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Por Quinta Vez en Dos Semanas Novela en Español le Gana a ‘Jeopardy’ y ‘Wheel of Fortune’ en NY
New York, NY -- For the fifth time in barely two weeks, a Spanish-language telenovela has beaten perennial victors “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” in the key audience measure in New York’s overnight Nielsen ratings race. On the same evening, Univision also won New York’s early news races at 5 pm, 6 pm, and 6:30 pm.
“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 (Thursday, January 12, 2006) in the key audience measure, viewers aged 18 to 49 years old with 221,000 viewers 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 third for the hour among those aged 18 to 49 with 161,000 viewers. Telemundo’s WNJU Channel 47 placed second from 7 pm to 8 pm with 215,000 viewers aged 18 to 49.
Last night (January 12, 2006), was the fifth instance in two weeks in which telenovela “Piel de Otoño” beat “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” in New York among viewers aged 18 to 49. “Piel de Otoño” also beat “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” in the 18 to 49 demographic on December 29 and 30, 2005 and on January 4 and 10 2006.
Univision 41 also won New York’s early news races among young adult viewers yesterday.
Newsmagazine “Primer Impacto” (First Impression) seen from 5 pm to 6 pm won its time period in New York among those aged 18to 49 with 144,000 viewers. WABC/7’s 5 pm news placed second with 121,000 viewers.
At 6 pm “Noticias Univision 41” (Univision 41 News) with anchors Rafael Pineda and Denisse Oller was watched by 156,000 viewers aged 18 to 49. WNBC/4’s 6 pm news was second in the news race with 128,000 viewers aged 18 to 49.
In the 6:30 pm network news race, “Noticiero Univision” (Univision News) with anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas attracted a whopping 192,000 viewers aged 18 to 49 while “ABC World News” on WABC/7 placed second among those aged 18 to 49 with 145,000 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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