The television program Pasapalabra has broken historical audience and audience share records in its episode in which Rafa Castaño won the largest prize in the history of the contest, 2.27 million euros. The program achieved a 37.4% audience share and 4.5 million viewers, with a peak of 5 million viewers at 11:31 p.m. and a 43.8% audience share. In addition, the success of the program also helped to increase the audience of the previous program, El Hormiguero, which had a 23.5% audience share and 3.5 million viewers. Pasapalabra’s success lifted Antena 3 to its best performance since May 2018, with a 19.1% share of the screen.
The success of Pasapalabra also had an impact on other TV programs that aired at the same time. Supervivientes 2023 had some of its worst data, with a 14% screen share and 1.4 million viewers. The series La caza. Guadiana on La 1 had an audience of only 910,000 viewers and a screen share of 6.2%, while La caza. Monteperdido on the same channel obtained a 5.7% audience share and 601,000 viewers. On Cuatro, the Europa League match between Real Sociedad and Roma had an audience of 1.2 million viewers and a share of 8.2%, but then the Horizonte program dropped to 5.3% and 431,000 viewers.
On La Sexta, the rerun of Pesadilla en la cocina had an audience of only 388,000 viewers and a 3.4% audience share. On La 2, programs such as El condensador de fluzo scored lower, with a 2.8% audience share and 415,000 viewers, while Grandes ríos de la tierra: El Nilo obtained a 2.6% audience share and 329,000 viewers, and Documentos TV: Paternidad had a 1.4% audience share and 116,000 viewers.