Betty White brings huge ratings to SNL!

Enjoyed the hell out of Betty White’s appearance on Saturday Night Live.

It’s been ages since I’ve stayed awake throughout an entire episode but you really didn’t want to miss any of Betty who, at 88-and-a-half-years-young was in most of the sketches. She elevated every scene she was in.

My main quibble was no appearances of her iconic TV characters Sue Ann Nivens and Rose Nyland. It would have been so great to see them drop into some kind of new situation.

Anyway, Betty helped SNL reached its largest TV audience in 18 months during a Mother’s Day show that saw the TV icon star make fun of her age, Facebook, sex and utter the phrase, “Wizard of Ass” – twice!

The show averaged an 8.8 rating in cities where viewership is measured overnight, up 66 percent from last year’s 5.3 rating, according to preliminary figures released by the NBC network on Sunday.

It is the highest overnight rating for “SNL” since November 1, 2008 when John McCain was a special guest during his presidential campaign and comedian Tina Fey was drawing fans with her impression of Sarah Palin.

Final audience figures will be released on Monday.

Here are some highlights from last night’s show: