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Thank Cod! SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE Nets Top Spot on Canadian Specialty Wednesday with Nearly 400,000 Viewers
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TORONTO (August 1, 2014) – The Sharknado phenomena made its way north of the border Wednesday night, claiming lives, mayors, and viewers. SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE lured in 389,000 viewers for its premiere on Space, up 26% compared to last summer’s inaugural movie. The sequel was the #1 specialty program of the day among total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49, making Space the #1 specialty network on Wednesday. Overall, the two-hour special was watched by nearly 1.3 million unique viewers, and peaked with 521,000 viewers.
On Twitter, the hashtags: #Sharknado2 and #Sharknado2TheSecondOne reached 10 million estimated impressions in Canada, making Sharknado the #1 trending topic in Canada with five of the Top 10 topics.
Viewers who missed out on every fin-tastic moment, including a deadly scene with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, can watch the repeat airing of SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE, Monday, Aug. 4 at 8:30 p.m. ET, exclusively on Space.
Nearly 400,000 viewers watched Ian Ziering slice through a shark last night
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Canadian viewers took a bite out of Twitter using the hashtag #Sharknado2TheSecondOne and tweeting their favourite moments to @SpaceChannel:
desid @desd – “Kilgours in full spin for Sharknado 2 #sharknado #space @SpaceChannel”
@BillBriouxTV – “#Sharknado2, Leafs nothing #space #syfy”
?@darren_abel – “Sharknado 2 is on the Space Channel. If it is anything close to the original, this is going to be AWESOME!”
?@FreddysMyCat – “Thank God #Space is Showing #Sharknado before #Sharknado2TheSecondOne so I don’t get lost!”
?@reporterdonpeat – “Sharknado is jumping on the gravy train!” Canadian version of Sharknado 2 has a Rob Ford scene http://ow.ly/zxUtT #TOpoli”
@chowdown – “Sorry Americans, only Canadians get to see Rob Ford impaled in Sharknado 2. @jimmykimmel must be heartbroken. http://www.space.ca/article/sharknado-rob-ford …”
@RichardMadan – “In other news, Rob Ford is in “Sharknado 2” : http://www.space.ca/article/sharknado-rob-ford?hootPostID=e3f83e01f6e002a34524b272437b249c … #topoli”
In SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE, a freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most-cherished iconic sites – and only Fin (Ian Ziering) and April (Tara Reid) can save the Big Apple. Vivica A. Fox joins the cast as Skye, an old high school friend of Fin, while Mark McGrath stars as Fin’s brother-in-law.
Source: Numeris (formerly BBM Canada), ranking among entertainment specialty networks
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Space is home to phenomenal programming including imaginative dramas, epic movies, engaging reality series, and the daily entertainment talk show INNERSPACE, the source for all-things genre – all in high definition (HD). Named “Channel of the Year” in 2013 by Playback Magazine, Space is also home to Original Series ORPHAN BLACK, PANIC BUTTON, and BITTEN. Space content is always available at Space.ca, and on Facebook, @SpaceChannel, and other social media platforms. Space is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company.
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