SYFY'S "SHARKNADO" MANIA CONTINUES AS ENCORE TELECAST JULY 18 LEAPS 38 PERCENT IN TOTAL VIEWERS

#1 MOST TWEETED PROGRAM ON CABLE

ALL-DAY SHARKATHON MOVIE FESTIVAL SATURDAY, JULY 27

NEW YORK - July 19, 2013 - The Sharknado Feeding Frenzy continued on Syfy when the encore telecast on July 18 jumped 38 percent in total viewers, 29 percent in Adults 25-54 and 24 percent in Adults 18-49 versus the premiere broadcast on July 11.

The movie also delivered 313K Adults 18-34, up 50 percent from the premiere and the most watched original movie in that demographic since Zombie Apocalypse in October 2011.

From 7-9PM (ET/PT), Sharknado averaged 1.9 million total viewers, 797K Adults 25-54 and 701K Adults 18-49.

Fueling the unprecedented social media buzz, the movie was the #1 most tweeted program on cable Thursday night (excluding sports and special events).

Keeping up the Shark-Mentum, Syfy will repeat Sharknado Saturday, July 27 at 9PM as part of an all-day Sharkathon movie festival from 9AM-5AM that will include such classics as Sharktopus, Two-Headed Shark Attack and Swamp Shark.

Sharknado will also air on Saturday, August 22 at 7PM, leading into the Original Movie Ghost Shark, about a great white shark, tortured and killed by a fisherman, who returns as an unfriendly ghost to exact vengeance on the human race. The movie stars Mackenzie Postman and Richard Moll.

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