NEW YORK (AP) — The “Saturday Night Live” fiftieth anniversary celebration is NBC’s most-watched prime-time leisure telecast in 5 years, reaching practically 15 million viewers.
Sunday evening’s 3½ hour extravaganza filled with comedy sketches, celebrity musical performances and surprising cameos, delivered the most important viewers for the community for a night-time leisure present because the 2020 Golden Globes.
Solely the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been an even bigger viewership draw in recent times, NBC mentioned Monday.
The viewership totals for the “Saturday Night Live” particular, which opened with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter and Steve Martin delivering the opening monologue, embrace reside streaming figures for Peacock, NBC’s streaming service.
The present featured quite a few cameos, together with Aubrey Plaza, Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson and stars who’ve appeared on the range present because it first aired in October 1975. Paul McCartney delivered the closing musical quantity and the enduring “SNL” stage brimmed with stars because the present ended Sunday evening.
