It May Have Been Lame, But Everybody Watched
Written by Eric Olsen
Published December 13, 2002
Published December 13, 2002
Last Saturday's SNL was neither very smoothly performed nor memorably written, but with Robert De Niro as the (somewhat reluctant) guest host, it was certainly watched:
- The Robert De Niro-hosted Dec. 7 edition of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" drew the largest audience for the latenight series since a Britney Spears-fronted episode in February.
According to Nielsen, nearly 9.6 million viewers watched the broadcast, which also featured musical guest Norah Jones — outdrawing every show in primetime on the evening.
....Paradoxically, De Niro's appearance did little to boost the performance of his new movie, "Analyze That," which opened the same weekend to a disappointing $11 million. [Variety]
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- Published: December 13, 2002
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