RATINGS ARE IN: SETH MACFARLANE IS A HIT ON SNL BUT DOUCHEBAG RYAN LOCHTE ISN’T THRILLED
RATINGS ARE IN: SETH MACFARLANE IS A HIT ON SNL BUT DOUCHEBAG RYAN LOCHTE ISN’T THRILLED
Seth MacFarlane was a big hit on the Saturday Night Live premier according to The Hollywood Reporter:
The Seth MacFarlane-hosted episode pulled a 4.8 households rating and 12 share, just shy of 2011’s 5.1 rating/13 share that ran a week later after a week that saw more primetime premieres.
In markets reporting adults 18-49, the show is up a tenth of a point for a 2.8 rating in the demo.
That said the skit getting the most attention is the Ryan Lochte skit during The Weekend Update where Seth MacFarlane NAILED Lochte with a triple axle impression that was so spot on it might go down as legendary in the lore of SNL history. Check out this clip of TMZ catching up with the douchebag swimmer when trying to ask him about the skit:
How great is that skit, huh??? You can catch the rest of the SNL episode here, but there’s more. Turns out Ryan Lochte did eventually see the skit and boy, according to this CNN clip he looks defeated…
What a bitch. And he’s full of shit because he said that he wasn’t used to doing interviews but if you watch the TMZ clip Ryan Lochte isn’t exactly representing the US Department of Education all that well. What a fucking shit stain. That said, SNL doesn’t know how to stay controversial so they will probably invite the Olympic swimmer on the show to redeem himself in some way. I miss MADtv.
Short of getting Roiland back, which I'm sure isn't going to happen, I don't even think they could get much better than the new voices from the previous season. And the ratings for season 7 weren't much lower on average than for season 6; it was pretty much just a normal season-to-season drop that most likely would have happened regardless.
I mean, look at the actual averages:
Season 1 - 1.57 million viewers Season 2 - 1.97 million viewers Season 3 - 2.33 million viewers Season 4 - 1.52 million viewers Season 5 - 0.96 million viewers Season 6 - 0.56 million viewers Season 7 - 0.42 million viewers
Ever since season 3, it had been having steep drops even with Roiland still involved; the season 6 to 7 drop is actually the smallest-percentage drop it's had since it started dropping, and if anything it's possible that changing the voice actors actually *boosted* interest a bit and prevented it from dropping even more.