The Golden Globes: Bad Night For Ricky Gervais, Good Night For Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC]

Judging by the reaction on Twitter, the 69th Golden Globes, which took place this past Sunday, was a big hit.

Twitter has confirmed that the awards show triggered a tweets per second (TPS) peak of 6,162, which surpassed last year’s Super Bowl and the Royal Wedding, but fell short of Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement and Castle In The Sky, which set Twitter’s all-time TPS benchmark.

While it was a big night for Twitter, Ricky Gervais, your host for the 2012 Globes, didn’t fair so well.

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