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.
\n\nNot 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.
\n\nThe 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.
\n\nGiven that Mulaney is returning to “SNL” this Saturday, joined by musical guest…
Original source: https://variety.com/