Nielsen: Royal Wedding registers 23 million live U.S. viewers

The much-anticipated Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton drew almost 23 million live viewers last Friday April 29th.The wedding coverage from Westminster Abbey from 6am to 7:15am on April 29 averaged 18.5 million households and 22.8 million viewers across 11 networks, according to Nielsen Media Research.The data is from measurements done on ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univisión, BBC America, CNN, E!, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and TLC, networks that covered the ceremony live.