Canadians warmed up to awards season on Sunday night, gathering in respectable numbers to watch the Golden Globes on CTV.

An average audience of 3.2 million viewers tuned into the award show on CTV, up 3% over last year’s numbers, and returning to a high last seen in 2013 – the first year of two that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-hosted the event. (Ratings from Numeris via Bell Media.)

Sunday’s show saw the return of Ricky Gervais, who marked his fourth turn as host with a series of controversial jokes. Overall, nine million Canadians tuned in for at least part of the show.

Viewership to the live awards peaked at 8:55 p.m. when Jon Hamm won his second Golden Globe for Best Actor – TV Series, Drama, for his role as Don Draper in Mad Men. Also taking home a prize that night was American actress Brie Larson, who won for her lead role in Canadian copro Room.

The 2016 Golden Globes Arrival Special on CTV was watched by 1.6 million Canadians, up 16% over last year’s numbers. E! Live from the Red Carpet was watched by an average audience of 197,000 viewers.

Image: Brie Larson takes home a Golden Globe for her lead performance in Room.

– From Media in Canada