(AllHipHop News) Being one the biggest selling girl groups of all time and having intriguing personal stories is a combination for a hit TV movie. VH1’s CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story brought in big ratings for the network on Monday night.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the biopic about the 1990’s R&B trio had 4.5 million total viewers. That number is the highest Neilsen rating for VH1 in five years. It was also the highest rated original movie in the network’s history. The program generated 1.9 million tweets during its airing making it the most tweeted show of the night.
The film chronicled the careers of T-Boz, Left Eye, and Chilli and starred Drew Sedora, Lil Mama, and Keke Palmer. The movie took its title from the name of the group’s diamond selling second album CrazySexyCool.
TLC also released the compilation album 20 as an accompaniment to the movie. The project features some of their hits like “Waterfalls,” “No Scrubs,” and “Unpretty.” 20 also contains the brand new song “Meant To Be” composed by Ne-Yo.
CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story is scheduled to re-air on October 27th at 8 pm and October 30th at 9 pm on VH1.
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