Saturday TV Ratings 2/26/22: Saturday Night Live Ticks Up, NBA Leads Quiet Primetime Lineup, 48 Hours Slips (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Host John Mulaney and musical guest LCD Soundsystem took over 'Saturday Night Live' (0.86, +0.04) and helped the show rise by four-hundredths for its first and only February 2022 episode. A few hours prior, NBC aired a pair of 'Dateline' reruns (0.25/0.26) and 'SNL Vintage' (0.33). ABC had moderate success with 'NBA Countdown' (0.29) and the 'Nets v. Bucks' basketball game' (0.61). CBS had a rerun of 'The Equalizer' (0.19), a 'SWAT' encore (0.14), and a sinking '48 Hours' (0.23, -0.03). Fox's 'MLS Soccer' (0.13) was barely any stronger than last week's '9-1-1' encore (0.12). The CW's 'Great Chocolate Showdown' posted its fourth 0.05 rating in a row and led into an original episode of 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.04). The 9:30PM 'Funniest Animals' encore (0.05) outdid the new one that aired before it.

Finals Update: 'NBA: Nets v. Bucks' (+0.2) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NBA Countdown	0.29/3	1.56	ABC
	Dateline NBC (R)	0.25/2	2.32	NBC
	The Equalizer (R)	0.19/2	2.12	CBS
	MLS Soccer	0.13/1	0.44	Fox
	Great Chocolate Showdown	0.05/0	0.42	The CW
8:30 PM	NBA: Nets v. Bucks	0.61/6	2.23	ABC
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.26/2	2.59	NBC
	SWAT (R)	0.14/1	1.64	CBS
	World's Funniest Animals	0.04/0	0.44	The CW
9:30 PM	World's Funniest Animals (R)	0.05/0	0.49	The CW
10 PM	SNL Vintage	0.33/3	2.01	NBC
	48 Hours	0.23/2	2.71	CBS

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live	0.86/9	4.75	NBC