"Saturday Night Live" Premiere Ratings Decline SNL used to be great - such a shame they focus on hate. From News Thud: Saturday Night Live’s premiere leaning heavily on politics showed declining viewership compared to it’s premier a year ago. The comedic sketch show has made a choice to continually mock President Trump and has taken a decidedly partisan overall stance in its content. Alec Baldwin, who plays “Trump” on SNL, posts anti-Trump political commentary on social media regularly. Hollywood Reporter reports like most other shows in premiere week, NBC’s late-night staple came in behind its opener from a year ago. Saturday Night Live was not immune to the overall ratings declines in the first week of the 2019-20 TV season. The NBC late-night staple posted smaller preliminary ratings for its 45th season premiere than it did in 2018.The premiere, hosted by Woody Harrelson and featuring Billie Eilish as musical guest, drew a 4.1 household rating in overnight metered markets and a 1.6 among adults 18-49. That’s down about 15 percent in households and 30 percent in adults 18-49 vs. last season’s opener (4.8 and 2.3). https://newsthud.com/report-saturday-night-live-premiere-ratings-decline/?utm_source=News+Thud&utm_campaign=9567676738-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_84584849d2-9567676738-74338969