Big Brother falls to a new low of just 1.4 million viewers

[12bigbrother12]

And a 6.4% share of the audience.

Bad. Very, very bad.

[buckfast67uk]

On a Saturday night? vs prime time BBC and ITV?

perspective please

[joeysteele]

It fell to 1.6 million last week too, you have to take figures on an average over the week.

Saturday,in all likelihood weekend nights were rarely great nights for BB anyway.

[Kazakh]

I watched the opening episode. Like many others I do not think I will return, dismal HMs and C5 flogging a dead horse, over a decade the format has gone from compulsory must see TV to freak show with not very interesting freaks.

[Beastie]

It's a shame because I enjoyed last night's episode. Rebeckah's bitchiness coming out of nowhere. So funny when she said to Aaron "I peed on a man". HAHAHAHA!

The ratings would go back up if we had live feed.....

[Jake.]

Source? I thought they got released later in the day

[daniel-lewis-1985]

I thought they would be lower. Not much of a drop from last week.

Saturday nights allways rate low.

I reckon the show will be back up to the 2million mark next week.

[Jarrod]

The show always drops on a Saturday, the Show gets 2m again on Sunday if not more. Many don't tune in because it's just highlights from the live shows ect

[ILoveTRW]

bb is so pathetic

[12bigbrother12]

Source? I thought they got released later in the day

The digital spy ratings thread, someone updates them there at around 10am daily.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=52700532&postcount=1795


Saturday 10th September Overnights
BBC One
06:00- Breakfast: 1.3m (25.0%)
10:00- Saturday Kitchen Live: 1.5m (14.9%)
11:30- Football Focus: 1.4m (16.6%)
12:00- BBC News: 1.8m (20.9%)
12:10- F1: Grand Prix Qualifying: 2.8m (28.1%)
14:15- Golf: Walker Cup: 1.1m (10.4%)
16:30- Final Score: 1.8m (14.6%)
17:10- BBC News: 3.0m (21.9%)
17:25- Epic Win: 2.4m (16.1%)
18:10- Strictly Come Dancing: 7.6m (37.3%)
* peak: 8.9m (41.5%) at 7pm
19:15- Doctor Who: 6.0m (26.8%)
20:00- The National Lottery: Secret Fortune: 3.6m (15.4%)
20:50- BBC News: 3.5m (14.4%)
21:10- Last Night of the Proms: 4.3m (19.8%)
22:45- Match of the Day: 3.9m (29.1%)
00:05- The Football League Show: 1.4m (16.6%)

BBC Two
10:00- Dick & Dom Go Wild: 0.2 (1.6%)
12:15- The Great British Bake-Off: 0.4 ( 4.1%)
13:15- Escape to the Country: 0.5 ( 5.2%)
14:00- EastEnders Omnibus: 0.5 ( 4.7%)
16:30- Golf: The Walker Cup: 0.7 ( 4.7%)
18:15- Flog It!: 0.8 ( 4.0%)
19:00- Dad's Army: 2.0 ( 9.2%)
19:30- BBC Proms: 1.5 ( 6.5%)
21:00- QI XL: 1.6 ( 6.7%)
21:45- The Making of QI: 2.0 ( 9.3%)
22:45- QI: 1.8 (10.1%)
23:15- QI: 1.3 ( 9.4%)
23:45- QI: 0.9 ( 9.1%)
24:15- TOTP 2 Goes Disco!: 0.4 ( 7.8%)

ITV1
04:10- Rugby World Cup 2011: Fiji v Namibia: 0.2 (17.7%)
06:40- Rugby World Cup 2011: France v Japan: 0.8 (16.0%)
09:00- Rugby World Cup 2011: Argentina v England: 3.2 (33.6%)
12:05- Coronation Street Omnibus: 0.5 ( 5.4%)
14:50- Johny English: 1.1 (10.4%)
16:25- Rugby World Cup 2011: Highlights: 0.9 ( 6.6%)
17:50- ITV News and Weather: 2.0 (12.8%)
18:05- All Star Family Fortunes: 2.6 (13.2%)
19:00- Red or Black?: 4.6 (20.7%)
* 5-min peak: 6.9m
20:15- The X Factor: 10.6 (43.6%)
* 5-min peak: 11.9m
21:15- Red or Black?: 5.8 (25.7%)
21:45- The Jonathan Ross Show: 2.7 (12.3%)
22:45- ITV News and Weather: 2.0 (10.9%)
23:00- United 93: 1.1 (10.4%)

Channel 4
08:00- The Morning Line: 0.2 ( 2.7%)
11:45- T4: The Simpsons: 0.3 ( 3.8%)
12:15- T4: The Big Bang Theory: 0.3 ( 3.7%)
12:45- T4: The Big Bang Theory: 0.3 ( 3.3%)
13:15- Road to London 2012: That Paralympic Show: 0.2 ( 1.8%)
14:00- Channel 4 Racing: 0.5 ( 5.1%)
16:00- Sainsbury's Super Saturday: 0.2 ( 2.1%)
16:35- Come Dine with Me: 0.7 ( 5.7%)
17:05- Come Dine with Me: 1.2 ( 8.8%)
17:35- Come Dine with Me: 1.3 ( 8.7%)
18:10- Come Dine with Me: 1.0 ( 5.3%)
18:40- Come Dine with Me: 0.9 ( 4.5%)
19:10- Channel 4 News: 0.7 ( 3.4%)
19:45- Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill: 1.1 ( 4.5%)
21:15- The Million Pound Drop Live: 1.6 ( 7.4%)
22:45- Rhod Gilbert and the Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst: 0.7 ( 4.1%)
23:45- Sainsbury's Super Saturday: 0.1 ( 1.7%)

Channel 5
07:15- The Save-Ums!: 0.1 ( 4.2%)
07:30- Noddy in Toyland: 0.2 ( 4.4%)
08:15- The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky: 0.3 ( 4.9%)
08:30- Mist: Sheepdog Tales: 0.3 ( 4.2%)
08:45- Rupert Bear: 0.3 ( 4.2%)
09:00- Olivia: 0.3 ( 4.0%)
09:15- The Mr. Men Show: 0.3 ( 3.5%)
09:30- Roary The Racing Car: 0.2 ( 2.5%)
09:45- Animal Families: 0.2 ( 1.7%)
10:00- Meerkat Manor: 0.1 ( 1.5%)
10:30- The Gadget Show: 0.2 ( 1.8%)
11:30- Big Brother: The Launch: 0.4 ( 4.3%)
13:00- Calamity Jane: 0.5 ( 4.9%)
16:50- White Hunter, Black Heart: 0.5 ( 2.9%)
19:05- Law and Order: 0.6 ( 2.9%)
19:55- NCIS: 0.9 ( 4.0%)
20:50- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit: 0.8 ( 3.4%)
21:45- Big Brother: 1.4 ( 6.4%)
22:45- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 0.6 ( 3.5%)
23:45- Forensic Files: 0.4 ( 3.2%)

[Novo]

**** sake :joker:

[vesavius]

And a 6.4% share of the audience.

Bad. Very, very bad.

Which is a shame, because it was the best first 'real' show (disregarding launch) for years I think.

I personally think the strategy of having CBB so close to it was a bad move, especially when it was as bad as this years was. The few people that I know that do still watch it were put off by the lack lustre past few weeks (which were all all so slick try hard but still just overall boring), the failed Americanisation of the format, and (yes) lack of live feed.


I am sure the word will spread as we go on,I am aleady re selling it to people I know are open to it based on that first 'real' show.

[Jake.]

But look at the ratings for the rest of the day on channel 5 XD

[Patrick]

:idc:

They should of carried on with the Celebrity series up until October - and then had BB12 in June 2012, FFS.

[MeMyselfAndI]

Patrick i doubt the celebrities would all agree to stay in for a month longer

[vesavius]

:idc:

They should of carried on with the Celebrity series up until October - and then had BB12 in June 2012, FFS.

God no... the other way around imo.

They shouldnt have bothered with CBB at all for this year, it was awful. Would have been cleverer to just launch the realshow and rebuild it's hardcore fanbase again.

[Valdora]

You have to remember that this is not a Summer show. The ratings will be higher for sure next Summer when it has little competition. Knowing Channel 4 though they will probally find some.

[Nikkos]

bb is so pathetic

Then why are you still here?!?! You're like one of those people that go to concerts just to boo.

[JohnnyBB]

i expect these sort of numers right too the end now, the twist wasent enought too hook veiwers in the cast sort of reminds me of celeb hijack cast :shocked:

[Gillian-73]

It was a saturday night ratings are always lower! shame because it was one of the best first eps in many a year! they should go back up again.

[Black Dagger]

Shame it got such low ratings, the dickhead haters will be out in their droves now laughing and raving... the show deserved much higher ratings and I hope they improve over the next few days, as long as it get's a average of about 2.2 million I don't think Desmond will care too much.

[cub]

It should pick up tonight. Last night was fierce for choice.

[Lostie!]

Why do people obsess over ratings?

I swear the people who stalk the ratings and make a new thread every time it falls a little have nothing to do with their days.

[Tom4784]

Those ratings are fine for C5. It was the only show all day that broke 1 million viewers. 1.4 million would be dismal for something like ITV or BBC but C5 is a lot more limited in it's viewership and as long as it can stay around the million mark then that's good especially if the audience watching is a young one as young audiences are like gold dust to advertisers.

The ratings for it's circumstances are fine. C5 will never get sky high viewers often since it's a lot more limited hen the main channels due to the fact that not everyone can get it. At the end of the day don't bother worrying about ratings if you don' know what they mean. The number may seem low but I bet it's in with C5's expectations.

[Lewis.]

I'm sure they are more than happy with those ratings. It would be awful if it was BBC or anything but it's quite a good number for channel 5 - you only have to compare it to their other shows and how they fared yesterday.

[arista]

It's a shame because I enjoyed last night's episode. Rebeckah's bitchiness coming out of nowhere. So funny when she said to Aaron "I peed on a man". HAHAHAHA!

The ratings would go back up if we had live feed.....


Spiffing

[Rustic bauble]

LF will improve viewing figures....cant they see that.

I lost interest in CBB... I like the housemates they have in BB12, should be good viewing but with tasks often taking up half of the hour long show....means we dont get to see much interaction....thats what we want to see so bring back LF and the interest will rise. I hope I dont lose interest in this one because 1 hour each night is not wetting the appetite...

[Jords]

Sad times.

[Valdora]

Agreed. All the other main BB shows were Summer time on a channel that the rest of UK could get. This BB is "England Only."

[Tom]

:laugh2:

anyone still trying to spin the lowest ever audience as a big success?

[billy123]

Sad but to be expected with no live feed.

[cizzah97]

gosh I can't believe we thought THIS was a low, these days its a high, shows you how the show is declining :(

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

I'm not surprised. They have too many twists. Just leave the show as it's meant to be. Simple. :nono:

[Vladimir]

gosh I can't believe we thought THIS was a low, these days its a high, shows you how the show is declining :(

actually, this is the rating of the first HL show of BB12.

BB14's rating are better than BB12's.

[iRyan]

I'm not surprised. They have too many twists. Just leave the show as it's meant to be. Simple. :nono:

LOL. This thread is 2 years old, darling.

[Samm]

I'm not surprised. They have too many twists. Just leave the show as it's meant to be. Simple. :nono:

That's BB12 Vanessa