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Spanish Language Telenovela Beats ‘Jeopardy’ & ‘Wheel of Fortune’ in NY Overnight Ratings as News Lead-INS Seize Top Spot for Univision
New York, NY -- For the second time in barely a week, a Spanish-language telenovela has beaten perennial victors “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” in key audience measures in New York’s overnight Nielsen ratings race. On the same evening, Univision also won New York’s early news races.
“Piel de Otoño,” a telenovela seen weekdays from 7 pm to 8 pm on Univision 41 (WXTV), New York’s premier Spanish-language TV station, won its time period last night (Tuesday, January 10, 2006) in key audience measures, viewers aged 18 to 49 and 25 to 54 years old with 229,000 viewers and 235,000 viewers respectively according to Nielsen Station Index (NSI) overnight Local People Meter (LPM) ratings.
Perennial victors “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” on WABC-TV Channel 7 finished fourth for the hour among those aged 18 to 49 with 156,000 viewers. Second place went to WWOR Channel 9 with 213,000 viewers for “King of Queens,” and third place in the hour went to WNJU Channel 47 with 205,000 viewers aged 18 to 49.
WABC/7’s “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” finished second to Univision 41 among those aged 25 to 54 with 224,000 viewers.
Univision 41 also won New York’s early news races among young adult viewers yesterday. At 6 pm “Noticias Univision 41” (Univision 41 News) with anchors Rafael Pineda and Denisse Oller was watched by 55,000 viewers aged 18 to 34 and 181,000 viewers aged 18 to 49. WABC/7’s “Eyewitness News” was second in both measures with 50,000 and 168,000 viewers respectively. In the 6:30 pm network news race, “Noticiero Univision” (Univision News) with anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas won both races with 118,000 viewers aged 18 to 34 and a whopping 289,000 viewers aged 18 to 49, more than double the nearest competitor. “The CBS Evening News” on WCBS-TV Channel 2 placed second among those aged 18 to 34 with 43,000 viewers, while “ABC World News” on WABC/7 placed second among those aged 18 to 49 with 136,000 viewers.
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 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 86% 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, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels 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 19.8% 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.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net.
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Ted Faraone
Univision WXTV 41 / New York
212-489-1313
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