Lowest EVER rating last night

[Tom]

If not the lowest then joint lowest along with 1 or 2 BB10 shows and that silly midnight task during CBB6

Thought this series was doing well? :joker: Looks like it'll be shown the door faster than Channel 5 commissioned it :pat:

[CharlieO]

Yea its because Channel 5 don't care about it. But it was against tough competition.

[CaudleHalbard]

Any lowest rating BB gets is probably higher than the rating of any other C5 show! ;)

[InOne]

How many watched it?

[Niamh.]

To be fair though, I didn't watch it last night but I did watch the repeat this morning. There's too much on TV on a Saturday night so it's always going to be a bad night for the ratings

[RichardG]

It was a saturday night show, up against The Jonothan Ross Show and the Xtra Factor and probably even more I wasn't aware of. I'm hardly shocked it did bad. Yes, it did worse than I hoped it would do but I think the weekday shows are the only days it will get relatively good ratings.

[joeysteele]

Well the return of Jonathon Ross was on ITV the same time so I expected a fall in the viewing fiures last night.

[Suze]

It's only the CBB show though, it's the main shows ratings that will be more telling. I expect eviction nights and the weekdays make a difference to the ratings. Seemingly weekends never do as well as weekdays, plus the launch always does well, then BB usually goes down hill for a while or up and down until the final.

[Tom]

It was a saturday night show, up against The Jonothan Ross Show and the Xtra Factor and probably even more I wasn't aware of. I'm hardly shocked it did bad. Yes, it did worse than I hoped it would do but I think the weekday shows are the only days it will get relatively good ratings.

The eviction shows used to always go up against Wossy even at the height of Sachsgate and if a spin off show on a digital channel is tough competition then the show isn't fit for air in the first place

And if thats how its performing on the 3rd saturday of the celebrity series, hows it going to be in 5 or 6 weeks time? It could end up being below 1m more so when the X Factor live shows start and wont be off air until after 10pm

[joeysteele]

The eviction shows used to always go up against Wossy even at the height of Sachsgate and if a spin off show on a digital channel is tough competition then the show isn't fit for air in the first place

Yes, but Jonathon Ross has been off the screens for a while now since BBC dropped his show, there would have been a lot of interest in his first one at least.

I haven't watched the xtra factor once yet,so cannot comment on how good or bad it is.

[Tom]

Yes, but Jonathon Ross has been off the screens for a while now since BBC dropped his show, there would have been a lot of interest in his first one at least.

I haven't watched the xtra factor once yet,so cannot comment on how good or bad it is.

I watched it this morning and it was pretty good. Unlike Channel 5 ITV know how to relaunch their successful shows

[happybbfan]

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No more excuses please whatever the time the highlights show is on if people want to watch it they will.Lets face facts this CBB has not been the must see one that even last year was on C4.
live feed may be a factor but if the casual viewer isnt even bothered and thats who c5 care about atm,its looking very grim for BB12

[Suze]

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No more excuses please whatever the time the highlights show is on if people want to watch it they will.Lets face facts this CBB has not been the must see one that even last year was on C4.
live feed may be a factor but if the casual viewer isnt even bothered and thats who c5 care about atm,its looking very grim for BB12

I am not making excuses, just observations. They just don't tie in with your perceptions of the ratings. There are no rights or wrongs on this in our opinions at the moment, only time will tell if C5 can make a success of BB.

[waterhog]

seen as ch5 decided to take away bigbrother and make it the jedward show < what do they exspect < (they have nothing to do with the production of bb joe ? yer likeurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)

[Marc]

Jonathan Ross and MPD are better that's why :laugh:

[Locke.]

Doesn't matter really the expectations are lower for ratings on Channel 5 than they were on Channel 4.

How many did it get though? The guy running it said they'd be really happy with 2 million

[CharlieO]

Jonathan Ross and MPD are better that's why :laugh:

:laugh:

:suspect:

[joeysteele]

Jonathan Ross and MPD are better that's why :laugh:

It did beat MPD drop though Marc,someone posted on here the other day.

[Patrick]

It's because of the time slot it was put in you mong, Honestly can you just keep your ******ing negativity to yourself FFS?

Some of us are trying to enjoy it.

And this series is doing fantastic, it was up against Simon Cowell's stupid new game show and The Million Pound Drop last night, so they had to change the time slots all around.

It's rather pathetic that you just came on here to point that out and bring the place down, you're like a child.

[Callum]

It didn't beat MPD last night though^

[joeysteele]

I didn't even know MPD was on last night, TV was all over the place with new things and X Factor too.
Sorry,I missed seeing MPD was on so you wil be right there.I really never watch MPD, only one or 2 of the last series and didn;t like it anyway.

[Patrick]

I know, it's because Channel 5 put it on at a silly time.

[Smithy]

they should have put it on @ 10 rather than 9:45, keep it on the hour rather than some random ass time

[Suze]

Tom, do you have a link to the ratings then? I found the following ratings on Wikipedia, but not sure how reliable they are? And they haven't got Saturday's ratings yet, but they read quite steady.
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Ratings

The launch show of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 received 5.1 million viewers, a 21.9% launch share, which also peaked at 8 million, winning its time slot. It gave Channel 5 its highest-ever audience outside of sports and film programmes, and one of its top five ratings of all time.

18 August 5.27 [78]
19 August 3.4[79]
20 August 3.2[80]
21 August 2.5[81]
23 August 2.4[83]
24 August 2.5[84]
25 August 2.4[85]
26 August 2.8[86]
27 August 1.8[87]
28 August 2.1[88]
29 August 2.1
30 August 2.3[89]
31 August 2.4
01 September 2.1
02 September 2.4[90]

[Legend killer]

Wow it has dropped badly since launch night

**** YOU DIRTY DES

[Tom]

Tom, do you have a link to the ratings then? I found the following ratings on Wikipedia, but not sure how reliable they are? And they haven't got Saturday's ratings yet, but they read quite steady.
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Ratings

The launch show of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 received 5.1 million viewers, a 21.9% launch share, which also peaked at 8 million, winning its time slot. It gave Channel 5 its highest-ever audience outside of sports and film programmes, and one of its top five ratings of all time.

18 August 5.27 [78]
19 August 3.4[79]
20 August 3.2[80]
21 August 2.5[81]
23 August 2.4[83]
24 August 2.5[84]
25 August 2.4[85]
26 August 2.8[86]
27 August 1.8[87]
28 August 2.1[88]
29 August 2.1
30 August 2.3[89]
31 August 2.4
01 September 2.1
02 September 2.4[90]

the thread pinned at the top of the forum says it got 1.5m last night http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4529147#post4529147

[Valdora]

I think c5 need to have an emergency meeting and get things back on track. The fact is that the changes they made not only didn't get new viewers, it turned away old ones.

I have learned to cope with the new editing and stuff but that does not mean I like it. Sorry C5 and or Endemol. Give the fans what they want and mabye, just mabye you will get the casual audience through word of mouth. Towie people don't want to watch Big Brother. People who loved BB loved it for itself, not for being a copy of other shows.

[Suze]

the thread pinned at the top of the forum says it got 1.5m last night http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4529147#post4529147

Ahh, thanks :) I hadn't even noticed that sticky.

[DigitalSid]

How many watched it?

1.61m

[CaudleHalbard]

1.61 million is big-time for C5. ;)

[James]

1.61 million is big-time for C5. ;)

Yeah.

Tom, do you have a link to the ratings then? I found the following ratings on Wikipedia, but not sure how reliable they are? And they haven't got Saturday's ratings yet, but they read quite steady.
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Ratings

The launch show of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 received 5.1 million viewers, a 21.9% launch share, which also peaked at 8 million, winning its time slot. It gave Channel 5 its highest-ever audience outside of sports and film programmes, and one of its top five ratings of all time.

18 August 5.27 [78]
19 August 3.4[79]
20 August 3.2[80]
21 August 2.5[81]
23 August 2.4[83]
24 August 2.5[84]
25 August 2.4[85]
26 August 2.8[86]
27 August 1.8[87]
28 August 2.1[88]
29 August 2.1
30 August 2.3[89]
31 August 2.4
01 September 2.1
02 September 2.4[90]

Just to put it in perspective I had a look around for Channel 5's usual ratings.

Channel 5 (was Five)
w/e 7 Aug 2011 000's
1 FILM: MEN IN BLACK II (2002) (SUN 2016) 2,488
2 CSI MIAMI (TUE 2103) 2,366
3 FILM: MEN IN BLACK II (2002) (SUN 1915) 1,967
4 FILM:NINTH GATE (MON 2201) 1,833
5 COWBOY BUILDERS (THU 2102) 1,828
6 FILM:NINTH GATE (MON 2101) 1,759
7 LAW AND ORDER - SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (SAT 2120) 1,568
8 CRICKET: ENGLAND V INDIA (MON 1900) 1,546
9 AMY WINEHOUSE: THE UNTOLD STORY (THU 2203) 1,392
10 FILM: SWORDFISH (SUN 2157) 1,388

Channel 5 (was Five)
w/e 14 Aug 2011 000's
1 CSI MIAMI (TUE 2104) 2,245
2 COWBOY BUILDERS (THU 2103) 1,880
3 FILM: ICE AGE (SUN 1810) 1,708
4 CASTLE (FRI 2103) 1,432
5 CASTLE (FRI 2200) 1,358
6 LAW AND ORDER - SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (SAT 2159) 1,356
7 CRICKET: ENGLAND V INDIA (WED 1900) 1,334
8 POLICE INTERCEPTORS (MON 2000) 1,299
9 CRICKET: ENGLAND V INDIA (THU 1900) 1,283
10 CRICKET: ENGLAND V INDIA (FRI 1900) 1,281

Those might include recordings etc. also.

[Zippy]

1.61 million is big-time for C5. ;)

well its not big time for CBB

and it may not be big enough for ch5 even considering how much they paid for it. And, more importantly, it doesn't bode well for BB12.

[CaudleHalbard]

I suspect BB12 will get even lower ratings.

[Visage]

I never watch anything live I sky plus everything which I'm sure is never recorded as far as ratings go.

[Omah]

I suspect BB12 will get even lower ratings.

I suspect that your suspicion will be proved correct ..... ;)

[keithafc]

It is sticking around 2 million mark which is good enough for channel 5.

[joeysteele]

I have a feeling that it's not going to lose that many viewers for the main series. Especially with it starting immediately after CBB ends, people have got into a routine now these last 2 weeks of watching CBB and may just stay with it for a good few more weeks yet when the main BB starts.
If they get good and interesting housemates that wil also help greatly.

Hopefully they will decide to do more footage at least and also hopefully they will think again as to some kind of 'live' feed.

[Zippy]

I suspect that your suspicion will be proved correct ..... ;)

I suspect that your suspicion about his suspicion will prove to be correct too. :suspect:

[Livia]

I didn't watch it tonight. Chose to watch something else instead. That would never have happened with previous series, and I suspect quite a few fans who have been with it for years are choosing to watch something else too.

[keithafc]

I suspect BB12 will get even lower ratings.
Of course it will. We live in a showbiz/celebrity obsessed culture now. 15 wannabes going into the house for 10+ weeks isn't going to get huge ratings.

Not to mention it is on Channel 5.

People also forget the many different options to watching Big Brother. Sky+, you also have youtube, internet, Channel 5 player and so on.

[bananarama]

seen as ch5 decided to take away bigbrother and make it the jedward show < what do they exspect < (they have nothing to do with the production of bb joe ? yer likeurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)


Making it the Jedward show is of course making CBB the nursery school mentality show. Ok for those with nursery school mentality...Not Ok for genuine BB fans who are not kiddy winky kiddy winky orientated.

CH5 are and indeed have thus far murdered the BB format.......Main BB show looks as though it will be the last one ever if CH5 don't correct their mad stupidity of gimmicky editing and poor choices of housemates.

The only good thing they have got right thank's to Emma is the spin off show. Even that they can't stop trying to screw up by switching it to and fro from CH5 to 5*

[lostalex]

Last night's show was dire. i had to force myself to finish it just incase something happened. It really did feel like a chore.

[dizzy bint]

I didn't watch it tonight. Chose to watch something else instead. That would never have happened with previous series, and I suspect quite a few fans who have been with it for years are choosing to watch something else too.

2.5 million watched it last night though. So those die hard fans are being replaced.