Richard Desmond: "I want 20m viewers for Big Brother"

[RichardG]

...but says he would be happy if the show only gets a tenth of that. :tongue:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/15/big-brother-2011-richard-desmond?CMP=twt_fd

[SimBrotherNetwork]

Is he for real?

[Beastie]

Providing us with 24 7 live feed would be a good start to secure more viewers.

Look at what happened with BB10. Dropped 2 million viewers because of NO Live Feed :nono:

[RichardG]

Is he for real?

He's joking. The article quotes him as saying he wants 20m viewers, but would be happy with a tenth of that, which would be 2m.

[SimBrotherNetwork]

He's joking. The article quotes him as saying he wants 20m viewers, but would be happy with a tenth of that, which would be 2m.

Oh, didn't notice that haha :P

[Bruvva]

So 2m is the benchmark for the series then.

[Sam:)]

Ha and I want €20Million euro,but that's not going to happen

[Stu]

I wish I could be excited. I want to be excited. But the likely lack of live feed and soap style production rumblings have destroyed it for me.

[Sam:)]

The lineup will remain a closely guarded secret until the eve of the launch programme but – like its previous incarnations – can be expected to stretch the definition of "celebrity".
Does this mean were getting the lineup the night before

[mymidas]

So 2m is the benchmark for the series then.

We might see that for the launch show but for the HLs I not so sure. I cannot find anyone who is guaranteed to watch. The biggest CBB fans I know basicaly my Mum and eldest daughter wont commit. Mums not watching because my Dad hates it and as he is recovering from well dying to be blunt and then revived he gets his own way a lot. My daughter hates Jedward and Katona with venom so if they are in shes out which will be the first Celeb version she has ever missed. No interest around friends but like me they havent watched for a few years. In the office 100 or so people none of the usual chats and gossip speculation about BB there was still quite a lot of that in the run up to last year.
It will be interesting to see what happens.

[Maia]

I wish I could be excited. I want to be excited. But the likely lack of live feed and soap style production rumblings have destroyed it for me.

This entirely.

[Patrick]

The Celebrities will be revealed on Wednesday night! :shocked:


I wish I could be excited. I want to be excited. But the likely lack of live feed and soap style production rumblings have destroyed it for me.

Agree - I mean I could just about dismiss the whole 'No Live Feed this year, sorry guys!' thing - but I mean openly ******ing saying that they'll make it a Soap Opera is making me sick.
It's like they want to piss us off.

[keithafc]

Don't watch it then. Im sure the rest of us will enjoy the soap opera.

[joeysteele]

I think it will likely exceed 2 million, Neighbours still gets around 1.3 million viewers and CSI gets around 1.5 to 2 million. Both on Channel 5.

I would think 2 million will be the average at least this year for BB, it was in fact only a bit more on Channel 4 last year anyway,but I can actually see it hitting 3+ million at times too.

If it does more than that then a great success it will be, even at an average of 2 million it will be the likely highest rated programme on Channel 5.

[The_Big_Send_Off]

on the overnight ratings, if c5 get two or three programs that average around 1.5m they always beat c4 overall! if c5 had +1 they would beat them all the time! i hope c5 destroy c4 tbh lmaoo

[BBDodge]

To pull in that many viewers it would have to lose its edge and become some family friendly light entertainment show.

Keep it cult.

[Beastie]

Quote:
The lineup will remain a closely guarded secret until the eve of the launch programme but – like its previous incarnations – can be expected to stretch the definition of "celebrity".


^^^^^^

Haha stretch the definition of "celebrity". This is for Sue Katona who is the "mother" of a washed up celeb! lol

Plus The Hoff's stupid ex!!

[Beastie]

Quote:
The lineup will remain a closely guarded secret until the eve of the launch programme but – like its previous incarnations – can be expected to stretch the definition of "celebrity".


^^^^^^

Haha stretch the definition of "celebrity". This is for Sue Katona who is the "mother" of a washed up celeb! lol

Plus The Hoff's stupid ex!!

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

The Celebrities will be revealed on Wednesday night! :shocked:
Were did you here this Patrick:shocked:



Agree - I mean I could just about dismiss the whole 'No Live Feed this year, sorry guys!' thing - but I mean openly ******ing saying that they'll make it a Soap Opera is making me sick.
It's like they want to piss us off.Me too