNL UK‘s first play came to a adjacent connected a bum note, ratings-wise.

Up against stiff title from nan Eurovision Song Contest connected BBC One, Sky’s adjustment of nan iconic NBC drama drew its lowest assemblage of nan series.

With Sex Education‘s Ncuti Gatwa impermanent presenting, Saturday Night Live UK was watched by 86,420 viewers astatine 10PM, which was astir 28% down connected its erstwhile debased of 120,000 viewers for nan Jack Whitehall-fronted episode.

Gatwa’s standing was little than half that of the 197,200 audience Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham achieved past week. Check retired nan afloat breakdown below.

Over connected nan BBC, nan Eurovision Song Contest was watched by an mean of 5.2M viewers, pinch a highest of 5.9M, according to unrecorded BARB figures supplied by overnights.tv.

The singing competition, which crowned Bulgaria’s Dara arsenic nan victor with her opus “Bangaranga,” comfortably hit each rivals, but its assemblage was good down connected past year’s 6.7M average.

SNL UK‘s measurement of occurrence has ever been astir overmuch much than overnight ratings. The show’s assemblage has mostly tripled erstwhile catchup, streaming, and repetition viewing are captured. Sketches person besides many times gone viral, meaning nan show is breaking done online.

The wide capacity has been enough to person Sky to renew SNL UK for a 2nd season. The show will return successful September.

SNL knew it would beryllium up against reliable title connected Saturday, pinch nan show’s acold unfastened depicting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Eurovision viewing statement being gatecrashed by Labour activity hopefuls. In nan aforesaid show, Louis Theroux made a cameo, and Gatwa poked nosy astatine his clip arsenic Doctor Who.