Saturday TV Ratings, 1/27/18: ’Saturday Night Live’ Soars to Season High with Host Will Ferrell (UPDATED)

Here are the final broadcast ratings for Saturday, January 27, 2018.

Will Ferrell (center). Photo: NBC/SNL

Finals Update: NBA on ABC (1.5, +0.3) and UFC Fight Night (0.6, +0.1) both adjusted up. A repeat of 'Superstore' (0.3, -0.2) and an original 'Dateline' (0.5, -0.3) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers (In Millions)
8:00pm	UFC Fight Night: Jacare v. Brunson 2 (FOX)	0.6	1.77
	NBA Countdown (ABC)	0.5	2.09
	NCIS (R) (CBS)	0.4	4.04
	Will & Grace (R) (NBC)	0.3	1.80

8:30pm	NBA Basketball: Celtics v. Warriors (ABC)	1.5	4.68
	Superstore (R) (NBC)	0.3	1.22

9:00pm	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.5	2.86
	SEAL Team (R) (CBS)	0.4	3.23

10:00pm	SNL Vintage (NBC)	0.7	2.90
	48 Hours (CBS)	0.5	4.10

11:30pm	Saturday Night Live (NBC)	2.3

(R) = repeat

ABC's 'NBA' game (1.2) was two-tenths below last week. 'NBA Countdown' (0.7) was actually up a notch.

CBS had repeats of 'NCIS' (0.4) and 'SEAL Team' (0.4). '48 Hours' wrapped up the night with an atypical 0.5 at 10.

NBC had repeats of already-renewed 'Will & Grace' (0.3) and 'Superstore' (0.5). An original 'Dateline' (0.8) and 'SNL Vintage' (0.7) had high-end results. At 11:30, 'SNL' with host Will Ferrell (2.3) was up a whopping five-tenths from last week. It also registered as a new season high for the variety series.

FOX's 'UFC Fight Night' (0.5) did a bit better than 'Four' and drama repeats.