Dancing With The Stars Season Finale Delivers Series High 2.7 Million on CTV

- Jennnifer Grey wins Mirror Ball as finale peaks with 3.3 million viewers -

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TORONTO, Nov. 24 /CNW/ - Last night, a record 2.7 million Canadian viewers watched as Jennifer Grey had the time of her life winning the Mirror Ball Trophy during the DANCING WITH THE STARS season finale on CTV. The most-watched episode ever in the 11-season history of the series, the two-hour show-down between Grey and Bristol Palin was also the most-watched program of the night.

Up 11% from last year's finale, the Top 10 phenomenon peaked with 3.3 million viewers and was seen by 6.7 million unique viewers in total. DANCING WITH THE STARS currently ranks #8 in the Top 20 list of the most-watched programs on Canadian television.*

The controversy and buzz surrounding this season's competitors resonated with viewers, with Season 11 ending with an average audience of 2.24 million Canadian viewers, up 4% compared to telecasts last Fall on CTV.

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ETALK has been front and centre for all of the dancing and drama with behind-the-scenes interviews as well as an exclusive spot at DANCING WITH THE STARS in L.A. Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, ETALK speaks with this year's champion Jennifer Grey.     

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CTV, Canada's Olympic Network, is also Canada's largest private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV is Canada's most-watched television network. CTV Inc. also owns radio stations across the country and owns or has interests in leading national specialty channels, featuring news, sports, factual, arts, entertainment, music, youth and fashion programming. Official broadcaster of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and London 2012 Games of the Olympiad, CTV Inc. is owned by CTVglobemedia Inc., Canada's premier multi-media company, which also owns Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail.  More information about CTV may be found on the network's website at www.ctv.ca.

Source: BBM Canada; prior to Aug. 31/09 BBM Nielsen Media Research
*Sept. 20 - Nov. 23, 2010, Performance Shows

For further information:

Amanda Rinaldo, CTV Inc., 416.384.5325 or [email protected]
Allie Page, CTV Inc., 416.384.4596 or [email protected]