TelevisaUnivision’s ViX Taps Emmy-Winning News Anchor-Journalist Jorge Ramos for New Interview Show (EXCLUSIVE)

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Anna Marie de la Fuente Jorge Ramos, the star anchor and Emmy-winning journalist of U.S. Hispanic giant Univision for decades, will host a new celebrity interview program on ViX, the fledgling AVOD streaming service launched by TelevisaUnivision, the media juggernaut formed by the merger of Mexico’s Televisa and Univision early this year.“Algo Personal con Jorge Ramos” (“Something Personal with Jorge Ramos”) is set to bow Sunday April 24 at 10 p.m.

ET and will be available in the U.S. and most of Spanish-speaking Latin America.“This is a new welcome challenge for me,” said Ramos, adding: “After spending almost of my career talking to presidents and politicians, this is a great opportunity to talk, unhurried, with writers and artists about their innermost motivations.

It’s truly something personal, for them and for me.” “I love the chance to reach, through ViX, a brand-new audience in the U.S.

and Latin America. After more than 40 years as a journalist, this is an exciting change for me. People haven’t seen me like this before,” he added.The first season of the interview program kicks off with Mexican actor, comedian and filmmaker Eugenio Derbez, who starred in “CODA,” this year’s winner of the best picture Oscar as well as adapted screenplay and supporting actor (for Troy Kotsur).Season 1 also features up close and personal chats with renowned singer-songwriters Alejandro Sanz, Carlos Vives, Joan Manuel Serrat, Sebastián Yatra and pop rock band Maná as well as celebrated authors Mario Vargas Llosa and Isabel Allende and top soccer player, Javier “Chicharito” Hernández.“Jorge is truly an icon of the Latino culture and a world-class journalist, and we are honored to welcome him to the ViX family and offer his first.