Palin Draws Biggest Audience In 14 Years For Saturday Night Live
Sarah Palin’s visit to “Saturday Night Live” drew the show’s highest overnight rating in 14 years.
Last night’s telecast, hosted by Josh Brolin and featuring musical guest Adele, averaged a 10.7 rating and 24 share in 56 metered markets, according to Nielsen Media Research. That’s the highest overnight ‘SNL’ average since a 1994 episode that was hosted by Nancy Kerrigan and featured musical guest Aretha Franklin.
Saturday’s program also included appearances by Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, Oliver Stone and—once again reprising her role as Palin—Tina Fey. But it was the much-anticipated visit by the real Alaska governor that gave the show its biggest overnight rating in more than a decade. The numbers also make “SNL” the third-highest-rated show of last week, after ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and CBS’ “CSI.”
Obama appeared on SNL with Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps just over a month ago and couldn’t pull the numbers Palin did.
