‘Walking Dead’ Is the Most-Tweeted TV Show of 2014

Zombie drama replaces another classic AMC series atop Nielsen’s list

The Walking Dead still, Season 5 Episode 5, Michael Cudlitz
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Last year, AMC’s “Breaking Bad” was the most-tweeted TV show. In 2014, it’s been the cable channel’s “Walking Dead” leading the way.

“The Walking Dead” finished first in Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings with an average audience of 4.934 million per episode. It also had the most average tweets with 576,000.

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In 2013, “Walking Dead” finished second on the annual list. Then, the average audience was a slightly lower 4.891 million, with an average tweet total of 490,000 per episode, also fewer.

This year, the second-most-tweeted show was ABC’s “The Bachelor,” which got an average audience of 3.842

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