SAG Awards Creep Into TV’s Top 20 Social Shows of the Week

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It was fitting that the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony boosted its social media profile this year. One of the night's most popular bits basically rehashed a viral Facebook review of Les Misérables . This year's show experienced a nearly tenfold increase in social participation since 2012, garnering more than half a million mentions online. Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Hathaway were among the night's big winners. The SAG broadcast only placed eighth on the cable rankings for the week, however. Professional wrestling, hockey, basketball and MTV's reality show Catfish came in ahead. Read more »

20 TV Shows With the Most Social Buzz This Week

In a week defined by the second 2012 presidential debate , FOX's The X Factor once again took the top spot on our social TV chart. The vocal competition, now in its sixth straight week atop the broadcast rankings, earned 1.7 million social media impressions, more than twice the score of debate coverage by NBC , CBS or ABC . Read more »

20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week

Even the first week of summer didn't distract sports fans from the week's hottest games, nor did it keep them off the social feeds. Once again, ESPN's broadcasts of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship dominated the cable charts. Meanwhile, Thursday's NBA Championship game between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder had social networks ablaze with boastful updates from Floridian fans Read more »

TVGuide.com Watchlist Predicts Fall TV Shows’ Success

Nine of the top 10 new fall TV shows on TVGuide.com ‘s Watchlist were picked up for a second season, illustrating the platform’s success in predicting hits, said Christy Tanner, EVP and general manager of TVGuide.com. Tanner, who spoke at Mashable ‘s Media Summit Friday, provided a list of the shows, which include, in order: New Girl, Pan Am, Person of Interest, Terra Nova, Ringer, Once Upon a Time, Prime Suspect, Revenge, Unforgettable and Up All Night Read more »