Saturday TV Ratings, 5/19/18: ’SNL’ Rises For Season Finale with Tina Fey & Nicki Minaj (UPDATED)


Here are the final broadcast ratings for Saturday, May 19, 2018. 

Photo: Tina Fey/NBC

Finals Update: NBC's hockey game (0.8, -0.1) adjusted down. 

Time
Show
18-49
Rating
Total Viewers  
  (In Millions)
8:00pm
NHL Hockey (NBC)
0.8
2.91
Royal Romance (CBS)
0.6
4.69

American Idol (R) (ABC)
0.3
1.99

MasterChef Junior (R) (FOX)
0.3
1.03




9:00pm
Showtime At the Apollo (R) (FOX)
0.2
0.95




10:00pm
SNL Vintage (NBC)
0.7
2.29

48 Hours (CBS)
0.5
3.89

20/20 (R) (ABC)
0.5
3.54




11:30pm
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
1.9

(R) = repeat

NBC's showing of NHL Hockey (0.9) was the second-highest program of the night. It led into another strong airing of 'SNL Vintage' (0.7). At 11:30, NBC had the season finale of 'SNL' with host Tina Fey and musical guest Nicki Minaj (1.9). It rose a tenth in the Adults 18-49 demographic from last week's episode. 

CBS had a Prince Harry and Meghan Markle special (0.6) that performed significantly better than an average episode of 'Ransom'. At 10, an original episode of '48 Hours' (0.5) posted a rather atypical result. 

ABC had a low-rated encore of 'American Idol' (0.3) leading into a solid repeat of '20/20' at 10 (0.5). Surprisingly, this repeat of '20/20' matched Friday's original. 

FOX had repeats of 'MasterChef Junior' (0.3) and 'Showtime at the Apollo' (0.2). 

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