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'19 Kids & Counting' scores record ratings with Duggar wedding episode

The Wrap
October 30, 2014 at 1:15PM
Jill Dillard, formerly Duggar, and Derick Dillard share a private moment after seeing each other for the first time prior to their wedding on June 21, 2014 in Springdale, Arkansas. (Discovery Communications).
Jill Dillard, formerly Duggar, and Derick Dillard share a private moment after seeing each other for the first time prior to their wedding on June 21, 2014 in Springdale, Arkansas. (Discovery Communications). (Randy Salas/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Viewers gave Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard a nice wedding present this week.

Tuesday's episode of "19 Kids and Counting," which featured Duggar and Dillard walking down the aisle, yielded record ratings for the TLC show.

The wedding episode of "19 Kids and Counting" racked up 4.4 million total viewers and posted a 3.5 household rating, giving a series best to the reality show, which is currently in its ninth season.

The special two-hour episode was also the top cable show in primetime in household ratings and total viewers, as well as the women 25-54, women 18-49 and women 18-34 demographics.

In addition to being the highest rated and most watched episode of "19 Kids and Counting" on record, Tuesday's wedding episode was the network's most-watched telecast in four years.

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