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(CNN) -
Oprah Winfrey's explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Dukes of Sussex, was a huge success in terms of
ratings
when it aired in the UK on Monday - roughly a fifth of the population tuned in on it. your peak audience.
The 110-minute exchange on ITV averaged 11.1 million viewers between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., according to the network.
The peak audience was over 12.4 million people, about a fifth of the UK population.
More than half of the people who were watching television in the UK at the time tuned in to the interview.
In the television special there were serious revelations.
Meghan said that, in her time as a family member, she had suicidal thoughts and that a member of the family made racist comments about her baby's skin color.
Harry spoke about the lack of understanding about the effects that life in the royal family had on the couple's mental health and the racist treatment by the media.
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The ratings test the public's curiosity about the royal family, trust in Winfrey as an interviewer, and how the power of the television platform persists.
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According to the network, it was ITV's highest audience peak since the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final. Some 2.2 million people watched the show via streaming through the ITV hub service, and millions more could join. figures in the coming days.
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Young Britons, who have a more favorable opinion of Meghan than older people, looked at her in droves.
ITV said that 2.1 million people between the ages of 16 and 34 tuned in to the show, or 71% of viewers in that age bracket.
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Last year there were some big TV events in the UK.
When Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first coronavirus lockdown on March 23, 2020, 28.3 million people watched it for seven days on televisions, tablets, computers and smartphones, according to the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board.
Meghan and Harry's interview also had a huge audience in the United States.
CBS said, based on data from Nielsen, that the special averaged 17.1 million viewers Sunday night.
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In the fragmented landscape of American television, 17 million viewers is a staggering number.
For comparison, CBS averaged 6.5 million viewers in prime time the previous Sunday night.
The interview attracted a larger audience than the latest broadcasts of the Emmy Awards and the Golden Globes. The Super Bowl plays in another league: it had almost 100 million viewers.
Millions more people around the world are expected to watch Oprah's interview when it airs in other markets.
Brian Stelter contributed to this report.
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