Fifth Season of Jorge Ramos en Vivo Kicks off Friday Night at 10 pm ET on Fox Sports en Espanol

Fox Sports en Español announced today that the fifth season of "Jorge Ramos en Vivo,” the live, hour-long interactive talk show hosted by renowned sports journalist and commentator Jorge Ramos, will kick off this Friday, August 3, at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT. The resumption of Ramos’ twice-weekly program after a mid-summer hiatus will be followed on Saturday by the return of Fox Sports en Español’s exclusive telecasts of the Mexican Soccer League’s Torneo Apertura, when Jaguares and Atlante square off in their season opener at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT. Co-hosted by soccer experts Hernán Pereyra and Manuel Kun, "Jorge Ramos en Vivo” will once again be airing live each week on Mondays and Fridays in its usual 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT time slot. As in previous seasons, the Monday edition will review in depth the previous weekend’s top soccer games from around the world, while the Friday edition will look back at the week’s major events and preview the weekend’s hottest action. Both shows will include calls and e-mails from viewers around the country sounding off on the soccer topics of the day. The Friday program will also feature regular live interviews with soccer stars and newsmakers from around Latin America. Foremost among the soccer competitions discussed on "Jorge Ramos en Vivo” will be the Mexican Soccer League, long a staple for U.S. Hispanic soccer fans and a cornerstone of Fox Sports en Español’s programming lineup. The network will feature 14 live and exclusive Mexican league matches during the Torneo Apertura season as part of a new three-year rights agreement with supplier Telered Mexicana S.A. Jorge Ramos and Hernán Pereyra will lead Fox Sports en Español’s commentary team on the games, which will feature defending Torneo Clausura champions Pachuca, perennial fan favorite Cruz Azúl and other top Mexican clubs. "The Mexican League continues to be by far the most popular soccer league among U.S. Latino sports fans, and we are proud to offer them live and exclusive coverage for the fourth year in a row,” said David Sternberg, executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports en Español. "We’re confident that the combination of our Mexican League matches and our in-depth coverage of the league via Jorge Ramos en Vivo will not only provide our passionate viewers with the high-quality programming they’ve come to expect from Fox Sports en Español, but will also deliver huge dividends for our advertisers and sponsors looking to reach the coveted Hispanic male demographic.” 2007 Torneo de Apertura – Partial Schedule on Fox Sports en Español(a)   DATE/TIME TEAMS AUGUST 4 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT JAGUARES VS. ATLANTE AUGUST 17 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT TECOS VS. ATLANTE AUGUST 26 @ 5 PM ET/2 PM PT PUEBLA VS. JAGUARES AUGUST 29 @ (TBD) TECOS VS. MONTERREY SEPTEMBER 1 @ 6 PM ET/ 3 PM PT JAGUARES VS. PUMAS SEPTEMBER 1 @ 8 PM ET/5 PM PT PACHUCA VS. SAN LUIS SEPTEMBER 8 @ 8 PM ET/5 PM PT MONARCAS VS. PUEBLA SEPTEMBER 14 @ 7 PM ET/4 PM PT VERACRUZ VS. NECAXA SEPTEMBER 22 @ 6 PM ET/3 PM PT CRUZ AZUL VS. ATLANTE SEPTEMBER 30 @ 5 PM/2 PM PT PUEBLA VS. TIGRES (a) Schedule is subject to change; all matches to air live except for the August 4 Jaguares v. Atlante encounter which will be broadcast on short delay. For a complete schedule of Fox Sports en Español's exclusive Mexican League telecasts, please visit the network's website at foxsportsla.msn.com. About Fox Sports en Español Fox Sports en Español features more than 1,500 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLigaTM, the Copa Toyota Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana, CONCACAF Copa de Campeones, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball regular season, divisional playoffs, All-Star Game and World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S, Ultimate Fighting Championship and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 13 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which 4.5 million are U.S. Hispanic households. Fox Sports en Español is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NYSE:NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Español online at foxsportsla.msn.com.