NHL Upsets This Week's Social TV Rankings

This was a week of upsets in social TV, as a few programs generated unusually high buzz that placed them at the top of the rankings. This week's Bruins-Penguins matchup made the NHL the most popular broadcast program on social media, a spot the NBA usually dominates

A&E program The First 48 saw a remarkable jump due to a flurry of Facebook activity. The long-running police documentary series leapt almost 5,000% to be the second-most popular show on cable this week, next to

The data is courtesy of Trendrr, which measures social media activity related to specific television shows (e.g. mentions, likes, check-ins) across Twitter, Facebook, GetGlue and Viggle. To see daily rankings, check out Trendrr.TV.