By Clary Castro
The soap opera “Guardian of my life” airs Monday through Friday at 9:00 PM / 8:00 Central (Eastern/Pacific time) on Univision. It features the leading performances of Silvia Navarro, Daniel Arenas and Paulina Gotoin addition to Diego Klein.
The rest of the cast consecrates it: Sergio Sendel, Kimberly Dos Ramos, Roberta Damián, Alejandro Camacho, Tiago Correa, Rodolfo Salasamong others. This story is produced by Juan Osorio. The public, for its part, knows this drama, because it is based on the Argentine soap opera “Amor en custodia”, reinvented for a new generation with a fresh narrative, complex characters and high production values. On the TelevisaUnivision network they already gave us a first version of this drama; This was “True Loves”, which featured performances by Erika Buenfil, Eduardo Yáñez, Sebastián Rulli, Eiza González and Marjorie de Sousa.
About the rating…
The new version by Silvia Navarro and Daniel Arenas is already becoming a sure success, since it reached 1.7 million viewers at its premiere.
According to reports from Nielsen Good Files, Univision surpassed Telemundo by double digits in the 9 PM/8C time slot. This means that “La Casa de los Famosos 6” still cannot surpass the primetime slot of its competition in its soap opera slot. In short, the new drama propels Univision to lead the 9 pm slot against ABC, CBS, FOX, The CW and Telemundo.
How are the numbers?
The night of its opening, Monday, May 18said telenovela achieved double-digit audience advantages over Telemundo among total viewers (+32%), adults 18-49 (+47%) and adults 18-34 (+22%).
The premiere of “Guardian of my life” reached 1.7 million total viewers and retained 85% of its audience, including 73% among adults 18-49 and 66% among adults 18-34. During the 9 pm to 10 pm slot, “Guardián de mi Vida” surpassed Telemundo’s “La Casa de los Famosos 6” by double digits among total viewers (+14%) and adults 18-49 (+24%), consolidating Univision as the Spanish-language network in first place in this period.
Source: Nielsen Good Files Plus Panel, NPM (05/18/2026) Monday 9pm–10pm, ad-supported networks, Dwell+SD. Coverage based on minimum 1 minute of viewing.
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