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Donald Trump gives SNL its biggest ratings in years
[EW] Trump is still bringing the bump. Instead of just being a lump...  With Donald Trump hosting, Saturday Night Live jumped to its biggest overnight rating since 2012. ... giving the ratings a jump.... According to NBC, SNL had a whopping 6.6 household rating on Saturday night, easily beating the season’s previous high: the 41st season premiere last month, hosted by Miley Cyrus and with a guest appearance by none other than … Hillary Clinton. In fact, Trump’s overnight rating was 47 percent higher than the Miley/Hillary episode. He did it without twerking, brought them out of their slump... The previous high was held by an episode that aired Jan. 7, 2012, hosted by Charles Barkley with musical guest Kelly Clarkson. His grammar was perfect. He brought class to the dump... Saturday night marked the Republican presidential hopeful’s second time hosting the iconic late-night series. He previously acted as host in 2004 when Trump was still the host of NBC’s The Apprentice. He was gonna send an assistant, but he fired the chump... Trump was pretty confident he’d boost SNL’s numbers. “I get the best ratings,” he reportedly said when asked about the appearance. Posted by: Fred 2015-11-09 |
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