27 million UK viewers for the Opening Ceremony last night.
Looks like the Mudcat Usual-Suspect Miserable Old Bastards Club are very much out of step.
Depends how you look at things. It was also the case that there were probably around 50% more people than usual at our singround that clashed. Ok, that's wasn't measured in millions (*smile*) but it does suggest that people who weren't interested were more likely to go out and do other things and would have perhaps been happier with more of the standard Friday-niught TV fare.