The much anticipated SNL episode featuring legendary “Golden Girl” Betty White aired last Saturday and brought with it some staggering numbers. The final numbers came in on Thursday, showing that an estimated 12.1 million people tuned in to the late-night sketch show to see White host, reports The New York Times. That number represents the second-largest audience SNL has had in the past sixteen years - sans the political parodies in 2008 – since 1994 when Steve Martin hosted and Eric Clapton performed. White’s SNL was not far behind Martin’s though, whose audience was 12.2 million.

Even more intriguing than the audience size was the demographic itself. 18-49 year olds represented the audience who watched White’s episode, and this demographic is the one that television shows attempt to target. In this demographic, last weekend’s SNL earned a 4.6 rating. Had White’s episode aired in prime-time, it would have beaten nearly every show except for “American Idol” and “Glee.”

The Twitterverse seemed to love White’s stint on SNL last weekend.

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   tw3e_ just watched the betty white episode of SNL. it was fantastic! one of the best shows ever
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   druggedllama Just got done watching the Betty White SNL show, and it was hilarious, best SNL I have seen in years
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   bpcrook Just watched SNL with Betty White. Hilarious.
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   AEHCeugene Just watched Betty White on SNL. HILARIOUS! She is amazing!
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   JoeFigueroa83 I never thought I’d say this, but Betty White was one of the best hosts on SNL in a while. And she’s 88 years old. Go Betty White.
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   trixiefaerie I can’t believe FB made Betty White host SNL that is all kinds of awesome!
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   tastyvocals So I finally watched the SNL with Betty White last night. That was one of the funniest SNLs I have seen since the early-mid 90’s.
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   mlrichard Betty White on SNL for Mother’s Day prompted me to watch the show for the first time this season. I <3 Betty White!
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   NOW_Leader OMG the SNL episode w/ Betty White hosting is hilarious!!
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    goaskmarti @codywillner Agreed, nothing like Betty White on #SNL – Love her – watch it again http://bit.ly/9lJuJr

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