Saturday TV Ratings 4/10/21: Saturday Night Live Ticks Up, Modest NBA Leads Primetime (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: The new episode of 'Saturday Night Live' with host Carey Mulligan and musical guest Kid Cudi garnered a 1.04 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic, up slightly from the last original episode (0.96). Earlier in the night, NBC aired reruns of 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.2), 'Organized Crime' (0.3), and 'SNL Vintage' (0.3). ABC had a low-rated 'Lakers v. Nets' NBA game (0.4) that still topped all other programs airing from 8 to 11. 'NBA Countdown' (0.4) occupied the 8pm slot for the alphabet network. CBS had an encore of 'Bull' (0.2) and two hours of '48 Hours' (0.2/0.3). Fox was well behind the others with anemic repeats of 'The Masked Singer' (0.1) and 'Game of Talents' (0.1).

Finals Update: 'NBA: Lakers v. Nets' (+0.2) and the repeat of 'Game of Talents' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'NBA Countdown' (-0.1) and the repeat of 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NBA Countdown	0.28/3	1.38	ABC
	Bull (R)	0.22/2	2.04	CBS
	Law & Order: SVU (R)	0.18/2	1.37	NBC
	The Masked Singer (R)	0.14/1	0.84	Fox
8:30 PM	NBA: Lakers v. Nets	0.57/3	2.02	ABC
9 PM	48 Hours (R)	0.24/2	2.13	CBS
	Law & Order: Organized Crime (R	0.19/2	1.37	NBC
	Game of Talents (R)	0.16/1	0.83	Fox
10 PM	48 Hours	0.34/3	3.19	CBS
	SNL Vintage	0.33/3	1.95	NBC

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live	1.04/9	5.18	NBC