Nielsen: 29.2 Million Watched The Wedding

29.2 million people tuned into the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry of Wales and American actress Meghan Markle on Saturday May 19, per Nielsen.

As one might expect, viewership of yesterday’s festivities was significantly up from the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011 (22.8 million), according to TVNewser.

In the U.S., while coverage varied by network the wedding ceremony of was carried live from approximately 7 a.m. a.m. ET to 8:15 a.m. ET on 15 networks. The networks carrying live coverage of the ceremony included ABC (inclusive of Freeform simulcast), BBC America, CBS, CNN, CNNe, E!, Fox News Channel, HLN, MSNBC, NBC, PBS, Telemundo, TLC and Univision.

NBC News was the big winner of the day. It sent a ton of its talent and resources to Windsor, and it ended up money well spent because the network ended up finishing No. 1 in the TV news ratings race in all measurements.

1. NBC delivered 6,417,000 total viewers / 2,314,000 A25-54
2. ABC delivered 6,348,000 total viewers / 1,984,000 A25-54
3. CBS delivered 4,786,000 total viewers / 1,392,000 A25-54
4. Fox News delivered 1,941,000 total viewers /425,000 A25-54
5. CNN delivered 1,793,000 total viewers / 604,000 A 25-54
6. MSNBC delivered 994,000 total viewers / 241,000 A25-54