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TV season's top Tweets


The Super Bowl was king in ratings and social-media, with 15.3 million people viewing 25.3 million tweets about the football championship. Breaking Bad's series finale reached 9.1 million Twitter users, while The Voice's May 13 finale generated a record 1.92 million tweets.

Here's a rundown of average Twitter ratings for series episodes across the just-ended 2013-14 TV season.

TV season's tops on Twitter

1. Breaking Bad (AMC) | Tweets: 521,000 | Unique audience: 6,026,000

2. The Walking Dead (AMC) | Tweets: 576,000 | Unique audience: 5,168,000

3. Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) | Tweets: 675,000 | Unique audience: 4,778,000

4. The Bachelor (ABC) | Tweets: 196,000 | Unique audience: 3,620,000

5. Game of Thrones (HBO) | Tweets: 153,000 | Unique audience: 3,507,000

6. Teen Wolf (MTV) | Tweets: 499,000 | Unique audience: 3,342,000

7. American Horror Story: Coven (FX) | Tweets: 192,000 | Unique audience: 2,837,000

8. Scandal (ABC) | Tweets: 405,000 | Unique audience: 2,430,000

9. The Voice (NBC) | Tweets: 271,000 | Unique audience: 2,294,000

10. Dancing with the Stars (ABC) | Tweets: 96,000 | Unique audience: 2,060,000

Data from Sept. 1, 2013 to May 25, 2014; unique audience measures relevant tweets until 5 a.m. local time the day after telecast for new prime-time and late-night programs except sports. Source: Nielsen