Saturday TV Ratings 4/9/22: The Ten Commandments Drops from 2021 but Still Leads, Would I Lie to You? US and Masters of Illusion Draw Average Ratings in Debuts, Saturday Night Live Ticks Up (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's annual broadcast of 1956 religious film 'The Ten Commandments' (0.33) was a troubling 30% below the year-ago showing (0.47) but managed to beat out all programs airing in the 8-11PM stretch. Assisted by host Jake Gyllenhaal and musical guest Camilla Cabello, NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' (0.85, +0.02) improved by two-hundredths from last week's Carmicahel-Gunna outing. Earlier in the evening, reruns of 'Dateline' (0.23/0.27) and 'SNL Vintage' (0.27) were at atypical levels. Airing after repeats of 'FBI' (0.27) and 'FBI: Most Wanted' (0.22), CBS's '48 Hours' (0.28, +0.05) grew by five-hundredths at 10. Fox stayed uncompetitive with low-rated 'MLS Soccer' (0.14). On the CW, the series premiere of 'Would I Lie To You? US' (0.09) was 3x higher than the week-ago 'World's Funniest Animals' finale (0.03). 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.11), the season premiere of 'Masters of Illusion' (0.08), and a 'Masters' encore (0.05) filled out the rest of the lineup.

Finals Update: The repeat of 'FBI' (+0.1) adjusted up. The repeat of 'Dateline NBC' (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	The Ten Commandments	0.33/3	3.49	ABC
	FBI (R)	0.27/3	2.09	CBS
	Dateline NBC (R)	0.23/2	2.11	NBC
	MLS Soccer	0.14/1	0.48	Fox
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.11/1	0.57	The CW
8:30 PM	Would I Lie to You? US (Series Premiere)	0.09/1	0.44	The CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.27/3	2.31	NBC
	FBI: Most Wanted (R)	0.22/2	2.05	CBS
	Masters of Illusion (P)	0.08/1	0.45	The CW
9:30 PM	Masters of Illusion (R)	0.05/1	0.40	The CW
10 PM	48 Hours	0.28/3	3.08	CBS
	SNL Vintage	0.27/3	1.66	NBC

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live	0.85/10	4.85	NBC