Friday, September 20, 2013

What Kind of Shows Are Best For Live Tweeting?

If you've ever tweeted about a TV show while watching it, you know that it can make the experience a lot more fun -- but it works better with some kind of shows than others, and Yahoo! News' Robert Walker decided to ask some media- and tech-savvy people their opinions about which kinds are best.

Peter Kafka of AllThingsD said he thinks Twitter goes best with programming that he called "live and dumb" -- meaning things like sports, live reality shows and presidential debates -- which don't, quote, "require lots of focus and/or may be improved by the sense that you're throwing virtual brickbats/tomatoes at the screen with your friends."

David Carr of The New York Times had a similar idea, adding awards shows as another kind of programming that goes great with tweeting. He said, "The more mass, the more canned, the better, so awards shows are money when it comes to wise-cracking on Twitter."

But what most agreed doesn't go well with Twitter are really good scripted shows like Breaking Bad. Carr said, "I would no more tweet than play ping-pong during a really good show." My bond and loyalties in that instance is with the show, characters and storytellers, not the other people who are watching it."

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