1. A computer-executed method for displaying social interest in time-based media events, the method comprising: selecting a series of events occurring in a time-based medium, each event associated with one of a series of chronological time segments in the time based medium; for each event associated with one of the time segments, determining a level of social interest in the event from a plurality of social media content items that are relevant to the event; for each of the time segments, determining a level of social interest in the time segment based upon an aggregate level of social interest in the events aligned with the time segment; and graphically displaying the level of social interest in each time segment.