Pssssst Baldwin gets 'SNL' its biggest ratings in six years, outdraws Trump's host stint

[malaise]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/12/media/saturday-night-live-ratings-alec-baldwin-donald-trump/
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"Saturday Night Live" saw yuge ratings Saturday night with President Trump impersonator Alec Baldwin as host.

The NBC comedy series, which Baldwin was hosting for a record 17th time, brought in a 7.2 overnight rating, according to NBC. That is the show's highest overnight rating since 2011.

Baldwin, who again played Trump, brought in a bigger rating than the real thing. When Trump hosted the show as a presidential candidate in November 2015, the episode brought in a 6.6 overnight rating.

To calculate overnight ratings, Nielsen takes the percentage of households watching in 56 US markets and comes up with an average -- in this case, the 7.2 means that 7.2% of households in these 56 markets tuned into the show Saturday night. Overnight ratings are preliminary numbers, and are subject to change as final viewership figures are calculated.

Come on you fucking twit - tweet away

[monmouth4]

1. A lot of viewers were waiting for Rosie as Bannon, a little disappointed, like me..n/t

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. CNN was playing Melissa this morning. On the National News.

She was hysterical and everyone was just cracking up. It was the part where she was hocking Ivanka's watch and ended up showing her shoes.

She and Baldwin and just wonderful. And the whole regular cast. It is no wonder everyone and their dog is watching. It is comedy at it's very best.