Will SmithB次元官网网址檚 violent slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards appeared to have a negligible impact on the showB次元官网网址檚 television audience. But the world of social media is a much different story.

ABC said there were some 22.7 million social media interactions during SundayB次元官网网址檚 ceremony B次元官网网址� the most ever for an Oscars telecast and more than double the 9.5 million recorded from last yearB次元官网网址檚 show.

What do you suppose everyone was tweeting or posting about?

The network says Oscar videos notched 16 million views on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, also a record for the show. ABC does not have any details about what video clips were most popular, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

The telecast as a whole drew 16.6 million viewers, up 58% from the 2021 show that was dramatically scaled back due to the pandemic, the Nielsen company said. Yet this yearB次元官网网址檚 show was down 30% from the more typical 2020 broadcast, which had been the second-smallest audience.

Nielsen measures viewership in 15-minute increments, and the 17.3 million viewers during the quarter-hour when SmithB次元官网网址檚 attack took place was virtually identical to the quarter-hour that followed.

Then the audience dipped to 16.8 million before rising to 17.4 million during the period Smith won his best actor award, Nielsen said.

Led by its NCAA menB次元官网网址檚 basketball tourney coverage, CBS won the week with an average of 6.2 million in prime time. Despite boasting the Oscars, ABC was second with 5 million. NBC had 2.28 million, Fox had 2.27 million, Univision had 1.5 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 960,000.

TBS, also boosted by the NCAAs, led the cable networks with an average of 2.81 million in prime time. Fox B次元官网网址 Channel had 2.47 million, MSNBC had 1.12 million, HGTV had 1.11 million and CNN had 876,000.

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For the week of March 21-27, the 20 most-watched programs in prime time, their networks and viewerships:

1. B次元官网网址淭he Academy Awards,B次元官网网址� ABC, 16.62 million.

2. NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Tournament: Arkansas vs. Duke, TBS, 10.34 million

3. NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Tournament: St. PeterB次元官网网址檚 vs. Purdue, CBS, 10.18 million.

4. NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Tournament: North Carolina vs. UCLA, CBS, 8.82 million.

5. NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Tournament: Texas Tech vs. Duke, CBS, 8.23 million.

6. NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Tournament: Arkansas vs. Gonzaga, CBS, 8.16 million.

7. B次元官网网址淣CAA PregameB次元官网网址� (Saturday), TBS, 8.04 million.

8. B次元官网网址淔BI,B次元官网网址� CBS, 8.02 million.

9. B次元官网网址淣CAA PregameB次元官网网址� (Thursday), CBS, 7.93 million.

10. B次元官网网址淟ive From the Red CarpetB次元官网网址� (7:27 to 8 p.m.), ABC, 7.73 million.

11. B次元官网网址淣CAA PregameB次元官网网址� (Friday), CBS, 7.3 million.

12. B次元官网网址�60 Minutes,B次元官网网址� CBS, 7.29 million.

13. NCAA MenB次元官网网址檚 Basketball Tournament: Houston vs. Villanova, TBS, 7.1 million.

14. B次元官网网址淣CIS,B次元官网网址� CBS, 6.65 million.

15. B次元官网网址淔BI: International,B次元官网网址� CBS, 6.11 million.

16. B次元官网网址淔BI: Most Wanted,B次元官网网址� CBS, 5.79 million.

17. B次元官网网址淭he Neighborhood,B次元官网网址� CBS, 5.72 million.

18. B次元官网网址淟ive From the Red CarpetB次元官网网址� (6:58 to 7:27 p.m.), ABC, 5.45 million.

19. B次元官网网址淏ob Hearts Abishola,B次元官网网址� CBS, 5.39 million.

20. B次元官网网址淪urvivor,B次元官网网址� CBS, 5.35 million.

B次元官网网址擠avid Bauder, The Associated Press