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Racing Star Danica Patrick Gets in on the 'Share a Coke with [Insert Name Here]' Movement
Published on July 07, 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 over the holiday weekend. 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, McDonald's takes a wry look at some parenting challenges in a promotion for its Happy Meal ("It's all good when you're having fun"), while KFC serves up family dinner in a treehouse in its latest #HowDoYouKFC ad. And racing star Danica Patrick, a sponsored driver for Coke Zero, gets in on Coke's ongoing "Share a Coke with [insert name here]" campaign (another recent spot in the series lands in the Most Engaging portion of our chart).

Today's TV Ad Highlights
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New Releases
Top new ads recently aired on national TV
Coca-Cola Zero: Danica Shares a Coke Zero Coca-Cola Zero: Danica Shares a Coke Zero
Network: TNT
Show: Falling Skies
Airing Date: Jul. 6, 8:31 am EST
Audi: Ice Cream Car Audi: Ice Cream Car
Network: AMC
Show: Halt and Catch Fire
Primetime Airing: Jul. 6, 10:39 pm EST
McDonald's: Ballet and Soccer McDonald's: Ballet and Soccer
Network: BET
Show: The Game
Airing Date: Jul. 4, 9:18 am EST
KFC: Two Free Sides KFC: Two Free Sides
Network: USA Network
Show: NCIS
Primetime Airing: Jul. 6, 8:06 pm EST
Redd's Apple Ale: Elevator Redd's Apple Ale: Elevator
Network: ABC
Show: Jimmy Kimmel Live
Airing Date: Jul. 4, 12:16 am EST
Most Engaging
Top ads by SpotShare for the past 7 days
GEICO: Kenny Rogers: Did You Know GEICO: Kenny Rogers: Did You Know
Online Views: 78,515
Social Actions: 15,266
SpotShare: 1.87%
Apple iPhone: Parenthood Apple iPhone: Parenthood
Online Views: 736,103
Social Actions: 11,598
SpotShare: 1.86%
Bud Light: Block Party Slip 'n Slide Bud Light: Block Party Slip 'n Slide
Online Views: 2,255,553
Social Actions: 62
SpotShare: 1.77%
Adidas: The Dream: All in or Nothing Adidas: The Dream: All in or Nothing
Online Views: 956,137
Social Actions: 8,396
SpotShare: 1.68%
Coca-Cola: Share a Coke Coca-Cola: Share a Coke
Online Views: 1,097,671
Social Actions: 1,220
SpotShare: 0.99%
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.

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