Last week premiered in the US Bajo el Mismo Cielo of Telemundo averaged 1,716,000 total viewers and 928,000 Adults 18-49, according to Nielsen data. Starring Gabriel Porras, Maria Elisa Camargo, Luis Ernesto Franco and Julio Bracho, the telenovela was the #1 program in Spanish in its time among Adults 18-34.
The premiere also reached peaks of 2,392,000 total viewers and 1,237,000 Adults 18-49; and in Miami, was the # 1 Spanish program of its time slot among total viewers -ranking first no matter the language- among Adults 18-49, according to the statement emitted by Telemundo.
In online promotion for the first 30-minute preview on Facebook reached so far 3.3 million global users, generating 783,000 views. On opening night, the novel reached 4.4 million Facebook users globally. There were 172,000 engagements on Facebook and Twitter, and the hashtag #BajoElMismoCielo recorded a total of 2,900,000 instances on Twitter and Instagram.
Bajo el Mismo Cielo is the story of Carlos Martinez (Porras), a Mexican immigrant worker who crosses the border illegally and settles with his family in Los Angeles, where he gets a job as a landscaper. Carlos dreams of giving his children a better life and offer them the opportunities that he never had in Mexico.