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From Variety via USVI News: Druski helped 'SNL' achieve its most-watched episode in two years.
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The Nov. 7 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by internet comedian Druski with the Strokes as musical guest, brought a strong 5.6 million viewers to NBC.
Not only does that total outpace the 5.2 million viewers achieved by the Halloween episode headlined by Inde Navarrette and Gracie Abrams, which set the previous Season 52 record, but it marks the most viewers “ SNL ” has seen in two years.
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The most recent episode to outrank Druski’s was during the landmark 50th season, when John Mulaney and Chappell Roan boosted the show to 6.6 million viewers on Nov. 2, 2024. Druski’s episode also scored the highest rating among the adults age 18-49 demographic since Mulaney’s in 2024. And among viewers age 18-34 in particular, last week’s show achieved the best rating in more than four years, since Elon Musk hosted on May 8, 2021, with Miley Cyrus as musical guest. On Peacock, Druski hosted the most-watched episode ever, and it garnered 424 million video views across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X, the best social performance since Ariana Grande hosted with Cher as musical guest ahead of Christmas 2025.
Given that Mulaney is returning to “SNL” this Saturday, joined by musical guest Phoebe Bridgers, it seems possible that the late-night sketch show will outdo itself for the third week in a row. It’s clear that the recent prioritization of the Gen Z audience by the “SNL” talent team — evidenced by the booking of Navarrette, Druski and Mulaney, who all draw in younger viewers — is paying off.
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