FX’s O.J. Simpson Series Tops Twitter Rankings

By R. Thomas Umstead
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FX’s Tuesday night debut of The People V. O.J. Simpson:  American Crime Story was the most tweeted show on television yesterday, according to Nielsen.

The series, which follows the infamous 1995 murder trial of the famed football star, drew 111,000 tweets reaching a unique audience of 2.8 million Twitter users to top all broadcast and cable shows, according to Nielsen’s Twitter TV Ratings report.

MTV’s Teen Wolf drew 102,000 tweets last night reaching 512,000 Twitter users to finish second, while Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars pulled in 88,000 tweets read by 1.1 million unique Twitter followers to finish third.

NBA TV’s Minnesota Timberwolves-Los Angeles Lakers NBA game telecast was the most tweeted live sports event of the day, drawing 133,000 tweets in front of 2.1 million unique Twitter users, according to 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.