Saturday TV Ratings 5/17/25: Saturday Night Live Rises for Finale, NHL Playoffs Top Primetime, Love on the Danube: Love Song Low on Hallmark [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: For its season fifty finale, NBC's Saturday Night Live (0.66, +0.04) gained some momentum. The sketch comedy series narrowly beat out ABC's NHL Playoffs broadcast (0.65), making it the top-rated program of the night in the Adults 18-49 demographic. MLB: Regional Coverage (0.31) declined from last week on Fox. 48 Hours (0.13, -0.04) also dropped on CBS. The CW got a fairly solid rating out of Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (0.07). Key: (R) = repeat. (F) = finale.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	NHL Playoffs: Jets v. Stars	0.65	12	2.28	ABC
	MLB: Regional Coverage	0.31	6	1.91	Fox
	FBI: Most Wanted (R)	0.16	3	1.67	CBS
	Yes, Chef! (R)	0.11	2	1.09	NBC
	Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (R)	0.07	1	0.52	CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.14	2	1.32	NBC
	48 Hours (R)	0.11	2	1.67	CBS
10 PM	48 Hours	0.13	2	2.48	CBS
	Saturday Night Live (R)	0.21	4	1.69	NBC

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live (F)	0.66	N/A	4.87	NBC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
PGA Championship	ESPN	0.20	1.03
Lazarus	Adult Swim	0.15	0.25
My View with Lara Trump	Fox News	0.08	1.39
AEW: Collision	TNT	0.08	0.40
On Patrol: Live	Reelz	0.07	0.56
I Was Honey Boo Boo	Lifetime	0.07	0.48
MLB: Regional Coverage	MLB	0.07	0.31
Love on the Danube: Love Song	Hallmark	0.04	1.08
WNBA Simulcast: Fever v. Sky	NBA	0.01	0.07