Ratings: Oprah’s Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Interview Scores 17.1 Million Viewers for CBS

Oprah’s interview of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry drew 17.137 million total viewers to CBS on Sunday, according to preliminary Nielsen numbers, with a TV audience fit for a prince (and a duchess). That robust (preliminary) number is larger than Caitlyn Jenner’s sitdown with Diane Sawyer in 2015, which (preliminarily) averaged 16.9 million total viewers. In the key demo, however, the highly anticipated Jenner interview doubled this one, with a 5.2 rating vs. a 2.6. That Jenner interview eventually had a final Live + Same Day audience of 17.146 million total viewers. Also Read: The Most Shocking Takeaways From Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Oprah Interview Sunday’s interview did not disappoint in terms of its payoff for fans of royal family gossip — or for the host network. The Oprah-Meghan-Harry interview aired from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Central. It was not live coast to coast. The primetime interview had enough “tea” to satisfy Buckingham Palace. During the two-hour conversation, Markle told Oprah Winfrey that the royal family had concerns about (then-unborn) baby Archie’s skin color (Markle is half Black). The former “Suits” star also told Winfrey that she contemplated suicide amid unrelenting tabloid...

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