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Published on May 02, 2014.
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Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, a company that catalogs, tags and measures activity around TV ads in real time. The New Releases ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are showing sustained social heat, ranked by SpotShare scores reflecting the percent of digital activity associated with each one over the past week. See the methodology here.

Among the new releases, Samsung plugs a new Galaxy-exclusive LeBron James app, Taco Bell explains the benefits of its new "one-handed breakfast" in a spot that's part of a larger campaign Ad Age's Maureen Morrison previewed yesterday, and Jose Cuervo offers a little history lesson just in time for Cinco de Mayo.

Today's TV Ad Highlights
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New Releases
Top new ads recently aired on national TV
Samsung Mobile: Lebron App Samsung Mobile: Lebron App
Network: TNT
Show: NBA Basketball
Airing Date: May. 1, 5:53 pm EST
Jose Cuervo: History In A Bottle Jose Cuervo: History In A Bottle
Network: ESPN2
Show: ESPN FC
Airing Date: May. 1, 2:57 pm EST
Taco Bell: Next Generation of Breakfast Taco Bell: Next Generation of Breakfast
Network: FXX
Show: Something Borrowed
Primetime Airing: May. 1, 10:45 pm EST
Bud Light: Turn Up Bud Light: Turn Up
Network: NBC
Show: Late Night With Seth Meyers
Airing Date: May. 1, 12:49 am EST
Mercedes-Benz: Record the Memories Mercedes-Benz: Record the Memories
Network: History Channel
Show: Pawn Stars
Primetime Airing: May. 1, 9:39 pm EST
Most Engaging
Top ads by SpotShare for the past 7 days
Samsung Mobile: Everyday Better Samsung Mobile: Everyday Better
Online Views: 4,607,362
Social Actions: 6,288
SpotShare: 5.77%
Fruit of the Loom: Conductor Fruit of the Loom: Conductor
Online Views: 450,395
Social Actions: 9,519
SpotShare: 2.06%
Apple iPhone: Powerful Apple iPhone: Powerful
Online Views: 657,277
Social Actions: 8,130
SpotShare: 2.05%
GoPro: Why Play Basketball? GoPro: Why Play Basketball?
Online Views: 383,933
Social Actions: 8,846
SpotShare: 1.88%
Foot Locker: No Rings Foot Locker: No Rings
Online Views: 542,007
Social Actions: 3,430
SpotShare: 1.13%
View top ads in real time at iSpot.tv

As always, you can find out more about the making of the best commercials on TV at Ad Age's Creativity.

Miss yesterday's batch of Hot Spots? They're right here.

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