Nearly 23 million Americans rose early on Friday to witness Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot, reports The Associated Press.

According to the Nielsen Co., the 22.76 million viewers, measured between 6 a.m. to 7:15 a.m EDT, were spread out over 11 different networks.

The wedding was telecast on ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, BBC America, CNN, E! Entertainment, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and TLC.

Nielsen did not have an estimate of how many people watched worldwide.

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