Exatlón All-Stars High Octane Competition Delivers #1 SLTV program in prime with its Semi-Final and Finale Episodes
New Sunday Night Entertainment News Show, “Pica y Se Extiende,” Also Premieres as #1 in its 10pm Timeslot
Miami, FL, January 23, 2024 – The adrenaline-filled finale of Telemundo’s Exatlón All-Stars sports reality competition propelled Telemundo to #1 in Spanish-language primetime television last night, delivering 438,000 adults 18-49 and 1.38 million total viewers, according to Nielsen. Telemundo also ranked as the #2 broadcast network, regardless of language, in the 8-11pm timeslot, delivering 435,000 adults 18-49.
Exatlón All-Stars’ three-hour live coast-to-coast finale, in which Susana Abundiz was crowned champion and winner of the $500,000 cash prize, averaged 484,000 adults 18-49 and 1.53 million total viewers, ranking as the most-watched episode of the season.
Locally, the Exatlón All-Stars live finale at 7-10pm ET/4-7pm PT ranked #1, regardless of language, in Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Tampa and Washington, D.C., and #2, regardless of language, in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Orlando and Philadephia, among adults 18-49. The finale was also the #1 Spanish-language TV show in New York, Chicago, Orlando, Philadelphia and Boston for the same demo.
Telemundo’s winning streak continued from Sunday night, when it also ranked as the #1 Spanish-language network in Sunday primetime for the 4th time in the last five weeks, delivering 292,000 adults 18-49. Reaching its highest levels of competition on the road to the finale, Exatlón All-Stars Sunday night’s double elimination semi-final episode was #1 in its timeslot, delivering 310,000 adults 18-49, the second highest Sunday night episode of the season.
This eighth season of Exatlón, Telemundo’s longest running reality show, averaged 1.05 million total viewers during its full run, becoming the most watched season of the show since season 5 in 2021.
In addition, Telemundo’s new Sunday night entertainment news show, Pica y Se Extiende, was also the #1 Spanish-language television show in its 10pm premiere timeslot, with an average of 236,000 adults 18-49. Hosted by Veronica Bastos and Carlos Adyan, the show brings viewers the latest in entertainment news, including key moments from the upcoming new season of La Casa de los Famosos.
Telemundo’s most famous sports reality competition, Exatlón All-Stars, brought adrenaline-pumping action in this eighth season of the network’s longest-running reality series with the return of champions and runners-up who put their physical and mental skills to the test in the hopes of winning half a million dollars, the largest prize ever awarded on U.S. Hispanic TV. Hosted by Frederik Oldenburg, Exatlón All-Stars featured the most innovative circuits and impressive challenges throughout its weekday episodes, where viewers witnessed the athletes’ victories and defeats, and the Sunday edition, which revealed the eliminated contestants.
Source: Nielsen, L+SD, 1/21/2024, 1/22/2024.
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