‘Sharknado’ fans beg to differ

The critics may have said no way, but viewers — and social-media users — were ready to take a bite out of “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!” anyway.

The third installment of Syfy’s goofy shark-disaster franchise drew 2.8 million total viewers for its Wednesday premiere, according to Nielsen.

That was down 28% from the second “Sharknado” installment last summer. But the numbers were still better than the 1.4 million who turned up for the first “Sharknado” movie back in 2013.

The critics were less impressed with “Sharknado 3.”

“[T]he new entry feels tired and cold,” Robert Lloyd wrote in his Los Angeles Times review. “Not even the destruction of Washington, D.C., the set piece that fills the James Bond-ish, pre-credits opening, is much fun.”