--- ---  # Donald Trump Gives SNL Biggest Ratings Since 2012 by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Nov 8, 2015 3:55 PM UTC  Donald Trump attends a press conference on Nov. 3, 2015. Donald Trump attends a press conference on Nov. 3, 2015.Noam Galai—Getty Images by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Nov 8, 2015 3:55 PM UTC Trump can still bring the bump. With Donald Trump hosting, last night’s _Saturday Night Live_ jumped to its biggest overnight rating since 2012. According to NBC, SNL had a 6.6 household rating last night, easily beating the season’s previous high too — the 41st season premiere last month hosted by Miley Cyrus, and with a guest appearance by none other than … Hillary Clinton. Last night marked the Republican presidential hopeful’s second time hosting the iconic late-night series, the first time was in 2004 when Trump was still the host of NBC’s _The Apprentice_. Trump was pretty confident he’d boost SNL’s numbers. “I get the best ratings,” he [reportedly said](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-critics-notebook-donald-trump-snl-ratings-20151107-column.html) when asked about the appearance. The actual number of _SNL_ viewers will be available later in the week. But for point of comparison, Cyrus delivered 6.3 million viewers. Trump, who continues to lead the GOP primary polls, previously fueled an August debate on Fox News Channel to a record 24 million viewers, and September debate on CNN drew an also impressive 23 million viewers. For more, here’s EW’s [recap of Trump’s appearance on SNL last night](http://www.ew.com/recap/saturday-night-live-season-41-episode-4), including video clips of Trump’s sketches. [_This article originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/08/donald-trump-snl-ratings?hootPostID=af75f71526421373719c43b9582d0d28) Trump Gives SNL Biggest Ratings Since 2012 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4104120/trump-snl-ratings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4104120/trump-snl-ratings/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Gives SNL Biggest Ratings Since 2012","datePublished":"2015-11-08T15:55:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:26:16.625Z","description":"“I get the best ratings”","url":"https://time.com/4104120/trump-snl-ratings/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c33f084a2e35ad4/698870120b72e3dcfe6e6b70/donald-trump5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c33f084a2e35ad4/698870120b72e3dcfe6e6b70/donald-trump5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump's \"Crippled America\" Book Press Conference","caption":"Donald Trump's \"Crippled America\" Book Press Conference","creditText":"Noam Galai—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4104120/trump-snl-ratings/","name":"Donald Trump Gives SNL Biggest Ratings Since 2012"}}]}] ```