Social Buzz: Top TV Shows April 19-25, 2015

Action!

Television Academy and Unified

Fierce Nordic warriors in battle, super geniuses saving the world and incognito Russian spies blending into enemy territory - if you are an action addict, Hollywood certainly gave you a lot of great TV to feed your fixation, with a little comedy in the mix to balance things out.

This week, we analyzed the Facebook and Twitter accounts of Vikings, Scorpion, Inside Amy Schumer, The Americans, and Fresh Off the Boat to see which of the following episodes evoked the most social media engagement:

Ragnar making a gutsy move with his troops on the season finale of Vikings
Elizabeth and Paige’s treacherous trip on the season finale of The Americans
Amy opening up about her bodily functions on the season premiere of Inside Amy Schumer
Team turmoil turned life-saving mission on the season finale of Scorpion
Jessica’s fear of not representing her culture enough on the season finale of Fresh Off the Boat

The Social Totals

Vikings slayed the other shows on social with over 276.0K engagements last week, amounting to a 60.0% market share. Scorpion also had the socialverse in its pincers, taking second place with 82.1K engagements and a 17.8% share.

Active Audiences

Vikings may have won the war, but loses the battle for most active following to Scorpion, who sent users running for their phones with 713.8 engagements per 1K users.

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Inside Amy Schumer
Facebook: 1,089,025
Twitter: 119,466

Fresh Off the Boat
Facebook: 19,371
Twitter: 174,558

Vikings
Facebook: 185,602
Twitter: 2,751,138

The Americans
Facebook: 35,682
Twitter: 300,218

Scorpion
Facebook: 34,178
Twitter: 203,110