Tweet

Jackson Memorial Service Draws 31 Million Viewers in U.S.

Staples Center tribute posts 20.5/56 rating in daytime

By Marisa Guthrie -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/8/2009 4:12:30 PM

More than 31 million U.S. television viewers watched Michael Jackson's memorial service on 18 television networks, according to data provided by Nielsen Media Research.

That puts Jackson's memorial service behind Princess Diana's 1997 funeral which drew 33.2 million U.S. viewers and Ronald Reagan's burial in 2004, which drew 35 million viewers.

Jackson's memorial posted a 20.6 rating/56 share, an astronomical number for daytime television.

It was carried live from approximately 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on 18 networks: ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Headline News, BET, E!, MTV, VH1, VH1 Classic, TV Guide Network, and TV ONE.

The Nielsen tally does not include community viewings at nearly 100 theaters nationwide or the millions of viewers who watched on the web.

Tweet

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

Post a comment

» View All Talkback Threads

Related Content

• Topics
• Author
• Most Popular Pages

No related content found.

Also by this author

• OnScreen Media Summit: NBC's Williams Talks 'a Business of Glass Houses'

• Nets Navigate Choice Versus Monetization

• Exclusive: MTV Greenlights Reality Show 'I Used To Be Fat'

• No Glee for ThisFamily of Rookies

• Nets Evaluate Putting Content on Google TV

Also by Marisa Guthrie

Most Popular Pages

No Top Articles

• Resource Center
• Browse Categories
• Browse Companies

Featured Company

• TrylonSMR

  

  At Trylon SMR, we are dedicated Public Relations professionals solely serving clients in the media, technology, telecommunications, and related industries. We understand the specialized types of audiences our clients need to reach and the best media to reach those audiences. Tryl..more

---

Most Recent Resources

• The New Normal for Promoting Tune-in
• Infrastructure Design for High Volume Video Workflows
• Mobile Media Strategies That Work
• Multi Format Encoding for Efficient Content Repurposing
• The CIOs Guide to Videoconferencing Security Keeping Pace with th..