Ratings Analysis: Despite 'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu taking up hosting duties and rapper Saweetie filling in as the musical guest, NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' (0.92, -0.05) dropped by five-hundredths from the week-ago installment (0.97). Earlier in the evening, encore showings of 'The Wall' (0.23) and 'Dateline' (0.31) improved from the week prior while 'SNL Vintage' (0.32) was completely even. On the college football front, ABC's OR. v. UT' broadcast (1.17) was almost three times higher than Fox's 'OK St. v. TX Tech' game (0.41). Leading out of encores of 'The Equalizer' (0.34) and 'NCIS: Los Angeles (0.24), CBS's '48 Hours' (0.27, -0.13) lost a tenth from its last installment. The CW was on the decline with both 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.07, -0.03) and 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.06, -0.03). The two were each down by three-hundredths and followed by repeats of themselves (0.06/0.04) at the bottom of the hour.
Finals Update: 'College Football: OR v. UT' (+0.3) adjusted up. Repeats of 'The Wall' (-0.1), 'Dateline' (-0.1), and 'World's Funniest Animals' (-0.1) adjusted down.
