Monday, May 25, 2026

Ratings: “Saturday Night Live” Falls with Lizzo, Lowest Number of Last Three Weeks

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Lizzo has a big hit on the radio, but she wasn’t so successful on “Saturday Night Live.”

This past week’s episode was the lowest rated of the last three weeks with 4.587. It was just a little less than two weeks ago with Jerrod Carmichael and Gunna. And it was a lot less than last week with Jake Gyllenhaal and Camila Cabello, which got almost to 4.9 million.

These are small distinctions. But they still point to a couple of things, like the value of having big stars, and also maybe having a guest host and a musical guest for extra value. The next new show, on May 7, is with Benedict “Dr. Strange” Cumberbatch and Arcade Fire. Numbers will be up.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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