While Lohan's hosting skills may be up for debate, her 'SNL' episode delivers second-highest ratings of the season.
By James Montgomery
<P>Her so-called "comeback" may have earned, uh, mixed reviews, but when it came to ratings, <a href="/news/articles/1680377/lindsay-lohan-hosts-saturday-night-live.jhtml">Lindsay Lohan's "Saturday Night Live"</a> stint certainly delivered. </P><P> </P><P>According to <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/saturday-night-live-with-lindsay-lohan-delivers-strong-ratings/" target="_blank">Deadline Hollywood</a>, overnight numbers show that Lohan's "SNL" was the second-highest-rated episode of the season, trailing only the January 7 Charles Barkley-hosted telecast, which aired on the same night as NBC's coverage of the Lions/Saints NFL Wild Card playoff game. </P><P> </P><P><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:746082/cp~vid%3D746082%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A746082" width="460" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed> </P><P> </P><P>The episode drew a 5.5 rating and a 14 share — meaning that 5.5 percent of all Nielsen households watched, and 14 percent of <i>all</i> households tuned in — up 12 percent from the most recent live "SNL" show, which aired on February 18. Lohan also delivered strongly in the coveted 18-49 demographic (a 3.3 rating and 15 share), up 14 percent from the last live show. </P><P> </P><P>That's good news for "SNL" producers, who had to weather some <a </P><P>href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lindsay-lohan-saturday-night-live-reviews-296764" target="_blank">fairly scathing reviews</a> following Lohan's performance, in which she frequently read from cue cards and starred in several poorly received sketches (though the Jon Hamm cameo was pretty great). </P><P> </P><P>In a "Today" show appearance before her hosting gig, <a href="/news/articles/1680215/lindsay-lohan-snl-today.jhtml">Lohan promised</a> she'd prove her naysayers wrong on "SNL," and hinted that she'd poke fun at her previous legal issues on the show. Of course, from her opening monologue to an appearance in a "scared straight" skit, she did just that. And while folks can argue how effectively she performed, ratings-wise, there's no debating she packed a punch. </P><P> </P><P><object width="432" height="236"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/hKW9TDp340gIz6EIaJMflA"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/hKW9TDp340gIz6EIaJMflA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="440" height="248" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object></p>
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