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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

“SNL” with Timothee Chalamet Scores Highest Ratings Since John Mulaney Back in November

Timothee Chalamet proved pretty popular with “Saturday Night Live” fans.

His episode last Saturday as host and musical guest rose 100,000 viewers from the previous week to 4.598 million.

That’s the best rating the show has had since 7 weeks ago, when John Mulaney blew the place out at 6.5 million viewers.

Probably more people were exposed to Chalamet’s movie, “A Complete Unknown,” than ever before. The ratings certainly are the cause of Bob Dylan’s music rising quickly on the charts.

For Chalamet, “SNL” was an important building block toward the Oscars. As I reported a couple of days ago, Chalamet’s next stop is “60 Minutes.” There may one other high exposure moment in between. Stay tuned…

PS According to reports, the UK broadcast once again excised one of the two musical numbers of the night. UK fans of “SNL,” Dylan, and Chalamet will have to watch him sing “Tomorrow is a Long Time” on YouTube. Or here.

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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