Univision #1 among Adults 18-34 and 18-49 with Grand Finale of ''Destilando Amor''

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A love story set against the Mexican tequila industry proved intoxicating for millions of viewers as the highly anticipated two-and-a-half hour finale was a certifiable ratings smash hit. One of Univision’s most popular novelas ever, “Destilando Amor” (Essence of Love), reached an audience of 12.7 million on Monday night and powered the network to the nation’s #1 ranking among all Adults 18-34 and 18-49, not just Hispanics, according to Nielsen’s NTI Ratings.

In addition, “Destilando Amor” was the #1 novela finale of all time averaging 9 million total viewers 2+, 5.1 million Adults 18-49, and 3.1 million Adults 18-34.

Proving devoted viewers were clearly thirsty for more of the popular novela, a special “Destilando Amor” edition of Univision’s popular primetime program “El Show de Cristina” featuring the stars of the hit novela benefited from the tremendous lead-in to give the network its #1 ranking for the entire evening among virtually all key demographics.

For the entire night (8-11pm), the Univision Network ranked as:

#1 among Adults 18-49 and Women 18-49
#1 among Adults 18-34, Men 18-34, and Women 18-34
#1 among Teens 12-17
#3 among Total Viewers (Persons 2+)

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 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 89% 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 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and Mexico-based Disa Records 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 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

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