Heavy Burtation is a phrase first uttered by news reporter Serene Branson during her s recap of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards in February 2011. The on-air incident, which shows Branson fumbling over her lines for nearly 20 seconds, received much news media attention, followed by reuploads and remixes of the original clip on YouTube.

On February 13th, 2011, Emmy-award winning KCBS reporter Serene Branson was slated to give a recap of the highlights of the 53rd Grammy Awards, when she suddenly began garbling her words in unintelligible manner.

"Well a very, very heavay a heavy drit, burtation tonight, We had a very dairse, darrison…but let’s go ahead tearis tasin losh flabette bahend the pet."

Immediately after the camera cut to recorded footage, Branson was examined by paramedics and a co-worker escorted her home. Branson supposedly confirmed she was not hospitalized after the incident via Twitter, but the account was later suspended.

Concern over Branson's health and the possibility that she may have had a stroke on air caused the clip to spread quickly through mainstream news outlets.