31 Million U.S. Viewers Watched Jackson Memorial, Short of Reagan Burial, Diana Funeral

[WI_DEM]

Tuesday’s lavish Michael Jackson memorial was seen by 30.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Though a staggering audience for a midweek morning after the Fourth of July holiday, the number falls shy of the linear viewership for the burial of Ronald Reagan (35.1 million) in 2004 and the funeral of Princess Diana (33.3 million) in 1997.

It’s a larger number of viewers than watched Reagan’s funeral (20.8 million) or the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II (8.8 million), however.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/08/31-million-u-s-viewers-watched-jackson-memorial-short-of-reagan-burial-diana-funeral/22504

[flvegan]

1. That include internet viewers?

They were streaming it live, I heard.

[HeresyLives]

2. How about around the world?

[nc4bo]

3. Hardball just announced that 5 million watched Yahoo's streaming video

30.9 + 5 = 35.9 million.

And that's just Yahoo. How many other companies were streaming the service?

Phuck St. Raygun.

[AngryOldDem]

4. I still don't get the Raygun fasincation.

The man did more to fuck up this country than anyone, with the possible exception of Dumbya.