After months of waiting, the long-awaited debut of the Colombian team in the Copa América 2024, held in the United States, arrived. In a match that developed with more difficulties than expected for those led by Néstor Lorenzo, the Tricolor beat Paraguay 2-1 and assumed the lead in group D after Brazil tied without goals against Costa Rica in the second hour.
Although the individual performances of Daniel Muñoz and James Rodríguez (chosen as the figure of the match by Conmebol for providing the two assists for Muñoz himself and Jefferson Lerma) were notable, the great protagonist of Colombia was Richard Rios. The midfielder completed a notable first half, initiating the national team’s plays and stopping the Guaraní team’s efforts to generate offensive play., despite having to face the great figure of the Paraguayans, Julio Cesar Enciso. However, the performance declined in the second half and his carelessness caused Enciso himself to be discounted, and later he was close to causing the tie in one of the final plays of the match.
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But the duel was not only on the playing field, but off it. And the battle for Colombian television ratings has soccer as the main protagonist during the middle of 2024. Caracol Televisión and the RCN Channel broadcast all the Tricolor matches in the continental competition, and the game against Paraguay was shown as the yardstick to measure which of the two broadcasts viewers were going to follow the most during the day.
Well, the Kantar Ibope Media firm, responsible for measuring the most watched shows on Colombian television, has already released the results of the measurements for Monday, June 24 on its official accounts. As expected, Colombia’s debut in the Copa América was the most watched show of the day.
Yes indeed, The main beneficiary was Gol Caracol, which once again surpassed its competitors, reaching 15.42 points in the broadcast that featured narration by Carlos Morales and comments by Javier Hernández Bonnet and Rafael Dudamel. These numbers allowed the channel to extend its dominance to the rest of the podium, since the broadcast of Caracol News at 7:00 pm was the second most viewed of the day, with 13.81 points, and the XX Challenge It reached 12.98 points. Another Caracol Televisión production appeared in fourth place, the telenovela Give me life backwhich reached 8.92 points.
As for the opposing side, the numbers were not as expected. The transmission of the match with the narration of Javier Fernández and the comments of Carlos Antonio Vélez and Juan José Peláez seems to still not convince the public and remained at 5.76 rating points. This figure was even lower than that marked by the episode of MasterChef Celebritywhich reached 6.58 points to see the first eliminated from the competition: Camilo Sáenz.
Among the 10 most watched programs, the other RCN product that made it onto the list was the repetition of I am Betty the Ugly one, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its original release and as a warm-up for the premiere of its new season on Prime Video next July. The production, which is in the first chapters, reached 5.24 points during the day last Monday.
