'WWE! SmackDown' Pins Down Tweets

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Syfy's WWE! SmackDown series was the most social entertainment-based show on television Tuesday, accoridng to Nielsen.

The pro wrestling series drew 52,000 tweets reaching a unqiue Twitter audience of 1.2 million users, according to Nielsen's daily Twitter TV Ratings. SmackDown out-tweeted Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which drew 8,000 tweets reaching 271,000 unique Twitter users for second place.

HGTV's Fixer Upper, Showtime's Inside The NFL and ABC's special The Year: 2015 rounded out the top five most tweeted shows during the day.

ESPN's Toledo-Temple Marmot Boca Raton Bowl reached more Twitter users than any other live sports event on Tuesday, said Nielsen.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.