Learn more about the week’s most emotionally reacted-to TV personalities and characters.
A well-spoken actress, a medical patient and a record producer had viewers buzzing on social media over the past week.
TheWrap has partnered with Canvs, a language analytics company that measures emotions around content, for a weekly look at the characters and personalities that have TV viewers the most worked up. The data below covers Jan. 4-10 and is drawn from the most emotionally reacted-to broadcast and cable television shows.
Of the 819,182 Emotional Reactions (ERs) surrounding the 74th Golden Globe Awards on NBC, 21 percent mentioned Meryl Streep. The actress, who was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille statue on Sunday night, used her time on stage to get political in what many — but not all — viewers considered to be a moving and beautiful speech.
Meryl Streep's best performance yet. Stunning speech. #goldenglobes
— Lesley Abravanel 🪩 (@lesleyabravanel) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep is my spirit animal. She is phenomenal and classy to boot. Using her platform for the positive. #Streep2020 #GoldenGlobes
— Miss (@hotmessmcgee) January 9, 2017
Wondrous and much needed speech by Meryl Streep.
— Paul Wesley (@paulwesley) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep, congratulations! Thank you for coaching, empowering, and enlightening us with words everyone needed to hear. #GoldenGlobes
— Knightener ⚔ (@Knightener) January 9, 2017
Of the 13,215 ERs surrounding the latest episode of NBC’s “This is Us,” 9 percent mentioned the character Toby, portrayed by Chris Sullivan. After a midseason cliffhanger during which Toby encountered a major medical issue, some fans were eagerly waiting to see what happened; others weren’t as impressed with the character overall.
@NBCThisisUs is returning in less than an hour! Rooting for Toby! Get your tissues ready guys. THE FEELS are coming! #ThisIsUs ❤️❤️
— AmyAwes0me (@AmyAwes0me) January 11, 2017
Toby tries too hard to use humor as a defense mechanism #ThisIsUs
— Robert (@rws91) January 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/mtoxic_/status/819025872820850688
Toby is one of my least favorite characters on tv. #ThisIsUs
— Hannah (@HannahE_Beauty) January 11, 2017
Of the 10,649 ERs surrounding Monday’s episode of “Love & Hip Hop: New York” on VH1, 10 percent mentioned Cisco Rosado (fellow cast member Yandy Smith was right behind him with 9.1 percent of mentions). Some viewers found his antics entertaining, while others questioned Cisco’s mental and emotional states during the episode.
https://twitter.com/KayCuapio/status/818625926623805440
https://twitter.com/HomieLuvaFran/status/818625790128623616
Cisco is a clown! I'm laughing at this wanna be gangster. #LHHNY
— ✨🤎darkie malarkey🤎✨ (@ACadouglas) January 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/Norchell706/status/818638237895917569
