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Emotionally Charged “Barrera De Amor” Finale Beats Fox And Cw Among Adults 18-34 & 18-49
Univision Ranks #4 for Time Period
Miami, FL -- With a fiery battle between good and evil that nearly takes the life of its beautiful leading lady, and featuring a lavish, mother-daughter double wedding, the highly anticipated Monday, October 2nd finale of “Barrera de Amor” (Barrier of Love) delivered an average audience of 5.4 million Persons 2+, according to Nielsen Television Index Fast Affiliate Ratings.
It also delivered 3.3 million Adults 18-49 and 1.9 million Adults 18-34, propelling the network to #4 for those two demos in its 9-10pm time period, beating “Vanished” on FOX with 1.4 and 2.9 million, and “Runaway” on CW with 593,000 and 1 million, respectively.
Featuring an all-star cast including novela superstar Yadhira Carrillo, ever-popular leading man Sergio Reynoso, handsome young heartthrob Aarón Díaz, and the wickedly beautiful Chantal Andere in the role of the villainess, the lavish production set in and around the beautiful Mexican town of Aguascalientes proved to be an equally impressive hit with men. The novela’s grand finale was the #2 program in its time period among Men 18-34 (beating ABC, CBS, FOX, and CW) and #3 among Men 18-49 (beating ABC, FOX, and CW).
The “Barrera de Amor” finale also ranked among the top 5 novela finales of all time among Adults 18-49.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 87% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
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