With its Christmas special, How the A Stole Christmas, "Pretty Little Liars" ranked as Tuesday's #1 cable TV telecast at 8 o'clock for the 108th-consecutive original telecast in Females 12-34 (1.2 million/2.6 rating) - each telecast since its June 2010 series debut - 60th in Adults 18-34 (878,000/1.3 rating), 67th in Women 18-34 (726,000/2.1 rating) and 71st in Viewers 12-34 (1.4 million/1.5 rating).
Overall, the special stood as Tuesday's #1 scripted TV telecast in Females 12-34 and was the #2 cable TV telecast in Women 18-34 and Viewers 12-34, behind only the series' finale of FX's "Sons of Anarchy."
Based on full-week L+7 DVR viewing numbers, "Pretty Little Liars" surged to 3.4 million Total Viewers, 2.0 million Adults 18-49 and 2.3 million Viewers 12-34.
With a strong 328,348 tweets, "Pretty Little Liars" was Tuesday's #2 most tweeted TV series telecast, coming in just behind the series' finale of "Sons of Anarchy" (330,415). Further, a Twitter TV audience of 3.0 million people saw the tweets, which were sent by nearly 118,000 unique authors, generating 13.0 million impressions.
As a reminder, "Pretty Little Liars" accounts for the Top 5 most tweeted scripted TV series telecasts on record:
On Instagram, "Pretty Little Liars," which launched on May 2, 2014, is the #1 most followed scripted show with nearly 1.5 million followers.
"Chasing Life":
At 9 o'clock, a special Christmas episode of "Chasing Life" surged to a series high in Adults 18-34 (531,000/0.8 rating) and delivered its #2 telecast on record in Adults 18-49 (684,000/0.5 rating) and Viewers 12-34 (740,000/0.8 rating).
"Chasing Life" qualified as cable TV's #1 series in its time period for its third original telecast in Women 18-34, Viewers 12-34 and Females 12-34 (621,000/1.4 rating). In fact, the show has won its time period in 10 of its 11 original airings to date in Viewers 12-34.
Based on L+7 ratings during Summer 2014, "Chasing Life" builds to 1.9 million Total Viewers, 1.0 million Adults 18-49 and 1.0 million Viewers 12-34.
Source: NTI, 12/9/14, Live + Same Day. PLL L+7 ratings, Season 5A: 6/10/14-8/26/14; "Chasing Life" L+7 ratings, Season 1A: 6/10/14-8/12/14. Social Media Sources: SocialGuide/Nielsen Twitter TV ratings. Instagram: ListenFirst.
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