“SNL” has been able to keep its weekly numbers above 4 million most of this season. For the last several weeks, the average has been 4.1 or 4.2 million viewers, occasionally exceeding that norm.
But this past Saturday was a disaster. Ana de Armas, the Oscar nominee for “Blonde.” was the host. She was delightful and gorgeous. She was in a lot of sketches. But this didn’t grab the audience. Total viewers fell to 3.8 million. Ouch!
Karol G was the musical guest. I have no idea who she is, and neither did the audience evidently. Whoever she is, Karol G doesn’t have a single on the iTunes top 100. Why would “SNL” have thought she’d be a ratings getter?
I don’t understand why “SNL” doesn’t look for legacy artists with huge followers from concerts and oldies radio? There are so many cool acts who the “SNL” age audience will tune in for. Considering Creedence Clearwater Revival’s greatest hit sells like crazy, why not get John Fogerty?
The next scheduled show is May 6th with Pete Davidson returning, and Lil Uzi Vert, a rapper with hits. But that show may not happen if the Writers Guild goes on strike. And that seems like a looming possibility.
