Watch the First-Ever TV Episode to Premiere on Twitter [VIDEO]

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For the first time ever, a full television episode has premiered on Twitter.

This social-media distinction goes to Fox's Raising Hope, a comedy that follows the misadventures of the Chance family, as they raise a toddler named Hope, according to its official website. The first episode of the show's current third season had its Twitter debut on Sept. 21, and will be available until Sept. 27, according to a release. Its official television premiere will be on Oct. 2

Viewers who visit Raising Hope's official Twitter page are treated to the half-hour, commercial-free episode, attached to tweets like this:

Watch the #RaisingHope Season Premiere & share for the “Chance” to receive a special tweet from the show! bit.ly/HopePremiere #ShareHope— Raising Hope (@RaisingHopeFOX) September 22, 2012

For more on this unprecedented television move, check out the video above.

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