‘Dancing With the Stars’ Finale Scores Best Ratings In Three Years; ABC’s Top Entertainment Telecast This Season (EXCLUSIVE)

“Dancing With the Stars” boogied to tremendous ratings growth throughout its Season 33, and that remained true for its season finale. The multiplatform numbers are out for the Nov. 26 finale, and after seven days of viewing on ABC, Disney+, Hulu and other digital platforms, the final episode of “Dancing With the Stars” averaged nearly 8 million viewers and a 1.55 rating with adults 18-49.

That total viewers tally — 7.95 million — was up 25% over its live+same day number (6.36 million) and up 36% over its adults 18-49 average (1.14 million).

That means the largest “Dancing With the Stars” audience in three years tuned in to see the Len Goodman Mirrorball trophy awarded to Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson. The finale pulled off the largest multiplatform viewing for “Dancing With the Stars” in both total viewers and adults 18-49 since the Season 30 premiere in 2021.

It was also the largest “Dancing With the Stars” finale with multiplatform audiences since Nov. 25, 2019, and the largest with adults 18-49 since Nov. 21, 2017.

In linear alone, this repped the top-rated adults 18-49 number for a primetime entertainment telecast on ABC (averaging a 1.23 rating) since “Abbott Elementary’s” post-Oscars run on March 10 — making it the top adults 18-49 telecast this season.

According to ABC, “Dancing With the Stars” garnered more than 32 million votes for the finale. For their final dances, Graziadei and Johnson did a cha cha to Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” and a freestyle to District 78 feat. Jake Simpson’s “Canned Heat.”

BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions produces “Dancing with the Stars” for ABC; Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough are hosts and judges are Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.