Friday, July 3, 2026

Ratings: “SNL” With Megan Thee Stallion Steady at Season Low, No Improvement Over First Week

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Megan Thee Stallion was not a big draw for “SNL” viewers.

Saturday’s ratings for the second installment of the season remained at a perilously low 3.7 million. The show is off by around 900,000 viewers from its season finale last May.

“SNL” this past week started with promise but fell apart quickly. Some of it was incomprehensible without closed captioning. By the time Weekend Update was over, I checked out at exactly 12:35. There was no reason to continue.

This malaise feels like more than just the transition from the old cast to the new cast. There’s no buzz. And this new strategy of doubling up the host as musical guest isn’t working either. The next episode, with Jack Harlow doing both jobs, doesn’t look promising.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame 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. 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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