[BIG-BRO-FAN]

****ing hell, the BB ratings are getting worse. On Saturday BB finished lowest only attracting less than 2 MILLION.


'Big Brother finished last in its slot on Saturday night, according to early ratings figures.

The latest update from the BB10 house managed just 1.18m (6%) in the 9pm hour. Although ratings for weekend editions of the show are generally lower, the figure is down around 35% on the equivalent episode last year, which managed 1.85m (8.9%) on June 14, 2008.

Big Brother followed on from the second episode in the final season of ER, which registered a disappointing 520k (2.9%). Post-BB, a rerun of stand-up gig Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live improved ratings to 1.53m (9.3%).

The most-watched programme of the evening on any channel was Michael McIntrye's Comedy Roadshow, seen by 4.66m (24.1%) on BBC One from 9.30pm. It followed on from Casualty, which had 4.6m (23.7%).

Earlier, the eleventh episode of Robin Hood interested just 3.24m (21.1%) at 6.45pm, then the second episode of Graham Norton entertainment show Totally Saturday appealed to 2.93m (17.4%).

A new series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? launched to 3.73m (22.2%) on ITV1 at 7.30pm, leading in to the latest episode of All Star Mr & Mrs, which had a fairly even 3.72m (19.3%). Comedy Mumbai Calling put in 2.13m (11%) from 9.30pm.

BBC Two's highlights of Trooping The Colour averaged 2.01m (11.6%) between 7.30pm and 9pm, then an extended edition of Have I Got News For You logged 2.2m (11.1%) over 40 minutes.

Five had 1.1m (5.7%) for NCIS at 8.30pm, then CSI: New York delivered 2.13m (11.2%) an hour later. Law & Order closed off prime for Five with 1.22m (8.9%) at 10.30pm.

Overall in primetime, BBC One was ahead with an average share of 20.9% to ITV1's 17%. BBC Two took third with 9.3%, followed by Five with 7.4% and Channel 4 with 5.6% (+1: 0.8%).

A rerun of Taggart was the most popular multichannel choice of the night, taking 630k (3.7%) for ITV3 between 9pm and 10.40pm.'


SOURCE: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a1600...t-in-slot.html