Michael Jackson’s Memorial Service third most-watched of all time

Michael Jackson memorial service   More than 30 million viewers tuned in for Michael Jackson’s memorial service that was carried from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday (July 7) on 19 networks.
   Televised services for President Ronald Reagan and Princess Diana had more viewers, however.
Here are the numbers from Nielsen, which has been keeping track of TV ratings since the 1950s:
••President Ronald Reagan’s burial on Friday, June 11, 2004 (35.07 million viewers)
••Princess Diana’s funeral on Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997 (33.25 million)
••Michael Jackson’s memorial service on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 (30.92 million) Participating networks were ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Headline News, BET, E!, MTV, VH1, VH1 Classic, TV Guide Network, TV ONE, and MUN2.
••President Ronald Reagan’s funeral on Friday, June 11, 2004 (20.81 million)
••President Gerald R. Ford’s funeral on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007 (15.03 million)
••Pope John Paul II’s funeral on Friday, April 8, 2005 (7.89 million)

Pictured above: This photo provided by the MJ Memorial shows, from left to right, Rebbie Jackson, Janet Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Jermaine Jackson at Michael Jackson’s public memorial service held at Staples Center on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/MJ Memorial, Kevin Mazur)



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Wow no wonder. I was actually move to tears. I feel like I learned about a Michael the media never showed before. I wrote more detail about how I felt at my Blog. Please read and comment.

are we going to have to watch this crap about mj forever, like we did anna nichole? he’s gone lets get on with other things.

why in the world makes this tv grid think that everybody in the world give a shit about this black to white nigger, when he was alive he was a child malesting freak , who earnd his nickname (wacko jacko) my opinion the biological mother should recieve custody of theire children , yes she had them for him & that was the agreement between them, and so what if he was or isnt the biological father he had an agreement that should be considerd in the best intrest of his children & if he was a fraek child malesters why was he granted to keep his children? and why doesnt his children know or has come forth with any incriminating evidence?personaly i pay to watch cable t.v. & i often watch the t.v. grid & just because everybodyesle, thats nosie in this world cant get theire facts straight on his cause of death everybody in the worlds got to haer about this bullshit. farrah faucet was a major star (an original) hardly anythings been said about the great farrah faucet nobody can get a word in edgewise, because we have to continuously talk about this nigger, give us our t.v. guide back, figgure out who killed the nigger, then let the world know, me i could care less, everyone thinks he was a saint & taken advantage of whats every other broke person that dies in debt you hear nothing about it, something happens to a sick famose freak the whole fucking world should stop, my opinion right along with many others the N.A.A.C.P has had plenty of speaking rights & getting there fourty acres & a mule, thats what the niggers dont think about, if it wasnt for the white man & the deal between the white man & black man was agreed upon workingoff there room & board & there to stupid to realize if it wasnt for the white man bringing the stupid fuckers over here in exchange for there freedom they wouldnt be in the land of the fucking free, but its the niggers that are fucking it up for the world with this predjadist shit. and just for the record that actualy was pointed out by a black person the definition of a nigger is a stupid person. so now lets get a racist war started just because i stated my opinion and know ill be labled as a racist, which i really dont give a fuck what you think about me because you never thought of me before so why start know just so someone can going to claim the worst racist comment they ever heard, anyway thats my opinion you can like it or not i really dont give a shit. thanks for even considerring to read my input. moose

I can’t believe in this world we still have people who can vomit out such racial remarks. It is also not fair for the blog owner to leave it published because it is very sickening. Whoever publsihed just needs help. I can feel his hate and suffering but the world has changed and there’s no room anymore for racists. Good luck but seek help. Uganda – Kampala

Enough is enough with Michael Jackson TV. I’m tired of seeing it already. Isn’t there anything else to put on the TV Guide Channel?

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