RAY J FINDS LOVE AND VH1 SHATTERS RATINGS RECORDS

4.2 Million Viewers Tune In For Season Finale of "For The Love Of Ray J" Propelling The Episode to the #1 Telecast on Cable for the Night And the #1 Telecast On VH1 Year-To-Date

NEW YORK, April 21, 2009 – And the winner is "Cocktail"!  A record-breaking 4.2 million total viewers watched Ray J select "Cocktail" as his true leading lady in the season finale of "For The Love Of Ray J" on Monday, April 20 at 10:00PM, making the show the #1 telecast on cable for the night.

The 90 minute season finale of "For The Love Of Ray J" averaged a 2.9 in the key 18-49 demo, beating out all other programs on all of cable on Monday night.  The finale is the network's highest-rated telecast since the "Rock of Love 2" reunion on April 20, 2008.

VH1's "For the Love of Ray J" is created and executive produced by Mark Cronin and Cris Abrego for 51 Minds Entertainment, LLC. an Endemol Company, who also produce the record-breaking series "Rock of Love," "Flavor of Love," "Charm School," "I Love New York," "The Surreal Life" and "My Fair Brady."  The production teams' programming launched VH1 into their highest ratings ever. Ben Samek also executive produces for the series and the company.

Jeff Olde, Jill Holmes and Kristen Kelly are executive producers for VH1.

For more information on "For the Love of Ray J," please log onto http://www.VH1.com.

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