'Luke Cage' Earns Far More Media Mentions Than 'Westworld,' 'Amanda Knox,' Firm Says

Netflix’s “Luke Cage” easily outmuscled “Amanda Knox,” “Westworld” and “Crisis in Six Scenes” combined — at least in social media mentions since Friday, according to Brandwatch.

But the other shows had a big advantage over “Westworld” — they premiered on Friday, while “Westworld” debuted Sunday. Once “Westworld” premiered, it beat “Luke Cage” in mentions.

“Luke Cage” received more than 470,000 mentions on platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, blogs and forums. “Westworld” was talked about 73,000 times on social media, while the “Amanda Knox” documentary was mentioned 21,000 times. Woody Allen‘s “Crisis in Six Scenes” received a comparatively minuscule 450 mentions.

According to Brandwatch, which is a social media monitoring and analytics tool, the hashtag #LukeCage was trending the most on Friday, the day of the show’s debut. However, the conversation about “Westworld” surpassed that of “Luke Cage” around 10 p.m. ET on Sunday with nearly 9,000 mentions in the hour. It aired at 9 p.m.

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However, the firm found that “Crisis in Six Scenes,” the Woody Allen Amazon show starring Miley Cyrus, was talked about the most positively, with 84.6 percent of the mentions positive. “Westworld” followed with 82.7 percent positive mentions, and “Luke Cage” 77.9 percent positive reactions. “Amanda Knox” was talked about 67.5 percent negatively. However, the firm added that the negative mentions don’t mean people responded negatively to the documentary itself, but rather were concerned about the subject matter.

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The #LukeCage hashtag accumulated more than 1.1. billion impressions, while #Westworld saw 753 million impressions. The firm also looked at the gender breakdown of every show. “Amanda Knox” was mostly talked about by women, while “Westworld” and “Luke Cage” had more mentions by men. “Crisis in Six Seconds” was fairly balanced, with men holding a slight majority of 51.2 percent.

'Luke Cage': 11 References to Other Marvel Netflix Series

Each of the Marvel series on Netflix share a universe (it's actually the same universe as the movies). This TVverse will eventually culminate when these heroes unite in "The Defenders" -- but for now they're mostly united by a few common elements and Easter eggs, including a nod to the upcoming "Iron Fist."
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"Luke Cage" does, of course, refer back to Luke's involvement in the events of "Jessica Jones," but it's pretty oblique for the most part. In the series premiere, Pop (one of the few who know about Luke's secret superpowers) mentions the time Jessica had to shoot Luke in the head with a shotgun.
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Turk Bennett was a supporting character in "Daredevil," until the Devil himself shut down Turk's gun dealer operation, at which point Turk, apparently, fled to Harlem and started hanging out at Pop's barbershop.
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Claire herself is a unifying element amongst all the Marvel Netflix series thus far, as she has made prominent appearances in "Daredevil," "Jessica Jones" and "Luke Cage."
We learn that part of "Luke Cage" takes place during the second season of "Daredevil" because when Claire Temple makes her first appearance, she references the recent ninja attack on the hospital where she worked in Hell's Kitchen as being the reason she's visiting her mom in Harlem.
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In episode 6, we get to hear a part of an episode of "Trish Talk" in which Trish Walker, Jessica Jones' adoptive sister, discusses the public emergence of Luke Cage Harlem.
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When Luke Cage and Diamondback face off in the United Palace Theater in episode 8, Diamondback claims credit for all the misfortune that's befallen Luke, from his imprisonment to the death of his wife Reva. He then admits he was joking about Reva -- which we knew because, in "Jessica Jones," she was killed by Jessica when they were both under Kilgrave's influence.
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In "Jessica Jones," Luke and Jessica recover a USB stick that had belonged to Reva. In the ninth episode of "Luke Cage," we discover it has lots of secret files about Luke from his time at Seagate Prison.
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In the tenth episode, Mariah gives a speech about the troubles with New York's super-people and mentions Jessica having to kill the mind-controlling villain Kilgrave.
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Assistant district attorney Blake Tower played a major role in "Daredevil" Season 2, and he pops up in episode 11 of "Luke Cage" to help Inspector Ridley handle a hostage situation at Harlem's Paradise.
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When federal agents come to take Luke back to prison in the finale, Claire Temple says she knows a good lawyer who will take his case to prove his innocence. She's talking about Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil.
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In the finale, Claire Temple grabs a phone number off a flyer for self-defense classes. The person giving the classes is none other than Colleen Wing, a skilled martial artist and swordswoman who will appear in the next Netflix Marvel series, "Iron Fist," in 2018.
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The Marvel TV shows don’t work closely together, but ”Luke Cage“ is still rife with nods to ”Jessica Jones“ and ”Daredevil“

Each of the Marvel series on Netflix share a universe (it's actually the same universe as the movies). This TVverse will eventually culminate when these heroes unite in "The Defenders" -- but for now they're mostly united by a few common elements and Easter eggs, including a nod to the upcoming "Iron Fist."

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'Luke Cage': 11 References to Other Marvel Netflix Series

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