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Over 29 Million Viewers Watch Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal Wedding

29.2M Americans (23.7M HH) tuned into the royal wedding.

Mrs. Screens and Lil Screens were up at 6 AM for the “pre-game” shows!

This was the 8th most-watched TV show so far this year and only the 4th non-sports show to make the list. h/t:@crupicrupicrupi

Big increase: The American viewership was 28% higher than for Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Royal wedding rankings by household viewership:
1) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — 23.7M
2) Prince William and Kate Middleton — 18.6M
3) Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer — 14.2M
4) Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles — 3.3M

Network ranking by total viewers:
1) NBC — 6.4M
2) ABC- 6.3M
3) CBS- 4.8M
4) Fox News- 1.9M
5) CNN- 1.8M
6) MSNBC- 994K

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