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"It's normal to see head trauma \u2014 decapitations included \u2014 inflicted on zombies on The Walking Dead, but when was the last time you saw someone lose a head on Nickelodeon?\nWell, if you watched the Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, you maybe have been shocked to see magician David Blaine become headless in front of an audience of confused children and parents as actor Andy Samberg screamed in horror into a microphone.\nSee also: Relive 'How I Met Your Mother' in 9 Legendary Photos\n\nImage:  PerezHilton.comThat TV moment, as well as Nick's strong social media strategy going into the ceremony, helped the Kids' Choice Awards rank No. 1 on Nielsen's weekly Twitter TV Ratings.\n\nImage:  Nielsen SocialFor much of 2014, The Walking Dead claimed the top spot on this weekly chart. On Sunday, as Walking Dead viewers learned the terrifying truth of the long-sought-after Terminus \"sanctuary,\" fans posted more than 1 million tweets.\nComparatively, 2.1 million tweets were posted about Kids' Choice Awards. Nielsen's data for both take into account all tweets sent during the broadcasts as well as those sent three hours before and three hours after their airings.\nThe Kids' Choice Awards had the added advantage of having social voting happening before and during the ceremony, which meant Twitter users could vote for certain categories and stunts with tweets incorporating any one of many corresponding hashtags.\nTo give context to how significant social voting helped uptick the Kids' Choice Awards (KCA) total tweet count: In the days leading up to the KCA broadcast, Nick attracted more than 55 million votes, with nearly 2 million votes per day, a Nick spokesperson told Mashable.\nNot to discount from KCA's social prowess over the weekend, awards shows in general tend to generate high tweet figures. Of the only two times Walking Dead fell out of the top spot on the Twitter TV Ratings in 2014, one of those occasions was the Academy Awards.\n\nThe #Oscars tops Nielsen's weekly Twitter TV Ratings, dethroning reigning champ The Walking Dead pic.twitter.com/zfW2BY9eU8\n\u2014 Brian A. Hernandez (@BAHjournalist) March 3, 2014\n\n\u00A0\nDiving deeper in the numbers, more accounts tweeted about The Walking Dead (357,000) versus KCA (266,000), resulting in almost the same amount of unique audiences (6.5 million versus 6.7 million), which Nielsen describes as the number of \"accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different tweets ascribed to a TV episode.\"\nNick also set up social media booths throughout USC\u2019s Galen Center in Los Angeles, including the GIF Booth, Vine 360 Booth and Twitter Selfie Mirror.\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nBONUS: 12 Apocalyptically Annoying Zombies From 'The Walking Dead'\n\n\nMost Annoying Zombies on 'The Walking Dead'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. The zombie with only half a body. \n\nRemember this girl? She tried to claw her way through Rick in the pilot episode. #rude\nHer scheme to kill off the main character before the series even began might not have worked as she hoped, but you can't say she didn't get your heart racing a little.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, hazardous-waste\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. The zombie placed in Glenn's holding cell.\n\nThis zombie contributed to one of the most suspenseful scenes of season three. He also almost really screwed things up psychologically for fans watching.\nGlenn went through enough torture to keep the rest of the group's location a secret from Merle. This walker was like a boss level, except your hands are bound to a chair, which also happens to be your only weapon.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, kaiidth\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. The Governor's \"former\" daughter, Penny.\n\nAll kids fight with their parents -- but Penny played too many mind games with her father. The Governor is annoying and he's not even dead, so when we're defending him, you know it's bad.\nSure, Phillip was simply not ready to let his daughter go, but she wasn't helping either. Instead, she got all agro when he tried to brush her hair. Then she tried to rip his throat in the literal zombie way, not the choking-dad-with-teen-angst way.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, nosafezone\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. The zombified version of Jenny Jones, who went all Donner Party on her son.\n\nMothers give their children tough love. Zombie mothers forget about the love part.\nAfter falling to the walkers, Jenny Jones in zombie form attacked her son, Duane. Unable to bring himself to kill his own mother, Duane succumbs to the bite. If that wasn't gut-wrenching enough, Jenny left her husband Morgan mentally unstable after witnessing the entire thing and leaving him no choice but to kill her. \n\n\nImage: Tumblr, nosafezone\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. The zombie that used to be Milton. \n\nThis is actually a deleted scene, in case you are wondering how Milton actually takes a bite into one of the last Atlanta survivors. (You know, in case the flesh wounds of season three's finale haven't healed yet.)\nMilton spent the entire episode preventing the inevitable for Andrea, and still managed to blow it. All in the name of Milton's selfish love for zombie science.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, jenpero\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. The zombie that could have been Robocop. \n\nThere is nothing -- I repeat, nothing -- more annoying than an antagonist who simply will not die. The SWAT walkers had uniforms most suitable for the living, making them near impossible to kill.\nLet's not forget these robo-zombies were particularly irritating because Lori had a baby on the way, and needed a cell block for safety.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, jenpero\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. The zombie that was faking it.\nThis troll of a zombie proved that walkers can be predatory, taking a bite of Hershel's calf when he was SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD ALREADY.\n\nImage: Tumblr, jenpero\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. The zombie that clawed its way through Dale's stomach. \nYou do not rip apart one of the only survivors with common sense without getting some hate from fans. This zombie was the absolute worst.\n\nImage: Tumblr, jenpero\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. The zombie that contaminated the well water. \n\nFarm water with a splash of walker juice. No, that's not a new cocktail, it's just zombies being wasteful and inconsiderate to those thirsty from running away from zombies all day. Scumbags.\nThis is as incriminating as when someone sneezes or coughs with their mouth open -- except, imagine catching the Bubonic Plague or something fatal.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, lightcommasticks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. The zombie that went ham on Lori's corpse. \n\nLori knew a caesarean left her choosing either her life or the baby's. Regardless, this gluttonous zombie was totally \"that guy.\"\nYou know, that guy that you didn't invite to the party, but he'll show up anyway, and eat all of the snacks and annoy all the attendees to the point of fleeing the host. In this case, Lori was kind of the party snack. \n\n\nImage: YouTube, AMC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. The zombie with no bathroom etiquette.\n\nNo one likes being interrupted in the bathroom, and no one likes when a character who breaks the tension and happens to have a really great relationship with her sister dies.\nThis zombie managed to strike out on all accounts, coming out of left field and taking a chunk of Amy's shoulder. Not to mention leaving her sister an emotional wreck for years and/or seasons to follow.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, battlestar-bear\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. The zombie that used to be Sophia. \n\nThis little girl had the survivors searching on a farm for almost all of season two, attempting to find her. \nLo and behold, she was yards away in the barn, and not even really Sophia anymore. She's just a zombie, breaking everyone's heart and spirit. \n\n\nImage: Tumblr, mintparades\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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