Premios TVyNovelas Winners List; Big Ratings For Univision

It was a night full of glitz and glamour—a truly spectacular event that brought together hundreds of internationally famous Hispanic stars to pay homage to the top talent in the Spanish-language television industry. Airing last night from Acapulco, Mexico and emceed by DESPIERTA AMERICA co-host Alan Tacher, celebrated Mexican singer/actress Yuri, and HOY co-host Galilea Montijo, the 2013 edition of “Premios TVyNovelas” featured a veritable Who’s Who of superstar presenters who gave out 28 different awards to the best programs, actors, comedians, hosts, writers, and directors, in addition to presenting four special recognitions. For the first time in its history, the “Premios TVyNovelas” awards ceremony was simulcast by the Univision Network in the U.S. and Televisa in Mexico and included Univision programming and talent among the honorees.

2013 Nominees for “Premios TVyNovelas” Spanish-Language Television Awards

ABISMO DE PASION is nominated for 18 awards including Best Telenovela

Univision has announced the superstar nominees for the 2013 edition of “Premios TVyNovelas,” the preeminent award honoring Hispanic television’s most popular programs, actors, comedians, hosts, writers, and directors. Hosted by DESPIERTA AMERICA co-host Alan Tacher and renowned Mexican singer/actress Yuri, the 31st Annual Edition of “Premios TVyNovelas” will air on the Univision Network on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 9 p.m. ET/PT (8 p.m. Central).

POR ELLA SOY EVA Finale Reached 8.8 Million Viewers For Univision

The Univision Network, one of the top five networks in the U.S. regardless of language, announced today that the Friday, March 8 finale of the hit novela POR ELLA SOY EVA (For Her, I’m Eva) positioned Univision as the No. 1 broadcast network, outperforming ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 during the two-hour airing and for the entire night. This marks the ninth consecutive Friday night that Univision ranks as the No. 1 broadcast network among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. Season-to-date, the network continues to hold the No. 1 position on Friday night with both demographics.

Univision Ranked #2 In Adults 18-34 Last Week In Primetime

For the entire primetime ratings week (January 21-27, 2013), Univision ranked #2 among Adults 18-34, out-delivering ABC, NBC, and CBS. Also, for the third consecutive Friday, the network ranked #1 on Friday among Adults 18-34 and Adults 18-49.

At 8 p.m., Univision’s novela POR ELLA SOY EVA (For Her, I’m Eva) helped Univision rank as the #2 network for the hour (M-F) among Adults 18-34 and #3 for Adults 18-49. POR ELLA SOY EVA averaged 4.3 Million Total Viewers 2+, 2.3 Million Adults 18-49, and 1.1 Million Adults 18-34.

TELENOVELA WATCH: Thoughts on AMOR BRAVIO, UN REFUGIO PARA EL AMOR and POR ELLA SOY EVA

On AMOR BRAVÍO (weeknights at 10 p.m. ET on Univision), poor sap Alonso (Flavio Medina) saw his problems go from bad to worse this week.  Unable to consummate his marriage with Camila (Silvia Navarro) due to impotence, Alonso decided to try out some Viagra with a prostitute in a hotel room only to suffer a heart attack.  Needless to say, he lands in the hospital and all the sordid details are revealed to half the cast, including Camila.

Camila’s eyes had already latched onto Daniel (Cristián de la Fuente) in a telenovela cliché – the spying on a swimmer in a natural body of water, typically, as in this case, a pond.  Navarro played the scene with out-and-out lust, completely appropriate given what her character’s going through and it’s refreshing to see a woman’s carnal desires at the forefront of a story.  After witnessing Daniel’s dip, Camila immediately rushed to dish about the spectacle with her best friend.

Univision Ranks as the #2 Broadcast Network among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34

Univision's primetime telenovelas continued their strong performance last week going up against the Olympics on NBC.

· At 8 p.m., Univision’s novela POR ELLA SOY EVA (For Her, I’m Eva) helped Univision rank as the #2 network for the hour (M-F) among Adults 18-34 and #3 among Adults 18-49. “Por Ella Soy Eva” delivered 2.8 Million Total Viewers 2+, 1.4 Million Adults 18-49, and 803,000 Adults 18-34.

  * The novela was the highest rated non-Olympic show among Adults 18-34 for the entire week.

TELENOVELA WATCH: POR ELLA SOY EVA, PABLO ESCOBAR First Thoughts Plus, UNA MAID EN MANHATTAN, CORAZON APASIONADO

POR ELLA…SOY EVA (weeknights at 8 p.m. ET on Univision) premiered this week, a Televisa comedy telenovela that breaks up the similarly toned, mostly dramatic telenovelas currently on Univision’s primetime schedule.  I confess, I’m generally not a fan of Televisa’s comedies, and through three episodes of POR ELLA, that hasn’t really changed.

RATINGS: POR ELLA SOY EVA Averages 3.7 Million Viewers In Debut; 5 Million Sample

Five million viewers tuned in to all or part of the Univision Network’s one-hour premiere of POR ELLA SOY EVA (For Her, I’m Eva) on Monday, July 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central). Last night’s premiere delivered an average audience of 3.7 million Total Viewers 2+, 1.9 million Adults 18-49 and 1.1 million Adults 18-34.

POR ELLA SOY EVA Starts Tonight On Univision! Jaime Camil & Lucero Star

Two of the biggest stars in Hispanic entertainment, singer/actress/television host Lucero and television/film actor Jaime Camil, are back to delight their millions of fans with a new, decidedly different telenovela.  Paired for the first time in their long and hugely successful careers, Lucero and Camil star in POR ELLA SOY EVA (For Her, I’m Eva), the hilarious and endearing story of a diehard Casanova who falls for the woman whose heart he just broke—and must now find a way to regain her love.

TELENOVELA WATCH: PABLO ESCOBAR, ROSA DIAMANTE Premiered; Plus, UNA MAID EN MANHATTAN, UN REFUGIO PARA EL AMOR & POR ELLA SOY EVA

ROSA DIAMANTE and PABLO ESCOBAR: EL PATRÓN DEL MAL premiered this week on Telemundo, two productions that could not be farther apart on the telenovela spectrum: the former, an assortment of fairly traditional telenovela story elements such as an abandoned newborn, wicked matriarch, corporate power struggle, and deep family secrets; and the latter, a big-budget docudrama about the rise and fall of a notorious cocaine trafficker.  About the only thing the two shows have in common is they both offer a welcome respite from Telemundo’s Miami studio productions which have dominated the network’s schedule this year, with ROSA filmed entirely in Mexico and PABLO mostly filmed in Colombia.

TELENOVELA WATCH: ROSA DIAMANTE, PABLO ESCOBAR Starting Next Week; Plus, CORAZON VALIENTE

TELEMUNDO PREMIERES ROSA DIAMANTE & PABLO ESCOBAR
Telemundo announced this week their new telenovela, ROSA DIAMANTE, will premiere on Tuesday, July 10th at 8:30 p.m. ET, sharing the hour with UNA MAID EN MANHATTAN, which is in its final chapters.  The move to rush ROSA DIAMANTE out this week in half-hour installments seems designed to get the jump on Univision who is premiering the Jaime Camil/Lucero telenovela POR ELLA…SOY EVA the following week.  This tinkering with schedules is fairly common during premiere weeks between the rival networks and I imagine will get even worse when the third Spanish-language broadcast network, MundoFox, hits the air in August.

TELENOVELA WATCH: UN REFUGIO PARA EL AMOR's Breakneck Pace, LA QUE NO PODÍA AMAR, UNA MAID EN MANHATTAN; Plus, Start Dates For PABLO ESCOBAR and POR ELLA..SOY EVA

UN REFUGIO PARA EL AMOR (weeknights at 7 p.m. ET on Univision) continues to zip along at a breakneck pace as this week Rodrigo (Gabriel Soto) and Luciana (Zuria Vega) married in a civil service.  It was a clever move by the writers, giving the audience a week of romance, a great deal of it familiar telenovela tropes like the make out session in a stream, though tossing in an odd little excursion assisting a woman in childbirth.  The pair are still planning a big church wedding, which in a Mexican telenovela, is the wedding that counts.  As Luciana says, they are wed by laws of man, soon, they will be wed in the eyes of God.  Of course, with church weddings typically serving as the climax of the telenovela, and with Rodrigo’s jilted fiancée Gala (Jessica Coch) and her mother Julie (Frances Ondiviela) digging dirt on Luciana, it seems doubtful that church wedding will go as Rodrigo and Luciana intend.