Saturday TV Ratings 12/7/24: Saturday Night Live Drops to All-Time Low, Sugarplummed Solid for Hallmark, Penn State/Oregon College Football Game Gives CBS an Easy Win [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: An extended break did nothing to help Saturday Night Live (0.55, -0.09), as the NBC sketch-comedy staple dropped to an all-time low. The Peacock network began the night with low-rated repeats of Dateline (0.11/0.14) and SNL itself (0.18). College football on CBS (2.45) nearly doubled ABC's college football game (1.32). On Fox, Women's College Basketball (0.09/0.06) underwhelmed, only narrowly fending off the CW's A California Christmas (0.05). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: Penn St. v. OR	2.45	30	10.50	CBS
	College Football: Clemson v. SMU	1.32	16	5.98	ABC
	Dateline NBC (R)	0.11	1	1.62	NBC
	Women's College Basketball: TN v. IA	0.09	1	0.56	Fox
	A California Christmas	0.05	1	0.37	CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.14	2	1.74	NBC
	Women's College Basketball: Louisville v. UConn	0.06	1	0.47	Fox
10 PM	Saturday Night Live (R)	0.18	2	1.53	NBC

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live	0.55	N/A	3.84	NBC

Cable:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
UFC Prelims	ESPN2	0.24	0.59
Sugarplummed	Hallmark	0.14	1.76
College Football: Marshall v. LA	ESPN	0.10	0.39
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.07	0.48
AEW: Collision	TNT	0.07	0.28
A Very Merry Beauty Salon	Lifetime	0.03	0.38
Big City Greens	Disney	0.03	0.13
Once Upon a Christmas Wish	GAF	0.03	0.39