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  • “Sharknado” Sets Ratings Record In Third Airing

    The unstoppable force that is Sharknado continues to tear through the entertainment landscape like. . . well, like a tornado full of sharks. Not only will the film be coming to theaters, but it keeps delivering on its home network, SyFy.

    The film pulled in its largest audience yet; for its third airing. You read that correctly. While most storms die out over time, the Sharknado only becomes stronger.

    The third airing drew an audience of 2.1 million, blowing away the first airing’s 1.4 million. The initial airing had all of the force of social networking in its favor, but apparently much of the audience had mixed feelings about the film. Who knows, maybe the film is spawning a strong fanbase that just cannot get enough Sharknado.

    With a sequel in the works, SyFy will likely keep drawing viewers that want to bask in the ridiculous, B-movie goodness. The final airing will take place on Thursday, August 22nd, immediately before the world premier of the next step in the evolution of finned terror, “Ghost Shark”. I would warn you to stay out of the water, but no where is safe from the combined powers of the Sharknado and Ghost Shark!

  • Riding The “Sharknado” Wave, SyFy Will Bring Us “Ghost Shark” Next

    So yeah, Sharknado was a bigtime social media success, and SyFy/NBC Universal are clearly eager to catch that particular brand of lightning in a bottle, which brings us to Ghost Shark, the creation seen in the above trailer. While Ghost Shark doesn’t quite boast the same “star power” that was in the critically acclaimed Sharknado had, it does have Bull from Night Court, aka, Richard Moll.

    For those of you who are keeping score with once-famous/”where do I know them from” actors who appear SyFy’s stunning entertainment, the bikini-wearing young lady who shows up in the trailer is Mackenzie Rosman, who used to be in 7th Heaven. As you can see by the movie’s title, the premise is quite simple; although, as Slashfilm.com points out, there’s a reasonable explanation for why a spectral shark, well, exists:

    Thomas Vitale, Syfy’s EVP of programming and original movies, revealed that Ghost Shark was inspired by something his 7-year-old daughter said. But lest we think the movie’s just the brainchild of an imaginative second-grader, he also promises that there’ll be a “logical reason” behind the phantom predator.

    With that in mind, are you expecting another outpouring of Twitter reaction or did that hit its high water mark with Sharknado?