In an otherwise slow week for sci fi / fantasy shows in the charts, The CW’s The Flash saw a bump in a large part because of Mark Hamill’s appearance reprising his role as The Trickster in last week’s episode (he previously played the character in the 1990 series that starred John Wesley Shipp). The show managed to crack the Nielsen Twitter Ratings Top 10 for the first time since its debut, coming in right at the Number 10 slot. It also moved up in the General Sentiment charts that track social activity relating to the live broadcast of a show and ranked at Number 3 on that list. Starz’s Outlander also placed on the General Sentiment charts with its return, coming in at the Number 20 slot. Apart from that, with plenty of preemptions and repeats last week and with The Walking Dead having wrapped up, there wasn’t much activity on the charts for the week. But expect Game of Thrones to reign in these charts with its Season 5 premiere when the numbers are tallied next week.
Here is the full look at chart activity for genre shows for the week of March 30th thru April 5th:
| Nielsen Twitter Rankings | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | ||
| The Flash | CW | 10 | n/a | Up | ||
| Broadcast Networks Top 25 – Ratings 18-49 | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | Rating | Prior Week |
| No Genre Entries | ||||||
| Broadcast Networks Top 25 – Total Viewers | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | Viewers (MM) | Prior Week |
| No Genre Entries | ||||||
| Cable Networks Top 25 – Total Viewers | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | Viewers (MM) | Prior Week |
| No Genre Entries | ||||||
| General Sentiment – Broadcast Networks Top 25 | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | ||
| The Flash | CW | 3 | 10 | Up | ||
| Supernatural | CW | 8 | 11 | Up | ||
| Agents of SHIELD | ABC | 9 | 6 | Down | ||
| Forever | ABC | 17 | 24 | Up | ||
| Arrow | CW | 19 | n/a | Up | ||
| General Sentiment – Cable Channels Top 25 | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | ||
| Outlander | STARZ | 20 | n/a | Up | ||
| Prior Week Live+3: | ||||||
| Broadcast Networks Top 25 Live+3 – Ratings 18-49 | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | Rating | Prior Week |
| Once Upon A Time | ABC | 17 | 15 | Down | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Agents of SHIELD | ABC | 23 | 18 | Down | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Broadcast Networks Top 25 Live+3 – Total Viewers | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | Viewers (MM) | Prior Week |
| Person of Interest | CBS | 15 | n/a | Up | 11.7 | n/a |
| Cable Networks Top 25 Live+3 – Ratings 18-49 | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | Rating | Prior Week |
| The Walking Dead | AMC | 1 | 1 | Same | 10.7 | 9.4 |
| The Talking Dead | AMC | 3 | 2 | Down | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Cable Networks Top 25 Live+3 – Total Viewers | ||||||
| Series | Network | Rank | Prior Week | Move -ment | Viewers (MM) | Prior Week |
| The Walking Dead | AMC | 1 | 1 | Same | 20.5 | 18.2 |
| The Talking Dead | AMC | 6 | 2 | Down | 8.8 | 7.0 |
Nielsen Twitter Ratings ranked based on the Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode. More info at this link.
General Sentiment tracks activity across the social networks for shows airing new episodes in Prime Time (start times between 8:00 PM and 10:55 PM EST Monday – Saturday and 7:00 PM and 10:55 PM EST on Sunday). This data collected on seven (7) major broadcast networks and 43 cable television networks. More info at this link.
