Ghouls Rule in This Week's Nielsen TV Twitter Ratings

Walking Dead and Freak Show lead the pack

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In the runup to Halloween, it seems natural that Twitterphiles would be commenting on America’s two most frightening TV series.

And true to form, the Sunday night time slot once again proved to be magic for AMC’s The Walking Dead, which lit up Twitter with 552,000 tweets reaching 4.8 million users.

WARNING: Big spoilers ahead if you're not caught up on The Walking Dead and American Horror Story: Freak Show. You've been warned. 

Between Oct. 20 and 26, the character Rick Grimes garnered most of the attention with his grisly dispatching of cannibal leader Gareth with his trusty red handled machete.

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