In addition to drawing solid reviews for her “SNL” hosting debut, hit musician Taylor Swift brought attention to the late night standard.
Saturday’s Swift-hosted edition of “Saturday Night Live” posted a 5.0/13 metered market rating, which would be the best number for the show this season. Fueled by speculation about how she would handle her buzzworthy gossip items, namely the much-discussed incident with Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards, the show generated significant hype in the lead-up and ultimately paid off with a solid rating.
While reviews were not all glowing for Wanda Sykes’ late-night debut, her “The Wanda Sykes Show,: too, posted good numbers for FOX.
The show averaged a 2.2/5 rating in the slot; while quite a bit off the “SNL” mark, it is nonetheless an improvement from the last airings of previous occupants “Talk Show with Spike Feresten” and “MAD TV.”