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‘Wheel’ & ‘Jeopardy’ Fall to Spanish-Language Novela in NY TV Ratings For 2nd Straight Week
Univision wins prime-time access for Jan. 16 – 20. Univision Also Wins NY Early Evening News Races for the Week
New York, NY -- In a major shift in New York TV viewing, perennial prime-time access winners “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” have lost the weekly ratings race to a Spanish-language telenovela for the second straight week and only the second time in the history of New York TV.
According to Nielsen Station Index (NSI) Local People Meter (LPM) overnight ratings for the week of January 16 through 20, 2006, “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 the ratings race in the key audience category, adults aged 18 to 49. “Piel de Otoño” was watched by an average of 249,000 New York TV viewers aged 18 to 49 each day, topping the 223,000 who tuned into WABC-TV Channel 7 for “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune.”
The second straight weekly victory for “Piel de Otoño” highlights a developing trend in Gotham TV viewing. It is the first time in the weekly ratings averages that the popular “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” combination on WABC-TV Channel 7, has lost to a Spanish-language telenovela on a consistent basis in the NSI ratings, which measure TV viewing regardless of language preference.
In more ratings news, Univision 41’s “Noticias Univision 41” (Univision 41 News) with anchors Rafael Piñeda and Denisse Oller was the most watched 6 pm news program in New York last week (January 16 - 20) among viewers aged 18 to 49. “Noticias Univision 41” was seen by an average of 205,000 viewers aged 18 to 49. WABC/7’s “Eyewitness News” placed second among those aged 18 to 49 in New York’s 6 pm news race with 203,000 viewers.
Univision also won New York’s 6:30 pm network news race with an average of 216,000 viewers aged 18 to 49 tuning in for “Noticiero Univision” with anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas. “ABC World News” on WABC/7 placed second for the week with an average of 219,000 viewers aged 18 to 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 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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