Univision & TeleFutura Only Broadcast Networks To Show A18-49 Growth During May Sweeps

UNIVISION BROADCAST NETWORKS ARE ONLY ONES SHOWING GROWTH IN MAY SWEEPS

 

Thursday Night Ratings: SCANDAL,GREY'S ANATOMY Up, TOUCH, AWAKE Down

The Thursday night Nielsen ratings are in. Below is a roundup of May 17 ratings reports:

From EW.com:
ABC’s GREY'S ANATOMY delivered 11.1 million viewers and a 3.9 rating, up 11 percent from last week and marking its best rating in three months.

TELENOVELA WATCH: A Look At RELACIONES PELIGROSAS; Plus, Short Takes!

A few weeks ago, promotions for the Telemundo telenovela RELACIONES PELIGROSAS (weekdays at 10 p.m. ET) announced the telenovela was entering a “nueva etapa,” or “new stage.”  When a network makes such an announcement, it sometimes means the story is developing naturally into its second or third act; but far more often, new stages are a reaction to stagnant or poor ratings.  The network is telling its audience, “You haven’t been watching the telenovela so far; well here is something new you may like more.”  This is certainly the case with RELACIONES PELIGROSAS, which has languished far behind Telemundo’s other telenovelas in the ratings all year.

Univision Continues Ratings Surge Thanks to Telenovelas

Univision continues to surge in the primetime ratings thanks to its lineup of telenovelas. The network sent out the following press release on Monday detailing the ratings for last week.

Univision was the #3 network during primetime last week among Adults 18-34, out-delivering ABC (+32%) and NBC (+33%). Furthermore, for the eighth time out of the last nine weeks Univision has ranked #3 or higher among A18-34.