Ryan Gosling’s ‘SNL’ Ranks as Most-Watched Episode of Season 49 With 8.9 Million Viewers

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Viewership for the NBC show was up 3% when compared to last season

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Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

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Ryan Gosling’s “SNL” appearance stands as the most-watched episode of Season 49. The April 13 episode, which saw Chris Stapleton perform alongside the “Barbie” star, drew in 8.9 million viewers on NBC, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day viewing. That marks the biggest audience for “Saturday Night Live” this season.

Featuring Gosling’s “The Fall Guy” costar Emily Blunt as a surprise guest, the episode also scored the most social video views of the season with 107.3 million views across social media. Gosling’s “Beavis and Butt-Head” sketch, with “SNL” castmate Mikey Day breaking fellow cast member Heidi Gardner, was the most-watched sketch of the season as it drew 15.8

Loree Seitz

Loree joined TheWrap as a reporter in 2022 after interning at the publication during the summer of 2021. Loree has covered entertainment, film and television for TheWrap and has reported on the media industry and the cable news beat. She has also written for MovieMaker Magazine, where she interned in 2020.

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