The Nov. 7 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Internet comedian Druski with the Strokes as musical guest, attracted 5.6 million viewers on NBC.
Not only does this total exceed the 5.2 million viewers reached by the Halloween episode headlined by Inde Navarrette and Gracie Abrams, which set the previous record in Season 52, but it is the most viewers “SNL” has seen in two years.
The most recent episode to surpass Druski’s was during the historic 50th season, when John Mulaney and Chappell Roan brought the show to 6.6 million viewers on November 2, 2024. Druski’s episode also had the highest rating among adults ages 18-49 since Mulaney in 2024. And among viewers ages 18-34 in particular, the show last week’s show got the highest 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 of all time, 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 a musical guest before Christmas 2025.
Given that Mulaney returns 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 “SNL” artistic team’s recent prioritization of Gen Z audiences — as evidenced by the booking of Navarrette, Druski and Mulaney, all of whom appeal to younger viewers — is paying off.
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