Tina Fey As Sarah Palin NBC's Most Watched Web Video Ever

The Peacock felt gale-force winds beneath its wings this week on the Internet.

A trio of unrelated events conspired to give NBC Universal record traffic at three Web locations: CNBC.com, NBC.com and iTunes.

Instability on Wall Street this week made CNBC.com a prime destination, delivered the site's largest audience ever, according to internal data provided by Omniture.

It was Tina Fey's "Saturday Night Live " spoof of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday that gave NBC.com its most-watched viral video ever. The video not only topped past favorites like "D--- in a Box" and "Lazy Sunday," but managed to outdo copies uploaded to YouTube.

Users of Apple's popular digital storefront had no problem relocating NBC Uni's TV shows now that a new deal between the companies on Sept. 9 restored episodes. More than 1 million downloads for NBC Uni TV properties have been tallied since then, according to Apple.

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