Last nights show get's 2.5 million viewers.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

The ratings are really dissapointing and i dont think tonights early start will help either. They didnt even advertise at the end of last nights episode that it would be starting early

[Raph]

2.5 Only? :shocked:

[Jack_]

Oh dear...what happened to the over 3m mark?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Fridays 2nd eviction show only got 2.5 aswell dont know whats going on.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Heres the ratings so far:

Launch 4.1m 18%
Wednesday 3.4m 19%
Thursday 3.3m 19%
Friday (1) 3.1m 15%
Friday (2) 2.5m 16%

Week Avg 3.3m 17%

Week2:
Saturday: 2.5 12%


These are not officials so will rise but they do include +1

[BBfan46]

I think the problem is that people think they're above watching Big Brother the 8m that used to watch it think all the new HM's are 'wannabes' or in the case of this series 'has beens' they think they're socially better, my auntie was saying this about herself but she admitted to watching this years CBB and loving it, so I convinced her to watch UBB so ratings are about to soar to 2,500,001. ;)

[wilful_woodpecker]

how are Sunday's figures there????

No - tonight's early show won't attract as many as would normally watchh - tho people who miss it can use +1 if they have digital, to watch at "normal" time

Obviously, Coolio v Nadia and Coolio's departure may bring in extras - especially those who like "fights"

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Im just waiting to see the officials.

Hopefully they can bring those 2 dissapointing rated shows up to 3.m

[daniel-lewis-1985]

how are Sunday's figures there????

No - tonight's early show won't attract as many as would normally watchh - tho people who miss it can use +1 if they have digital, to watch at "normal" time

Obviously, Coolio v Nadia and Coolio's departure may bring in extras - especially those who like "fights"

Sorry ammended it to saturday.

It just pisses me off that they couldnt even anounce on last nights highlights that bb would start earlier tonight.

[eye sea]

The ratings counting is a load of crap. How do they count 2.5 million viewers?

It's stoopid.

[fitz2k2]

they put in wack housemates.they are missing like 6 argumentative people

[Tom4784]

BB10 would have killed for those ratings. It's the same with every program ever, the first few episodes will do well and then it drops slightly to a more consistent number.

[Snaked Worm]

BB10 would have killed for those ratings. It's the same with every program ever, the first few episodes will do well and then it drops slightly to a more consistent number.That sounds like a fair summary this series has faired better than many would have expected it may give c4 food for thought.

[Mac Hiavellian]

There's a lot of stuff I actually like about UBB, like how the HMs are actually a good mix (bar Preston). They're all living up to their reputations with John having his silent protests, Coolio winding them up, Makosi being a Diva etc etc

BUT it's still suffering from being watered down and still damaging the original concept. BB shouldn't have offered to give John a newspaper, and as fun as it is to see other ex HMs in there for tasks, they shouldn't really be interacting with the main group. Sending Mr Snuggles away early, hardly using the bedsit, and ejecting Coolio over a simple argument shows BB is still afraid of Ofcom and has become too tame.

These day's BB's softer than a Quilted Velvet toilet roll but ends up being a pain in the arse.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

BB10 would have killed for those ratings. It's the same with every program ever, the first few episodes will do well and then it drops slightly to a more consistent number.

Oh yeah the ratings are so mucg better than BB10 all im saying is that alot of people were expecting the overnights to hit the 3 million mark. However with the officials yet to be released theres still a chance they can :)

[M X]

Oh god. :sad:

What time is tonights show?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Oh god. :sad:

What time is tonights show?

8pm lol i really dont understand Channel 4

[Stevep]

Saturday shows are always a bit crap though, i hardly watch them either, they are more or less a replay of the live show the night before.

Plus many of big brothers target audience are out on sat nights.

[Snaked Worm]

Saturday shows are always a bit crap though, i hardly watch them either, they are more or less a replay of the live show the night before.

Plus many of big brothers target audience are out on sat nights.True friday and saturday nights always draw the lowest ratings of the week.

[SaveBigBrotherOnFacebook]

they did advertise at the end last night..

[Mac Hiavellian]

they did advertise at the end last night..

Did they? It seemed news to me on BBLB

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Saturday shows are always a bit crap though, i hardly watch them either, they are more or less a replay of the live show the night before.

Plus many of big brothers target audience are out on sat nights.

People allways say that a saturday show is just a replay of the eviction but its not lol. The eviction only takes up about 5 minutes of the show and the rest is completly new footage.

[Tom4784]

Okay I've deleted the argument, we all love a good debate guys but keep it on topic and don't get personal okay?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

they did advertise at the end last night..

DID THEY?

I dont remember them doing so ?

[Snaked Worm]

Okay I've deleted the argument, we all love a good debate guys but keep it on topic and don't get personal okay?easily done. ty

[Jordan.]

Going downhill D:

[Snaked Worm]

they put in wack housemates.they are missing like 6 argumentative people
john and coolio were two that could of provided fireworks but they are gone before they even got chance.

[Jordan.]

john and coolio were two that could of provided fireworks but they are gone before they even got chance.

This is why they NEED Charley :D

[DigitalSid]

Very good! Best Saturday night rating since BB9 (not including CBB).

[Mac Hiavellian]

People allways say that a saturday show is just a replay of the eviction but its not lol. The eviction only takes up about 5 minutes of the show and the rest is completly new footage.

When my Dad watched BB he was very fickle and refused to watch repeated bits like the launch night (which did actually take up a lot of the next ep until this year), eviction ngiths and even the old Saturday night live tasks. I think there's just something irritating about these viewers that dip in and out of it that hate watching the same clips.

[Snaked Worm]

Very good! Best Saturday night rating since BB9 (not including CBB).Yep it looks good im confident the ratings will ensure a series next summer whether it be on c5 or whether it is on c4 and they are just playing brinksmanship with endemol to get it on the cheap.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Didnt realise how bad bb10's ratings were. Here is every saturday night official rating from that series :o

week1: 2.5m
week 2: 1.8m
week 3: 1.7m
week 4: 1.7m
week 5: 1.8m
week 6: 1.7m
week 7: 2.0m
week 8: 1.9m
week 9: 2.1m
week 10: 1.8m
week 11: 2.1m
week 12: 2.0m
week 13: 1.8m

[Mac Hiavellian]

Not that surprised about BB10's tbh but was expecting BB11 to be just a bit better than it was after CBB7 did marginally better

[DigitalSid]

But yeah, it's a very decent rating for a Saturday these days, it was never going to get over 3 million plus last night.

[Tom]

The ratings counting is a load of crap. How do they count 2.5 million viewers?

It's stoopid.

They have a panel of about 5000 who are meant to represent 60m people, its daft. I think the ratings are 2 or 3 times more than what these figures suggest, most other shows included.

Its a load of crap, its just guesswork

[daniel-lewis-1985]

But yeah, it's a very decent rating for a Saturday these days, it was never going to get over 3 million plus last night.

Im just bummed out that Fridays 2nd eviction show got 2.5 million i think thats why i am kind of worrying about the ratings for the next 2 weeks.

When officials come in i honestly think we may hit the 3. million mark

[Tom]

Im just bummed out that Fridays 2nd eviction show got 2.5 million i think thats why i am kind of worrying about the ratings for the next 2 weeks.

When officials come in they i honestly think we may hit the 3. million mark

Don't worry over the ratings, they're probably wrong anyway and its not as though C4 are going to axe it or anything. If C5 want it they already know and crap figures based on a 2 week series wont change that.

[DigitalSid]

They have a panel of about 5000 who are meant to represent 60m people, its daft. I think the ratings are 2 or 3 times more than what these figures suggest, most other shows included.

Its a load of crap, its just guesswork

11,000.

And they're carefully picked to represent the national demographics.

[DigitalSid]

Im just bummed out that Fridays 2nd eviction show got 2.5 million i think thats why i am kind of worrying about the ratings for the next 2 weeks.

When officials come in i honestly think we may hit the 3. million mark

Eviction interviews haven't (regularly) bought in figures to write home about for years now, Big Brother is no longer must see television, if the eviction isn't an interesting one, people aren't going to stay in and stay tuned for it, it's a Friday night.

[Zippy]

They put too many bloody celebs in!

We only saw Ulrika and Coolio a short while ago and didnt need their return this quick. John McC we see all the time still anyways. Preston is nothing without Chantelle.

[Tom]

11,000.

And they're carefully picked to represent the national demographics.

Thats still an extremely small sample no matter how good a cross section it is. Its roughly 1 person representing 6000 people in the country. Thats hardly representative.

[Jords]

Gutted, definitely deserves more attention, its been great!

[DigitalSid]

They put too many bloody celebs in!

We only saw Ulrika and Coolio a short while ago and didnt need their return this quick. John McC we see all the time still anyways. Preston is nothing without Chantelle.

Agreed, no one's interested in seeing most of the CBB housemates again, that's not what they're tuning in for, CBB is just a nice little distraction between series. Besides if people want to see Ulrika again they can turn on Shooting Stars, if someone one wants to see John again they can turn on C4 Racing.

[Patrick]

Ha!

BB11 is owning this.

[DigitalSid]

Thats still an extremely small sample no matter how good a cross section it is. Its roughly 1 person representing 6000 people in the country. Thats hardly representative.

4000 and the margin of error is +/- 3%.

[DigitalSid]

Ha!

BB11 is owning this.

Not in the ratings it isn't..

[DigitalSid]

And though it's not living up to expectations (despite them being pretty damn low) I'm still enjoying it more than the awful BB11 personally.

[Desert.Rat]

Excellent rating for Saturday. This years Celebrity Big Brother and so far Ultimate Big Brother are showing is that there is mileage left in the Big Brother format, but the regular Big Brother figures prove that the standard series is well and truly dead.

If Channel 5 take it, I think last nights figure is proof that if they shake the series up enough and it isn't just a carbon copy of what is currently on Channel 4, it will deliver for them and not just bank a predictable 2m each night.

[Desert.Rat]

If C5 want it they already know and crap figures based on a 2 week series wont change that.
I think the best thing for Channel 5 to do will be to air Celebrity Big Brother in January for 4 weeks and air Celebrity Hijack in the summer at around 6 weeks and 1 celebrity per week. The main series is just dead and beyond repair unless they radically overhaul the entire format, in which case its a risk.

[Tom]

4000 and the margin of error is +/- 3%.

So they think. Theres no way of proving it or disproving it unless they survey most people in the country. I think some shows seem a little low considering it seems like everyone watches them like X Factor which statistically only 17-20% of the country watch.

[Tom]

I think the best thing for Channel 5 to do will be to air Celebrity Big Brother in January for 4 weeks and air Celebrity Hijack in the summer at around 6 weeks and 1 celebrity per week. The main series is just dead and beyond repair unless they radically overhaul the entire format, in which case its a risk.

CBB was better than BB anyway and Hijack was **** but they need to call it a day after UBB

[Desert.Rat]

hijack was good in the fact that it had celebrities taking part and it'd get more viewers on Channel 5 than a normal series because of the extra publicity

[Zippy]

Hijack was a flop. Dunno why its even being mentioned!

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Hijack was a flop. Dunno why its even being mentioned!

Hijack was actually a ratings hit for e4

[Desert.Rat]

Hijack was a flop because it was on E4. If they take BB to Channel 5 it needs to be revamped. I'm not saying they should make it exactly like Hijack but they should have a twist to the series, with maybe half celebs half normal people or something different. they shouldn't do the same normal thing over and over again.

[Tom]

Hijack was a flop. Dunno why its even being mentioned!

All I can remmeber of that series is on launch night some fat ginger bloke being told by him off Little Britain to shout cake. It was an appalling series with a crap concept about as far removed from Big Brother as you can get and not having Davina was a bad move too and shown BB cant work without her

[DigitalSid]

So they think. Theres no way of proving it or disproving it unless they survey most people in the country. I think some shows seem a little low considering it seems like everyone watches them like X Factor which statistically only 17-20% of the country watch.

As many as watch (if not more) can't stand it.

[DigitalSid]

And people don't watch tv as much as they used to, as recently as the 90s, X Factor's viewing figures wouldn't be considered particularly exceptional.

[Mac Hiavellian]

Hijack was a flop because it was on E4. If they take BB to Channel 5 it needs to be revamped. I'm not saying they should make it exactly like Hijack but they should have a twist to the series, with maybe half celebs half normal people or something different. they shouldn't do the same normal thing over and over again.

I suppose in a way that is what UBB is with 5 former regular HMs and 5 former CBB HMs. Josie was different because she was fresh meat but now they've put Victor and Michelle in to make up the numbers for regular HMs

[Desert.Rat]

All I can remmeber of that series is on launch night some fat ginger bloke being told by him off Little Britain to shout cake. It was an appalling series with a crap concept about as far removed from Big Brother as you can get and not having Davina was a bad move too and shown BB cant work without her
That aint what u said a few months ago lmao:

I hated Hijack but love the concept. If they put in the summer rejects and got decent celebrities each day (or even a few days at a time) it could work so much better, and maybe even on Channel 4.

So what would you rather see? I think Hijack has more comedy potential than the main one and more viewers might be attracted by the different celebrities each day.

I vote for a tweaked version of Hijack.
Hijack could've become its replacement on Channel 4 with a few tweaks.

[Vladimir]

WTF? It's not bad at all for a Saturday HL show. It's higher than any BB11's Saturday.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

That aint what u said a few months ago lmao:

HAHA! loving your detective work

[Tom]

That aint what u said a few months ago lmao:

lmao. I genuinely don't know what to say/where to start with that one and not just what i wrote. My opinions obviously changed (they tend to over time) and I think I posted that as a replacement for CBB before CBB 2010 which turned out to be OK anyway. i thought CBB was dead until the last one