NBC's Sound Of Music Was The Most Ridiculed, But The Most Tweeted, TV Show Of The Night
Sometimes (ahem, Sharknado), it’s not the best-quality programs that get the most buzz on social media.
NBC’s live TV performance of Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s iconic The Sound of Music – and its star Carrie Underwood – was the subject of ridicule online over the months leading up to the broadcast.
But NBC got the last laugh.
According to Nielsen SocialGuide, there were 449,540 tweets sent during the show (compared to Sharknado’s 318,232), and those tweets were seen more than 68 million times.
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