Thursday, May 17, 2007
Football Beats Politics in the Canaries
Well, it probably does everywhere else in the world too, but the population of the Canary Islands clearly declared their priorities with last night's TV viewing figures.
While 344,000 Canarian TV spectators followed the EUFA Cup final between Espanyol and Sevilla - an all-Spanish affair at Glasgow's Hampden Park - reaching 45.5% of the viewing share during the penalties, only 50,000 watched the political debate between four of the candidates for the Canary Islands Presidency - just 7.5% of viewers. Both Tele 5's drama, Hospital Central and US drama series Entre Fantasmas (Ghost Whisperer) on Cuatro also beat the politicians' popularity.
Solo 50.000 canarias siguieron el debate de anoche, un 7,5 por ciento de cuota
