Several TV programs lit up social media on Sunday, with three entertainment shows drawing more than 1 million social media interactions, according to Nielsen. 

TBS’ coverage of The iHeartRadio Music Awards drew a whopping 10.8 million combined Facebook, Instagram and Twitter interactions to top all entertainment-based shows for the day, according to Nielsen’s Daily Social Content Ratings chart. 

WWWE’s Fastlane pay-per-view event finished second with 1.7 million social media interactions, followed by the premiere of ABC’ American Idol reboot, which drew 1 million interactions. CBS’s 60 Minutes and Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta rounded out the top five list.

ESPN’s coverage of the Cleveland Cavaliers-Los Angeles Lakers National Basketball Association game was the most talked about live sports events on social media Sunday, drawing 2.5 million interactions, according to Nielsen.

BET’s 2017 Soul Train Awards danced up more than one million social media interactions last night, according to Nielsen.

The special, hosted by Erykah Badu and featuring performances from Toni Braxton, 112, SWV and Jessie J, drew 1,173 Facebook and Twitter interactions to lead all Sunday television shows according to Nielsen’s Social Content Daily Ratings report. AMC’s The Walking Dead was second with 336,000 interactions, followed by Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta, E!’s Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Starz’s Outlander.

Sunday’s NFL contests tackled big social media numbers, led by NBC’s coverage of the Green Bay Packers-Pittsburgh Steelers which drew 2.8 million interactions, said Nielsen.

The WWE’s Sunday night pay-per-view event WWE Payback was the most talked about entertainment show on social media yesterday, according to Nielsen.

The event drew 518,000 Facebook and Twitter interactions from 187,000 unique users to top all April 30 shows, according to Nielsen’s Social Content ratings chart.

Bravo’s The Real Housewives Of Atlanta was second with 228,000 social media interactions, followed by Starz’s premiere of American Gods, ABC’s Once Upon A Time and National Geographic’s special LA 92, said network officials.

ABC’s telecast of game seven of the Utah Jazz-Los Angeles Clippers NBA Playoffs series was the most social live sports event for the day, drawing 883,000 interactions, according to Nielsen.

Broadcast network CBS’s coverage of the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards drew the most social media interactions for a TV show on Sunday, outdistancing the seventh season finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead, according to Nielsen.

The Country Music Awards drew 2.2 million Twitter and Facebook interactions from more than 1.3 million unique social media accounts, besting The Walking Dead, which drew 1.8 million social media interactions from 967,000 unique accounts, according to Nielsen.

HBO’s drama series Big Little Lies, Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta and ABC’s Once Upon A Time rounded out the top five most social TV shows on Sunday.

ESPN’s Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball opening day telecast, and its coverage of the Mississippi State-South Carolina NCAA Women’s college basketball tournament finals dominated social media traffic for live sports events, with each telecast averaging more than 1 million social media interactions, said network officials.

Animal Planet’s annual Puppy Bowl special on Sunday was the TV's most talked about entertainment show via social media on a day dominated by Super Bowl LI, according to Nielsen.

Puppy Bowl XIII drew 561,000 interactions on Facebook and Twitter from 471,000 unique social media accounts to lead all entertainment shows on Sunday, according to Nielsen’s daily Social Content Ratings report. Fox’s post-Super Bowl airing of 24:Legacy finished second with 128,000 social interactions, followed by Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and PBS’ Victoria On Masterpiece and Mercy Street, said Nielsen.

Not suprisingly, Fox’s coverage of the New England Patriots’ historic come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl LI drew the most social media interactions for a live sports event with a whopping 190 million Facebook and Twitter interactions from more than 48 million unique social media accounts, according to Nielsen.  

Bravo will expand its popular The Real Housewives franchise by adding two more series to premiere next year.

The network will launch The Real Housewives of Potomac (Md., a Washington, D.C., suburb) on Jan. 17 and later in 2016 will premiere The Real Housewives of Dallas, according to network officials.

The Real Housewives of Potomac is produced by True Entertainment with Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Lorraine Haughton-Lawson, Bianca Barnes-Williams and Ashley McFarlin Buie serving as Executive Producers, while The Real Housewives of Dallas is produced by Goodbye Pictures with Rich Bye and Andrew Hoegl serving as Executive Producers. Andy Cohen also serves as an Executive Producer for both series, according to Bravo.

The new shows join Atlanta, New York, Orange County, New Jersey, Miami, Washington D.C. and Beverly Hills under The Real Housewives franchise umbrella.

The Real Housewives has become a global phenomenon that drives cultural conversation while consistently breaking ratings records,” said Shari Levine, Executive Vice President, Current Production, Bravo Media. “We're happy to extend the franchise with Potomac and Dallas giving Bravo fans more of what they desire: stories of dynamic women who make us laugh, cry, cheer and experience unforgettable moments we can’t stop talking about.”

Bravo announced the fall seasons of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Fashion Queens, both to air on Sunday, November 9th.

Season seven of The Real Housewives of Atlanta will air at 8 p.m. ET, welcoming new arrivals to the group, Claudia Jordan and Demetria McKinney.

The new season will capture NeNe Leakes as she heads to Broadway to star in Cinderella, Kandi Burruss as she hopes to expand her family, Kenya Moore as she focuses on her career but yearns for a baby and much more from the existing crew. For a preview into the new series, click here.

Produced by True Entertainment, Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Carlos King and Lorraine Haughton serve as Executive Producers on the show.

Fashion Queens will follow Watch What Happens Live with the third season at 11:30 p.m., as Derek J, Miss Lawrence and Bevy Smith cover everything fashion. To catch last season's moments, visit the link here.

The series is produced by Embassy Row and True Entertainment. From Embassy Row, Michael Davies and Deirdre Connolly serve as Executive Producers. Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh and Lauren Eskelin work as Executive Producers for True Entertainment.