The Lohan stans are reaching, at first they were hyping this as her big comeback BUT now that the episode didn't meet the hype SNL hasn't been funny in years and the show is a complete flop. Like Lee stated, the Maya Rudolph episode was hilarious, it's all about the HOST and the MATERIAL. Melissa McCartney and Emma Stone are other examples of this for female hosts. Lindsay probably didn't show that she could carry the episode, so changes had to be made.
It's not really reaching. SNL has had more flop shows than good shows.
Lindsay Lohan's Saturday Night Live Gets Second Best Ratings Of The Season
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Saturday Night Live hosted by Lindsay Lohan with musical guest Jack White averaged a 3.3 rating with adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters.
via NBC press note:
“Saturday Night Live" (5.5/14 in metered-market households) with host Lindsay Lohan with musical guest Jack White, dominated its time period with the highest rating of the night in metered-market households, ahead of all Saturday primetime telecasts on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. "SNL" generated its second highest rating in metered-market households this season, behind only the 8.2/19 for a late-starting telecast on January 7, the night of NBC Sports' primetime coverage of the Lions-Saints NFL Wild Card playoff game. Versus the same night last year, "SNL" is up 2 percent in metered-market households (5.5/14 vs. 5.4/13).
In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, “Saturday Night Live” averaged a 3.3 rating, 15 share in adults 18-49 to rank #1 among the night's telecasts ahead of all Saturday primetime programs on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. "SNL" scored its second highest rating in the Local People Meters this season, behind only the 4.6/18 of January 7, the night of the NFL Wild Card playoff game.
Not sure about viewer numbers, but I think how it works is that 5.5% of the people who were watching TV at that time were watching SNL. They should just tell us the viewer numbers tbh
Not sure about viewer numbers, but I think how it works is that 5.5% of the people who were watching TV at that time were watching SNL. They should just tell us the viewer numbers tbh
Is irrelevant to TV networks. It's all about 18-49 demographics!