Saturday TV Ratings 1/31/26: Saturday Night Live Jumps, College Basketball on ESPN Beats NBA on ABC, Missing the Boat Strong on Hallmark [+ Analysis]

NBC's Saturday Night Live (0.70, +0.19) bounced back considerably after last week's sluggish performance, topping the night altogether. NBA on ABC (0.41) more than doubled college basketball on Fox (0.19). 48 Hours (0.14, 0.00) was steady on CBS. The CW aired I Am Burt Reynolds (0.03). Key: (R) = repeat.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Men's College Basketball: UConn v. Creighton	0.19	3	1.01	Fox
	NBA Tip-Off	0.17	3	1.43	ABC
	The Wall (R)	0.16	2	1.91	NBC
	Harlan Coben's Final Twist (R)	0.07	1	1.49	CBS
	I Am Burt Reynolds (R)	0.03	0	0.48	CW
8:30 PM	NBA: Mavericks v. Rockets	0.41	6	1.93	ABC
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.16	2	1.77	NBC
	48 Hours (R)	0.10	1	1.74	CBS
10 PM	Saturday Night Live (R)	0.20	3	1.82	NBC
	48 Hours	0.14	2	2.49	CBS

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live	0.70	N/A	4.80	NBC

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Total viewership rank*
Men's College Basketball 6:45 PM	ESPN	0.57	1st
Men's College Basketball 9 PM	ESPN	0.33	6th
Missing the Boat	Hallmark	0.16	3rd
Men's College Basketball 6 PM	ESPN2	0.12	36th
Have I Got News For You	CNN	0.07	9th
AEW: Collision	TNT	0.07	28th
The Weekend	MSNOW	0.05	17th
My View with Lara Trump	Fox News	0.04	2nd