***The official BB12 ratings thread***

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Can someone please sticky this please :)

Launch: 2.6

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Last night: 1.4 million/

Million pound drop beat Big Brother with 1.6 million :/

[12bigbrother12]

The percentage (6.4%) is the most worrying thing about last night. It didn't ever drop below 8% in CBB, and for a first highlight show where ratings are usually above average for the slot makes me concerned that BB will be cancelled again.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

I have faith it will be back to the 2 million mark tonight :)

As long as the series averages over 2 million im happy.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Can someone please sticky this?

[DigitalSid]

Random -
http://www.endemoluk.com/our-shows
http://www.endemoluk.com/programme/big-brother

Endemol UK have added BB back to their show list on their site, they deleted it afer C4BB ended and it wasn't added back during CBB. They call C5BB a hit on their Initial page, must have been added before yesterday :laugh:

[iRyan]

Not bad, considering the awkward time and since it's the episode after the launch.

[DigitalSid]

I have faith it will be back to the 2 million mark tonight :)

As long as the series averages over 2 million im happy.

Most shows on before it finish half way through it tonight so 1.8 tonight 2 tomorrow.

[iRyan]

Things will be very very different this series in terms of how we judge the popularity of the show based on ratings. It's airing in the fall which has never happened before with any other series, and it's directly following a Celebrity Big Brother that's already been on for 3 weeks. Not to mention this is also the first time there is literally no form of live feed. So we just have to keep that in mind.

[Bruvva]

1.4 million might not be a good rating, but it's a Saturday which usually rates low for BB.

I think tonight will get 2.0m.

[Merry Mockmas]

TBH dont the weekend highlights normally have low ratings anyway?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

How long does it actually take to sticky this thread :rolleyes:

[In the Drunk Tank]

Done :tongue:

[Stevep]

TBH dont the weekend highlights normally have low ratings anyway?

Yep, esp Saturday highlights which are more or less a repeat of the live show the night before.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Yep, esp Saturday highlights which are more or less a repeat of the live show the night before.

Thats such a misconception.

Evictions are only covered for about 2 minutes in the Saturday highlights the rest is everything what happened in the day and what happened after the eviction.

[Black Dagger]

I'm hoping for 1.8m tonight I'm expecting about 1.5/6 though.

[DigitalSid]

I'm hoping for 1.8m tonight I'm expecting about 1.5/6 though.

Agreed

[RichardG]

I'm thinking the 9/11 documentaries on C4 might have overtook Big Brother tonight. By friday we should have a general idea of what the average rating will be for a weekday episode, for now anyway. I think the weekends will always be quite bad this series.

[Merry Mockmas]

Lets hope the good reviews will boost the ratings.

[happybbfan]

1.45 million last nights ratings peaking at 1.77 million

[12bigbrother12]

Awful ratings. BB is going to get cancelled again.

[Black Dagger]

Awful ratings. BB is going to get cancelled again.

Duh.... but don't count it out yet, I definitely see it hitting 2m a fair few times over the course of 9 weeks...

I just think it isn't hyped enough and I think this series will be the 'tryout' and they'll go all out next year (I hope)

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Wow. Thats cack.

[Omah]

Ooops - those dismal ratings will cause concern in the boardroom today ..... :laugh2:

[DigitalSid]

BB was never going to get 2 million last night, ITV and Channel 4's shows had started before it and didn't finish till halfway through it, it should have been on after X Factor at 9. 1.45m is :eek: though.

[Jordan.]

Should have put it on after XF like they normally do....

[happybbfan]

Big brother started at 10pm last night so what was its main competition

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Ive said this before but TOWIE is seen as a massive success and gets about the same ratings as BB gets at the mo yet BB is seen as a failure.

Its not 2006 BB just doesnt the ratings it used to.

[JohnnyBB]

okay so its very apprant now big brothers going to stay at the 1.5m mark.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

You are aware there is a ratings thread yeah?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Oh and it was actually 1.4 million

#justsaying

[JohnnyBB]

Oh and it was actually 1.4 million

#justsaying

Chill your boots! mods will move it later :blush:

[thediaryroomchair]

1.4 million is worrying. As a Big Brother fan, I of course want to see it succeed but with these ratings Channel 5 may not decide to renew after their current 2 year contract.

[Patrick]

No one at all is talking about BB12, everyone stopped after CBB8.

[JohnnyBB]

No one at all is talking about BB12, everyone stopped after CBB8.
producers need to sit down after friday night and think of a shocker for the house, cause this golden swimsuit is piss poor.

[Callum]

Very bad ratings

[RichardG]

Ive said this before but TOWIE is seen as a massive success and gets about the same ratings as BB gets at the mo yet BB is seen as a failure.

Its not 2006 BB just doesnt the ratings it used to.

TOWIE doesn't cost £80m for a two year deal though. Big Brother needs the ratings to justify paying the price for the show.

[iRyan]

I guarantee lack of live feed has a big part in bad ratings though, the same thing happened with BB10. They axed the live feed and there was a massive ratings drop. They brought it back for BB11, and there was a big increase in ratings. Now they've axed it again, and ratings have dropped again. Whomever's decision it was to not have a live feed this year is extremely stupid.

[Omah]

okay so its very apprant now big brothers going to stay at the 1.5m mark.

No, it isn't - it may well be that ratings drop below 1m before series mid-point ..... ;)

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Why is this not stickied anymore?!?!?!

[happybbfan]

1.43 million for last night 7.8% share

[daniel-lewis-1985]

God this is awful

[Omah]

Are we returning to the dismal days of Big Brother Celebrity Hijack, which drew to a close with little more than half a million viewers ?

:sad:

[DigitalSid]

1.43 million for last night 7.8% share

:bored:

[Black Dagger]

Poor ratings... I just hope they realise they are making a huge mistake and this is their try-out series and they realise what is going wrong... personally the ratings should be much better, this is my favourite cast in a while.

[joeysteele]

I think it's too early to moan too much yet, it was a difficult weekend for TV and lots going on.

However,I have come across a fair few people (who really liked CBB), on about BB yesterday and today,who watched other programmes over the weekend as opposed to watching BB,(not younger viewers though),who are totally put off by Jay's in the main conversations.I haven't found many people impressed with Pamela Anderson either, all wondering why she was even there.

I think the ratings will improve,however they desperately need to make available more footage, it is near impossible to get to know enough as to all the housemates in only a 50 minute highlights slot each night.
They will definately need something like live feed next year and really they should think about getting something up and running in the next 3 to 4 weeks as well to hold fair to good ratings.

No need to panic but a re-think is certainly required because this could be a really great series.

[The Human Santapede]

Why is this not stickied anymore?!?!?!

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184471

[daniel-lewis-1985]

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184471

But the ratings thread is allways stickied due to all of us using it every day.

Its annoying have to go searching for it when you want to post.

[The Human Santapede]

But the ratings thread is allways stickied due to all of us using it every day.

Its annoying have to go searching for it when you want to post.

Too many stickies is annoying. And you don't have to search for it. That thread is stickied. Just go there and click the link. ;)

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Theres allways been a ratings thread stickied.

Your probs the only person this annoys.

[Jordan.]

1.43 million for last night 7.8% share

Awful. Worrying to think what it'll be like in a few weeks time.

Definitely think it'll fall under 1M at some point.

[joeysteele]

Awful. Worrying to think what it'll be like in a few weeks time.

Definitely think it'll fall under 1M at some point.

I don't know why they just don't use more footage that they already have and instead of repeating the previous nights show the next day around noon,have that extra programme of new footage as well.

At least that would be a start to more footage, and that hour is already set aside to show the repeat of the previous nights programme anyway.It couldn't possibly cost anything really to do that too.

[The Human Santapede]

Theres allways been a ratings thread stickied.

Your probs the only person this annoys.

:pat:

[JohnnyBB]

emergency meetings would have been in full swing today!

[daniel-lewis-1985]

:pat:

Dont touch me you pervert!

[Visage]

Do you think if it was shown at 9pm instead of 10pm that more viewers would tune in ?

[joeysteele]

Do you think if it was shown at 9pm instead of 10pm that more viewers would tune in ?

Yes,I think it would help a bit,this sometimes at 9pm and then 10pm then 9.45 pm. it does irritate a bit.

The thing needed now though is definately more footage.
On CBB,we had an idea of the celebrities,didn't need to get to know them too much, these housemates though are total strangers,50 minutes a night for 14 of them on TV is way too little time to.

[iRyan]

The ratings aren't really that much worse than BB10, and this series is airing in the fall and on a less popular channel.

But I think they've made some major mistakes.

1) NO LIVE FEED. Automatically put ALOT of people off the show. When they axed the live feed in BB10, there was a big ratings drop. Now they've done it again and it's had the same outcome. It's their own damn fault now.
2) They shouldn't have started with CBB. Yes, it gave them good ratings, but BB13 had no buzz around it because all the buzz had started with CBB.
3) Time slots like 9:45 and 10:00 pm are not going to attract as many people, especially in the fall when most viewers have to wake up early for school or work the next day and don't want to stay up until 11.

[iRyan]

Interesting bit I read on DigitalSpy:

The thing is, C4 have around a 6% audience share and they get £600m a year in advertising revenue. C5 have a 4% share and so if everything were equal, they'd get £400m, except they don’t. They get £200m. That disparity is because C4 are viewed as having the best share of the young market with about 15%. C5 know that if they can increase their audience share of the young market up to the same level as C4's, they'll eventually get the same proportion of revenue.

In other words, with a 15% share of the young market, but no increase in the overall 4% audience share, they stand to gain £200m a year and with 15% of the young market and an increase in the overall audience share to C4's 6% level, they can get £400m. With those sort of numbers, the £40m spent on BB is a sound investment if they can make inroads into C4's dominant position.

And it sounds as if they're doing that. 1.5m a night is good if the proportion of young folk is high. The sad fact is that given a choice between 2.5m a night with a low proportion of young folk because all the long time, older fans are happy and tuning in, and 1.5m with a high proportion of kids, C5 would want the latter. In fact, if it gets 2.5m a night and the kids aren't watching, they'll axe the show very quickly because that'll ruin the very thing they're trying to achieve, which is to present a case to advertisers that C5 is the place for the youth market. It's a bit like E4 having a surprising hit with something like Antiques Roadshow (I presume that has an older profile). Even if it got 5m a night, they'd have to get rid because it'd dilute the E4 brand.

The key figures therefore are how is BB doing in the young profile, which I've not seen recently, how is it doing compared to C4 (it beat them again last night), and how is its overall share doing compared to the average for C5 (8% is twice C5's average). Also, 1.5m is on overnights. It didn't get commented here amidst all the negativity, but it looked as if the final CBB figures were up quite a bit on overnights, often by 0.4m or so. 1.5m overnight is probably a 1.8m actual, along with 0.2m on repeats and, amazingly, 0.5m for the spin-off, all translates into about 17m viewers a week. If 15% of those 17m are young, this is exactly what they want. Obviously they'd like more viewers, provided they're young, but as long as they close the gap on C4's proportion of young folk, BB is fulfilling its aim.

[armand.kay]

Why is this not stickied yer :/

[Stu]

A bit silly not having it as a sticky in fairness. It's not as if the sticky threads in the BB12 thread as it is are particularly suffocating. These kind of threads have been sticky for years.

[Omah]

Any predictions for today ?

[Callum]

This should be sticked, threads like the BB12 elimination game are sticked and this isn't allowed to be? Very silly

[billy123]

Nobody had a problem with the stickies the way they were for the last month it looks like one person got their knickers in a twist over it and annoyed half the board.
Its just silly.

[Omah]

wot nuze ?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Please refer to UK TURTLES comments about the thread not being stickied. It was stickied then mysteriously bacame unstuck. Im guessing 1 sad little member actually complained about it lol

Too many stickies is annoying. And you don't have to search for it. That thread is stickied. Just go there and click the link. ;)

:xyxwave:

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Big Brother attracted 1.37m (8%) in the 10pm hour.

Awful :(

[The Human Santapede]

There were 9/10 stickies up there.

[DigitalSid]

RIP normal BB

[The Human Santapede]

Read through the forum. You are the only one on this thread who thinks its a good idead to just have the ratings thread floating about.

It was more all the other stickies that I was referring to unstick, but all you have to do is ask admin/mod to stick it back. Not a hard thing to do.

[*mazedsalv**]

I don't even know why people are shocked by the ratings.
We had warned Five over and over and over and over again, with emails and phonecalls.
Did they listen? No. Karma's a bitch.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Thanks for stickying this again :)

Anyway yeah remember before it started we all thought it would only get about 1.4 a night anyway and assumed C5 would be happy with that. I think we just assumed all their other programmes done so **** they would be happy with just a million.

However...looking at Channel 5's ratings there are shows on the schedule that are actually beating BB aka CSI and all prime time show on C5 last night got over 1 million viewers.

BB needed to do something special.

I didnt think CBB8 ratings were great but would kill for them now for BB12.

Such a shame as i think this is going to be the best series in years.

[Jake.]

Real shame but im just gonna try and forget about ratings and enjoy the great series

[DigitalSid]

I don't even know why people are shocked by the ratings.
We had warned Five over and over and over and over again, with emails and phonecalls.
Did they listen? No. Karma's a bitch.

This has nothing to do with live feed, it would be if it dropped to this mid-series without the show being bad or the competition being better.

[Black Dagger]

Real shame but im just gonna try and forget about ratings and enjoy the great series

This... ratings only bother me a tiny bit... if I was the only person watching then I might be dissapointed, it was never going to be a mainstream hit again, personally I hope C5 learn from their mistakes and do everything they can next year.

[joeysteele]

This... ratings only bother me a tiny bit... if I was the only person watching then I might be dissapointed, it was never going to be a mainstream hit again, personally I hope C5 learn from their mistakes and do everything they can next year.

That's what I think they will do, also with ratings of around an average 2.5 million for CBB and over 1+ million for BB, to make new plans for it next year and see ratings rise then it will be seen as not only listening but also a bigger success for them.

Had it had higher ratings this year and then dropped a lot next year that would have looked disastrous,this way it has still done well enough this year and can really grow more next year.

It's sort of like business,have lower targets in your first year and then when figures really grow in the 2nd year it seems a massive success.

[*mazedsalv**]

That's what I think they will do, also with ratings of around an average 2.5 million for CBB and over 1+ million for BB, to make new plans for it next year and see ratings rise then it will be seen as not only listening but also a bigger success for them.

Had it had higher ratings this year and then dropped a lot next year that would have looked disastrous,this way it has still done well enough this year and can really grow more next year.

It's sort of like business,have lower targets in your first year and then when figures really grow in the 2nd year it seems a massive success.

But I doubt BB will ever be a ratings success anymore. Five have completely shafted the core BB die hard audience, and they will never get them back. No matter what they do, it's too late now. The damage is done.

[Omah]

Blimey, at this rate, it'll be less than 1m on Saturday ..... ;)

[daniel-lewis-1985]

That's what I think they will do, also with ratings of around an average 2.5 million for CBB and over 1+ million for BB, to make new plans for it next year and see ratings rise then it will be seen as not only listening but also a bigger success for them.

Had it had higher ratings this year and then dropped a lot next year that would have looked disastrous,this way it has still done well enough this year and can really grow more next year.

It's sort of like business,have lower targets in your first year and then when figures really grow in the 2nd year it seems a massive success.

Bollox!

If this series carries on under 1.5 million it will look disastrous. PERIOD.

This is the chance for them to make an impact and if people have switched off already now by next year it would be completley forgotten about.

[joeysteele]

But I doubt BB will ever be a ratings success anymore. Five have completely shafted the core BB die hard audience, and they will never get them back. No matter what they do, it's too late now. The damage is done.

That's mostly right but they have lots of options open to them for next year that can put things right.

CBB for instance is planned again to be on first.CBB got good ratings this year.The figures watching, 5 million at the launch and 3 million for the final.
The idea of BB is still a good one and that proved people will watch it.
The launch of BB itself,only had half a milion less watching.

Now, for whatever reasons, ratings are down but to still higher than what even a lot on here thought they would be, I recall seeing figures of 1 million and even under a million being said.

I don't think it's too late at all. What Channel 5 need to do is make sure BB is massively promoted next year, bring back some live feed or certainly lots more footage of BB and use the CBB series to really capitalise on the changes that will have to be made.

I thnk the 1 to 1.5 million plus there is now watching it still, is near to the hard core audience,I don't think the hard core audience is anything like 1.25 million.

Maybe as many have said on here, people will not be able to relate or attach themselves to these 'really good' overall housemates in this year, because they hardly see them. That was always going to be the problem without more footage. We don't know these people in the house, people don't like that, they want to know and see all they can of people to form opinions of and 'bond' a bit to them. Impossible with only 50 minutes a night covering 14 housemates.

That I believe is why people have gone off this series, that does not mean, (hopefully), they won't watch another though with more footage and better planning.

[Jords]

Bollox!

If this series carries on under 1.5 million it will look disastrous. PERIOD.

This is the chance for them to make an impact and if people have switched off already now by next year it would be completley forgotten about.

Want a tampon?

[joeysteele]

Bollox!

If this series carries on under 1.5 million it will look disastrous. PERIOD.

This is the chance for them to make an impact and if people have switched off already now by next year it would be completley forgotten about.

Depends on the actual reasons for not watching it at present. If its because they cannot relate to the housemates by not knowing much about them and also, from such limited footage, not likely to get to know much about them either, then that can easily be put right in a future series.

CBB will be watched next year as it was this year so they still have that platform to use to announce big changes too.

If no changes come, then a more gloomy future,if any. lies ahead.I'd agree to that.

I still stand with the comment, some on here and who I talk to were not even predicting the current ratings,never mind averaging 1.5 million.

If it falls repeatedly below I million, that will be very bad, not disastrous,simply because of the Channel it is on.
Those figures would be unlikely to encourage further series but I am not at that doomwatch stage yet,I can with necessary and well planned changes still see a future for BB albeit possibly on a smaller scale.

[CharlieO]

Think, its only the first week. By the end its going to have such few viewers.

[Jordan.]

God this is awful :joker:

Hopefully its the kick they need to bring back LF for next series though.

[MeMyselfAndI]

Dreadful ratings. Ahwell i like this season:).

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Wednesday 13th September Overnights
22:00- Big Brother: 1.43m (8.7%)
*5 minute peak: 1.62m

[AJ.]

Seems like it's settled around 1.4 with about 400K 16-34. Still expect it to drop again slightly next week though.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Im dreading seeing Saturdays figures.

Its going to be the 1st time BB has ever fallen below 1 million.

[Omah]

The outlook is bleak ..... :sad:

[DigitalSid]

Wednesday 13th September Overnights
22:00- Big Brother: 1.43m (8.7%)
*5 minute peak: 1.62m

What time?

[DigitalSid]

Im dreading seeing Saturdays figures.

Its going to be the 1st time BB has ever fallen below 1 million.

Sunday :(

[joeysteele]

I'm not going to worry as to the ratings for this year now, it is next years that will be more important and I still think all the relevant and necessary changes needed will be in place by then.

I believe this years has been an experiment to see how 'cheaply' it could be done but if that hasn't worked then more will be done for next year.
In order to get Celebrities too to go in the one starting early next year it will need to be shown to them as a show that is believed in and also worth the celebrities while to take part in it.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

I'm not going to worry as to the ratings for this year now, it is next years that will be more important and I still think all the relevant and necessary changes needed will be in place by then.

I believe this years has been an experiment to see how 'cheaply' it could be done but if that hasn't worked then more will be done for next year.
In order to get Celebrities too to go in the one starting early next year it will need to be shown to them as a show that is believed in and also worth the celebrities while to take part in it.

This is not a trial run. This is supposed to be "BIGGEST BROTHER EVER!".

Its supposed to come back with a bang not fizzle out after 3 weeks.

[Omah]

This is not a trial run. This is supposed to be "BIGGEST BROTHER EVER!".

Its supposed to come back with a bang not fizzle out after 3 weeks.

I shouldn't laugh but ..... :joker:

[Stu]

I'm not going to worry as to the ratings for this year now, it is next years that will be more important and I still think all the relevant and necessary changes needed will be in place by then.

I believe this years has been an experiment to see how 'cheaply' it could be done but if that hasn't worked then more will be done for next year.
In order to get Celebrities too to go in the one starting early next year it will need to be shown to them as a show that is believed in and also worth the celebrities while to take part in it.
Yeah this two series run of Big Brother is really just a crash test muck about haw haw haw.

Get real.

[Merry Mockmas]

Thanks for stickying this again :)

Anyway yeah remember before it started we all thought it would only get about 1.4 a night anyway and assumed C5 would be happy with that. I think we just assumed all their other programmes done so **** they would be happy with just a million.

However...looking at Channel 5's ratings there are shows on the schedule that are actually beating BB aka CSI and all prime time show on C5 last night got over 1 million viewers.

BB needed to do something special.

I didnt think CBB8 ratings were great but would kill for them now for BB12.

Such a shame as i think this is going to be the best series in years.

Has any british programmes beat Big Brother on C5? if they havent then dont worry yet as C5 get **** ratings.:joker:

[Merry Mockmas]

Im dreading seeing Saturdays figures.

Its going to be the 1st time BB has ever fallen below 1 million.

Its Big Brother not Caprica.

[DigitalSid]

http://www.southernstarentertainment.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=4&Itemid=5

:dance:

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Has any british programmes beat Big Brother on C5? if they havent then dont worry yet as C5 get **** ratings.:joker:

Back to reality, CSI, Cricket....to name a few.

Channel 5's ratings are not as bad as people make out.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

1.18m.
Oh my dear.

[Vladimir]

That's horrendous for a Thursday night. :(

[Omah]

Catastrophe ..... :shocked:

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Dreading Saturdays figures

[Black Dagger]

Meh.... decent HL's show, the series was never going to be a hit, so I'm certainly not surprised. They've got a decent cast but not much else, they need to do bloody well to get some viewers in January.

[happybbfan]

Biggest bruva Ever more like the Biggest Balls up ever

[bbnut]

Too early for the 'we told you so' email to channel 5 or should we wait a bit? :p

[The Human Santapede]

1.18m.
Oh my dear.

We should take a bet for the when we think the ratings will plunge beneath 1 million.

[Omah]

We should take a bet for the when we think the ratings will plunge beneath 1 million.

Saturday .....

[happybbfan]

Too early for the 'we told you so' email to channel 5 or should we wait a bit? :p

a lot of us have been telling C5 this would happen since June of this year but now the ratings are in our favour and we are right,we should continue to push even more to make them see sense.
these ratings will cost with the free ads they will now have to give away just as c4 did in BB10.the expected ratings were around 2 million at the lowest so C5 are not rosy in their kingdom atm

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Overall, ITV1 took primetime with 22.2% (+1: 0.7%) against BBC One's 20.8%. Channel 5 ranked in a strong third with 5.3%, ahead of BBC Two and Channel 4 jointly with 4.8% (+1: 0.7%).

[Jordan.]

smh

[happybbfan]

ratings revised down on DS to 1.16 million.Celebrity Juice getting 1.19 million

[thediaryroomchair]

That is disastrous. I do not foresee the show being renewed beyond BB13. 1.1 million for a show that once got 10 million is saddening to see as a fan.

[Dan.Hilton]

It doesn't matter about ratings, as long as we have fun watching it!

[RichardG]

It doesn't matter about ratings, as long as we have fun watching it!

We won't be watching it for much longer with these kind of ratings though. :p

Overall, ITV1 took primetime with 22.2% (+1: 0.7%) against BBC One's 20.8%. Channel 5 ranked in a strong third with 5.3%, ahead of BBC Two and Channel 4 jointly with 4.8% (+1: 0.7%).

At least C5 was third, that's some consolation I suppose.

[Tom]

:laugh2:

i knew BB on 5 was going to fail but I never predicted it would be on the verge of plummeting below 1m viewers by the end of week 1 :joker: serves 5 right for completely ballsing it up in every way possible

[Maia]

Dying.

[g17m]

I agree, channel 5 could do better with the ratings, but they dont help themselves, show it at 9 or 9:30 every night without changing because i never seem to watch on a night as i am up for work at 5am every morning, i just sky+ it then skip through to bits that look exciting/interesting/not painfully boring when i get home from work the next day

[2k9david2k10]

Well i knowev eryones sick aout live feed thing but ive switched off because i want it now just carnt get to know them anyymore watched the celeb version but just not same :(

[Stevep]

They messed up with CBB, it was a snorefest, CBB was BB's second chance and they failed to deliver big time so people have given up on the show. If CBB started things off with a bang then the ratings would have rubbed off on BB (which is tbf significantly better than CBB) and we would not be witnessing the dire viewing figures we are seeing now.

[Tom]

They messed up with CBB, it was a snorefest, CBB was BB's second chance and they failed to deliver big time so people have given up on the show. If CBB started things off with a bang then the ratings would have rubbed off on BB (which is tbf significantly better than CBB) and we would not be witnessing the dire viewing figures we are seeing now.

they shouldn't have bothered with CBB and just launched with BB. if they cocked that up then they'd be able to throw their efforts into CBB but now they're in the situation where they've killed off the entire franchise and shed 4m viewers in 4 weeks with another CBB due in less than 4 months. they've scheduled too many series too close to each other and bb is a show where less is more.

[iRyan]

I agree they ruined things by putting CBB first, although it was a good series IMO.

[*mazedsalv**]

1st show- 1.83m
2nd show- 1.25m

The first show was the highest since launch, and had a peak of 2.10m

21:00 1,665,700 7.36%
21:05 1,794,000 7.85%
21:10 1,635,500 7.23%
21:15 1,736,800 7.54%
21:20 1,894,400 8.14%
21:25 1,720,800 7.64%
21:30 1,910,000 8.53%
21:35 2,075,300 9.18%
21:40 1,818,100 8.12%
21:45 1,926,500 8.60%
21:50 2,103,100 9.26% Brian speaks to the House
21:55 1,670,300 7.52%

[daniel-lewis-1985]

1.2 for an eviction interview is awful.

Thats what C5 get for sticking it on at 11pm.

[MeMyselfAndI]

This thread is really embarassing & depressing

[Jake.]

At least the first show done ok

[billy123]

The lowest figures for an eviction show in the history of bbuk there is no way of spinning that into a positive its a flop.
I am gutted but its nothing more than C5 deserve for snubbing the shows audience.

[happybbfan]

it seems looking at the breakdown in the ratings that more viewers tuned in to watch who was going to be evicted in the second half rather than watch the highlights itself.

[BB IS ALIVE]

well it's not good but considering it got 1.1 on thursday I expected the eviction to be lower and did'nt think it would bump up to 1.8

[daniel-lewis-1985]

it seems looking at the breakdown in the ratings that more viewers tuned in to watch who was going to be evicted in the second half rather than watch the highlights itself.

Wow you should be a rocket scientist :o

[happybbfan]

Wow you should be a rocket scientist :o

Im only stating that the highlights themselves were not enough to bring in the highest rating of the night
i am full aware that the ratings would go up nearer to the eviction but imo the highlights have not been good enough to draw viewers in

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Im only stating that the highlights themselves were not enough to bring in the highest rating of the night
i am full aware that the ratings would go up nearer to the eviction but imo the highlights have not been good enough to draw viewers in

I think the highlights are the best in years.

Last night episode was amazing....Its the first one thats actually shocked me and made me gasp in years lol.

[RichardG]

I'm not surprised the interview only got 1.25m, they put it on way too late. Even I struggled to bother waiting an hour just to see an interview with a housemate I didn't really care about anyway.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

If they had 1 long show instead of splitting it the ratings would have been so much better.

[Jordan.]

This thread is really embarassing & depressing

[2] .

[Samuel.]

1. It's an autumn/winter BB (rather than a summer BB where there's less competition on telly)
2. Inconsistent airing times
3. Airing right after 3 weeks of CBB (doesn't help that it wasn't particularly great)
4. Being on 5 instead of 4...
5. Lack of a live feed

For those reasons, I'm not surprised it's struggling. If 5 really commits to BB next year and fixes those I've listed above (obviously not number 4), they could win over a lot of viewers. And I hope they do; I don't want BB13 to be the last.

The show still has potential. Yeah, it's never going to be one of the most talked about shows on telly anymore, but it still can bring in some good viewing numbers for 5 if handled right.

[joeysteele]

1. It's an autumn/winter BB (rather than a summer BB where there's less competition on telly)
2. Inconsistent airing times
3. Airing right after 3 weeks of CBB (doesn't help that it wasn't particularly great)
4. Being on 5 instead of 4...
5. Lack of a live feed

For those reasons, I'm not surprised it's struggling. If 5 really commits to BB next year and fixes those I've listed above (obviously not number 4), they could win over a lot of viewers. And I hope they do; I don't want BB13 to be the last.

The show still has potential. Yeah, it's never going to be one of the most talked about shows on telly anymore, but it still can bring in some good viewing numbers for 5 if handled right.


A really good post.
They are all very sound points you make, I hope Channel 5 do what you suggest,I also believe the show still has potential.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

The fact that its been pushed back again tonight to 10:15 makes it worse.

Tonight we are going to see the first episode in history to drop below 1 million i think.

[CharlieO]

The fact that its been pushed back again tonight to 10:15 makes it worse.

Tonight we are going to see the first episode in history to drop below 1 million i think.

Some people on here are so negative :rolleyes:

Last year you would be so happy to get BB back no matter the figures.

[Locke.]

It will do ok tonight it isn't up against Jonathan Ross like it usually is

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Some people on here are so negative :rolleyes:

Last year you would be so happy to get BB back no matter the figures.

Dont roll your eyes at me bitch.

Im loving this series as ive said in many posts however this is the ratings thread where we discuss the actual facts, how the show is rating and predict ratings for upcoming episodes.

Looking at the figures and the time slot for tonight and seeing how the previous episodes have rated im predicting it will fall below 1 million.

Dont be jel coz you cant watch BB you boarding school Betty.

Oh and i actually care about the show. Im a massive fan. Hence me actually caring about the ratings.

[CharlieO]

Dont roll your eyes at me bitch.

Im loving this series as ive said in many posts however this is the ratings thread where we discuss the actual facts, how the show is rating and predict ratings for upcoming episodes.

Looking at the figures and the time slot for tonight and seeing how the previous episodes have rated im predicting it will fall below 1 million.

Dont be jel coz you cant watch BB you boarding school Betty.

Oh and i actually care about the show. Im a massive fan. Hence me actually caring about the ratings.

My original post was a joke at all the other people on here who are like that so clam down. I couldn't care less about people being positive.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

My original post was a joke at all the other people on here who are like that so clam down. I couldn't care less about people being positive.

"Clam down"?

Are you calling me a vagina?

[CharlieO]

"Clam down"?

Are you calling me a vagina?

Well things have been a little fishy lately.

SEE WHAT I DID THERE ^ :laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:
God I'm hilarious.

[iRyan]

The lowest figures for an eviction show in the history of bbuk there is no way of spinning that into a positive its a flop.
I am gutted but its nothing more than C5 deserve for snubbing the shows audience.

Er, that's not true. Angel's eviction on BB10 got 1.6 million.

[iRyan]

Honestly, this series ratings don't even matter since they've already signed an agreement to do BB13 next year anyways. It's BB13's ratings that will REALLY matter, and I'm sure it will do alot better being on the regular summer schedule and (hopefully) a live feed.

[billy123]

Honestly, this series ratings don't even matter since they've already signed an agreement to do BB13 next year anyways. It's BB13's ratings that will REALLY matter, and I'm sure it will do alot better being on the regular summer schedule and (hopefully) a live feed.
Your off your rocker if you think the ratings dont matter the ratings during bb10 fell so far short of the levels promised to advertisers that they had to start giving away free advertising to keep them onboard.
With the cost of the show at £80million thats a lot of advertising for c5 to sell before they can break even with the show and the lower the ratings the less the advertising is worth if the show is losing money it wont get recomissioned so to say ratings dont matter is just crazy.

P.S. your post above is bollocks angels eviction drew 2.1 million. :xyxwave:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1524856

[Merry Mockmas]

TBF no wonder the ratings are dropping when its times are always changing,like tommorrow its on at 9PM.

C5 cant do that to a show and expect it to be pulling 2 million viewers.

[joeysteele]

TBF no wonder the ratings are dropping when its times are always changing,like tommorrow its on at 9PM.

C5 cant do that to a show and expect it to be pulling 2 million viewers.

I totally agree, I really beileve they are just experimenting with time slots to gather whatever info they can as to the best times to screen it.
(The way they did it tonight they avoided clashing with Jonathon Ross, Xtra factor and Million Pound Drop though.)

I agree with your point completely because people like to get in a routine and most hate it when programmes are shifted about with the regularity that Channel 5 are doing with BB.Even on weekdays, not just weekends.

[JohnnyBB]

i suuspect 0.1 million tuned in tonight.

[happybbfan]

0.9 milliom last night
0.9m (5.3%)
* all time low

Breakdown
22:15 - 0.9m (4.7%)
22:30 - 1.0m (5.5%)
22:45 - 0.9m (5.7%)
23:00 - 0.8m (5.3%)

[joeysteele]

Saturday has another problem too, since it deals mostly with the time up to the eviction,which makes for awkward viewing since Tashie was still in a lot of it.

People like continuity and a lot of what was on the earlier part of the programme last night was on the night before anyway.

Poor figures though no doubt, but saturday and Sunday were never the best nights for BB or Sundays and the time slot of 10.15 was also a bad choice.

[Callum]

Very sad to see figures reach under a million, but was expected.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Saturday has another problem too, since it deals mostly with the time up to the eviction,which makes for awkward viewing since Tashie was still in a lot of it.

People like continuity and a lot of what was on the earlier part of the programme last night was on the night before anyway.

Poor figures though no doubt, but saturday and Sunday were never the best nights for BB or Sundays and the time slot of 10.15 was also a bad choice.

Erm no it wasnt.

I hate it when people think Saturday HL shows are just a rehash of the night before when its not.

The eviction is only covered for a small part of the programme.

[Omah]

14-09-2011, 12:44 PM

Blimey, at this rate, it'll be less than 1m on Saturday ..... ;)

I should have done the lottery, too ..... :laugh2:

[daniel-lewis-1985]

I should have done the lottery, too ..... :laugh2:

Wasnt really hard to predict though was it.

[Omah]

Wasnt really hard to predict though was it.

Did you predict it ?

:puzzled:

[CharlieO]

Did you predict it ?

:puzzled:

He did.

[Omah]

He did.

When ?

:conf:

[CharlieO]

When ?

:conf:

Cough

The fact that its been pushed back again tonight to 10:15 makes it worse.

Tonight we are going to see the first episode in history to drop below 1 million i think.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Cough

:joker: :thumbs:

Im sure we all assumed it would dip under 1 million anyway.

Not rocket science is it.

[armand.kay]

When are we getting the offiical rating and what happend to inside bigbrother ?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

When are we getting the offiical rating and what happend to inside bigbrother ?

2 weeks i think?

Dont know what happened to insidebigbrother but i allways used to go there to check ratings :(

[Omah]

Cough

That was the 17th ..... :pat:

Mine's dated the 14th ..... :hmph:

[daniel-lewis-1985]

That was the 17th ..... :pat:

Mine's dated the 14th ..... :hmph:

Noones impressed.

[armand.kay]

2 weeks i think?

Dont know what happened to insidebigbrother but i allways used to go there to check ratings :(
same i hope they are back soon. I really hope the officials are much better.

[Stu]

IBB used to be cracking for the rating breakdowns but they completely lost it this year. It seems like they've just given up. They didn't even have that cool show retrospective section this year that had graph charts of the ratings and a little paragraph about what the fans thought of the series.

[Black Dagger]

Gutted but expected... not going to go all dramatic going BIG BROTHER IS DEAD IT'S NO LONGER BIG BROTHER... like I've seen before.

[joeysteele]

Well some people even on here thought BB would only get or barely get 1 million anyway for the whole series.

I am not a doomwatch person,I believe Channel 5 can turn this around if they want to, but we do not need to see the build up again to the evictions on the Saturdays highlight show, the earlier half of the Saturday show still has the evicted housemate in it.

The Saturday highlights should be from after the eviction rather than showing the eviction again, even to showing Tashie climbing the stairs to go out and waiting for the doors to open, we saw all that the night before and on the 2 repeats shown on Saturday too.

With such limited footage time anyway, all should start afresh on the Saturday's highlights from after the eviction not before it.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

That awful ratings, but im not surprised really, cause of the lack of LF

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Well some people even on here thought BB would only get or barely get 1 million anyway for the whole series.

I am not a doomwatch person,I believe Channel 5 can turn this around if they want to, but we do not need to see the build up again to the evictions on the Saturdays highlight show, the earlier half of the Saturday show still has the evicted housemate in it.

The Saturday highlights should be from after the eviction rather than showing the eviction again, even to showing Tashie climbing the stairs to go out and waiting for the doors to open, we saw all that the night before and on the 2 repeats shown on Saturday too.

With such limited footage time anyway, all should start afresh on the Saturday's highlights from after the eviction not before it.

Why would they miss out a whole portion of the day though?

This is such a stupid post lol.

You are basically saying that last nights show should have only consisted of footage after 11pm from Friday. SERIOSULY?!

We need to see what happens throughout the day everyday. All of last nights footage bar the 5 minutes they covered the eviction was new footage.

And if they did do what you are saying we would not have seen Rebeckhas out burst at Harry last night.

:rolleyes:

[joeysteele]

Why would they miss out a whole portion of the day though?

This is such a stupid post lol.

You are basically saying that last nights show should have only consisted of footage after 11pm from Friday. SERIOSULY?!

We need to see what happens throughout the day everyday. All of last nights footage bar the 5 minutes they covered the eviction was new footage.

And if they did do what you are saying we would not have seen Rebeckhas out burst at Harry last night.

:rolleyes:

I don't call your posts stupid so please refrain from calling mine so,thank you.

Actually yes, I personally ( likely most others wouldn't)would prefer that, they don't do that much on eviction day anyway.
Really I would like more footage, I fail to see the need when we have just had part of the highlights programme on friday taken up with the announcement of the eviction on eviction night to then have the next nights highlights taken up in part with the same thing.

There are 2 repeats of BB on daily, one on Channel 5 and the other on 5*, we do not need to see again the eviction build up process in a 4th transmission.

As to the outburst of Rebeckah to Harry, I concede the highlights should start from after the announcement of who was being evicted then of course we would have seen it,that's a valid point.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

I don't call your posts stupid so please refrain from calling mine so,thank you.

Actually yes, I personally ( likely most others wouldn't)would prefer that, they don't do that much on eviction day anyway.
Really I would like more footage, I fail to see the need when we have just had part of the highlights programme on friday taken up with the announcement of the eviction on eviction night to then have the next nights highlights taken up in part with the same thing.

There are 2 repeats of BB on daily, one on Channel 5 and the other on 5*, we do not need to see again the eviction build up process in a 4th transmission.

As to the outburst of Rebeckah to Harry, I concede the highlights should start from after the announcement of who was being evicted then of course we would have seen it,that's a valid point.

100% disagree sorry.

I dont want to miss everything thats happened in the day. What if a massive argument kicked off or something happens thats crucial to the storylines being played in the normal highlights.

No sorry.

[Omah]

Noones impressed.

So you say ..... :idc:

[IheartBB]

I pretty much made my peace with BB ending last year. Didn't expect it to do well when I heard C5 had bought the rights so I'm hardly surprised. I don't think anyone else should be either. This year's series (although very entertaining) feels very rushed. They seemed to put all of their efforts into CBB and assumed the viewers would stay tuned for the main show. We can only hope C5 learn by their mistakes and do everything in their power to make next year's show a success.

[Tom4784]

It's nothing to worry about, Saturdays are a tough night in television since BBC1 and ITV pretty much totally dominate which is why the Saturday BB shows always rank pretty low since everyone's either out or watching the main channels. I'm guessing that the ratings will pick up again now and stick to the millions range and then dip again on saturdays. Low ratings only mean trouble when they are consistent and generally BB has been C5's best rated show currently on the air.

[JohnnyBB]

tonight bb up against spooks and downton abbey 9pm
9vz4xHW8

[Omah]

It's nothing to worry about, Saturdays are a tough night in television since BBC1 and ITV pretty much totally dominate which is why the Saturday BB shows always rank pretty low since everyone's either out or watching the main channels. I'm guessing that the ratings will pick up again now and stick to the millions range and then dip again on saturdays. Low ratings only mean trouble when they are consistent and generally BB has been C5's best rated show currently on the air.

I'm guessing that less than 1m will be the norm for BB from this week onwards ..... mainly because it's no longer "fashionable" to watch ..... ;)

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Last night: 1.2m (4.6%)

[Black Dagger]

Decent... Downtown Abbey was the focal point for many last night, myself included.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

It wll be 1.4 plus this week i think. It had alot of competition last night.

[Black Dagger]

It wll be 1.4 plus this week i think. It had alot of competition last night.

Yeah I think it will stick at 1.3/4 for the rest of the week, especially tomorrow as I think it's only competition is Shameless?

[joeysteele]

Last night: 1.2m (4.6%)

I am surprised at that,was expecting 0.8 or something around that.

Wish they were higher but not really bad for a Sunday.

[AJ.]

4.6% is the lowest share ever?

[Merry Mockmas]

Proving once again that Big Brother loves the 9:00pm slot,but as usual Channel 5 want it cancelled by keep changing its time slots all the ****ing time.

[billy123]

Big Brother: 1.4m (8.0%) for what was a weaker more kiddie aimed type highlight show.

[In the Drunk Tank]

Hmm ratings haven't been great then, if it stays around 1.4/5m then I think they would be happy, I know that basically any ratings above a couple of hundred thousand are better than C5 normally get but BB was such a big investment I'd imagine they'd be dissapointed if it starts to drag in less than a million viewers on a regular basis

[Omah]

Big Brother: 1.4m (8.0%) for what was a weaker more kiddie aimed type highlight show.

The producers know their demographics, then ..... :joker:

[Black Dagger]

Slight improvement over the past couple of nights, I thought it was a great highlights show... and it deserved a slight ratings boost.

Should get around 1.44 tonight with the new series of Later Live and Shameless.

[CaudleHalbard]

So about 50% of the audience for CBB8 then?

Not good!

[iRyan]

At least it's improvement from the ****ty ratings from the days before.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

1.46m for BB last night.

[Black Dagger]

Slowly improving... I think it will stick at this during the week... get a decent ratings for the eviction shows... 1.7-1.9

and be abysmal on Saturday's

[daniel-lewis-1985]

So when are we getting the officials?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Apparently Tuesday got 1.6 not 1.4

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Wednesday 21st September Ratings
22:00- Big Brother: 1.3m (7.7%)

Last nights episode deserved alot more.

[Black Dagger]

Oooh and it takes a slight dip again... I do think it'll be back around 1.4-1.5 tonight and the eviction should get a fair deal of people watching.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

This series deserves ratings 3 million plus in my opinion.

If this was on straight after BB5 it would have averaged about 4.9 i reckon.

Its awesome

[In the Drunk Tank]

Shame it dipped, last night was a really good episode

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Channel 4 are slaying Channel 5 in the ratings.

Channel 4

Channel 4's Location, Location, Location leapt to 2.63m (11.4%) at 8pm (+1: 200k). Grand Designs continued with 2.61m (10.9%) at 9pm (+1: 308k

Channel 5

Emergency Bikers dipped to 1.03m (4.5%) for Channel 5 at 8pm, before Law & Order: Criminal Intent lured 818k (3.4%).

Big Brother fetched 1.36m (7.8%) in the 10pm hour, before Big Brother's Bit on the Side notched up 170k (1.8%) for 5*.



Overall, ITV1 led primetime with 21.9% (+1: 1%), ahead of BBC One's 17.6%, Channel 4's 8.7% (+1: 0.9%), BBC Two's 5.6%, and Channel 5's 4.2%.

[In the Drunk Tank]

What about Channel 4's 10pm show?

[CharlieO]

Rofl.

[happybbfan]

Jack Whitehall's Fresh Meat, penned by Peep Show writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, managed a respectable 1.47m (8.4%) for its first episode at 10pm (+1: 215k).

looks like C4 put out a good show at 10pm last night
a comedy drama about a group of freshers at university
good timing too as many have started back at uni too
Jack Whitehall does a lot of his tours in universities

[Omah]

Channel 4 are slaying Channel 5 in the ratings.

Channel 4

Channel 4's Location, Location, Location leapt to 2.63m (11.4%) at 8pm (+1: 200k). Grand Designs continued with 2.61m (10.9%) at 9pm (+1: 308k

Channel 5

Emergency Bikers dipped to 1.03m (4.5%) for Channel 5 at 8pm, before Law & Order: Criminal Intent lured 818k (3.4%).

Big Brother fetched 1.36m (7.8%) in the 10pm hour, before Big Brother's Bit on the Side notched up 170k (1.8%) for 5*.



Overall, ITV1 led primetime with 21.9% (+1: 1%), ahead of BBC One's 17.6%, Channel 4's 8.7% (+1: 0.9%), BBC Two's 5.6%, and Channel 5's 4.2%.

What about Channel 4's 10pm show?

Jack Whitehall's Fresh Meat, penned by Peep Show writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, managed a respectable 1.47m (8.4%) for its first episode at 10pm (+1: 215k).

So, only 110k difference at 2200

[billy123]

Big Brother: 1.31m (7.6%) for thursday night.

[Omah]

Big Brother: 1.31m (7.6%) for thursday night.

Well, my prediction of LT 1m before Friday was wrong - the core audience is still sticking with it ..... :amazed:

[BB IS ALIVE]

I thinnk this week has been an improvment on last week, only getting 1.1 on thursday. Could maybe get 2m for the eviction tonight, but I'm still doubtfull

[billy123]

21:00 Big Brother: Live Eviction: 1.49m (6.5%)
23:00 Big Brother: Rebeckah's Interview: 1.12m (8.8%)
23:30 Big Brother's Bit on the Side: 603k (7.0%)

[Omah]

Ooh, that's terrible .... :eek:

[CharlieO]

I might actually watch an episode tonight since I can.

[David R]

Gosh 1.5m for an eviction, especially of a controversial housemate is pretty damn poor. Also having the 1 hour gap kills the rating because most don't come back.

You should be getting 1.5m for a highlights show on the weekend! not for a live eviction.

[Jarrod]

The ratings are staying solid at the moment at just over 1.4m. I think if the series continues on that note, the series could be around for a bit longer. It's just too long between Eviction shows and it's shown too late at night

[Callum]

Good to see it staying over 1m, I hope it doesn't dip under again.

[The Human Santapede]

The biggest issue is LF. The housemates are actually much better than recent years (BB11, BB10 and BB8) but the lack of being able to watch them at any point in the day stops a lot from actually getting to know them properly or getting hooked on wanting to know more about them.

[Patrick]

The biggest issue is LF. The housemates are actually much better than recent years (BB11, BB10 and BB8) but the lack of being able to watch them at any point in the day stops a lot from actually getting to know them properly or getting hooked on wanting to know more about them.

Agree 110%

Do you know how annoying it is, when they show the snibbet of Live Streaming at the end of the Eviction Night - and then it just cuts to a Freederm Advert and goes over?

Last night it tore me apart, because it was so entertaining and sh*t was going down and then - BAM it went off and we couldn't even switch over to 5Star or something to watch Live Feed. :bored:

[fingers]

Agree 110%

Do you know how annoying it is, when they show the snibbet of Live Streaming at the end of the Eviction Night - and then it just cuts to a Freederm Advert and goes over?

Last night it tore me apart, because it was so entertaining and sh*t was going down and then - BAM it went off and we couldn't even switch over to 5Star or something to watch Live Feed. :bored:

You won't see it on the HL show either!:dance:

[Jake.]

You think they would leave a good arguement out? Lol ok then

[Omah]

Good to see it staying over 1m, I hope it doesn't dip under again.

I predict 700k tonight ..... ;)

[Callum]

I predict 700k tonight ..... ;)

Forgot it was against Jonathan Ross tonight :(

[Black Dagger]

I'm going with 0.85 million tonight...

[billy123]

Saturday night 21:30- Big Brother: 1.1 ( 5.3%)

[Omah]

I predict 700k tonight ..... ;)

21:30- Big Brother: 1.1 ( 5.3%)

I stand corrected ..... :joker:

[Maia]

Well at least it's not under 1m.

[Novo]

Pretty decent considering last weeks

[armand.kay]

when do we get the officials ??

[Patrick]

when do we get the officials ??

Like late October I think.

[joeysteele]

Pretty decent considering last weeks

I agree Novo, with all the other things on that is okay for a saturday night.

[Black Dagger]

Nice for a Saturday.. glad it didn't dip under 1M.

[BB IS ALIVE]

I think the timeslot helped, being on straight after the x factor, last week's showing at 10:15 was crazy, whoever at channel 5 took the decision to put their biggest show on so late really need's a talking to!

[billy123]

21:00 Big Brother: 1.34m (4.9%)
No real difference for the 9pm start.

[Black Dagger]

No major difference... looking like it's going to stick with 1.3m

Although I did turn off last night. (Not like it's relevent).

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Aint watched any of BB this weekend as have been away so need to catch up. These ratings are shocking

[joeysteele]

They are not good figures but they are a strong number to build the next series on next year.

The doomwatchers who said BB could be down to 700,000 to 800,000 at weekends haven't seen that materialise as yet.
Around I.4 million is a good base to build on and if that becomes the sort of hardcore figure for the series the likely verdict will be adequate but can, (not must), do much better.

So much missing from this series that can be addressed and added to the next one and then those figures could likely rise very strongly too.

[Samuel.]

They are not good figures but they are a strong number to build the next series on next year.

The doomwatchers who said BB could be down to 700,000 to 800,000 at weekends haven't seen that materialise as yet.
I.4 million is a good base to build on and if that becomes the sort of hardcore figure for the series the likely verdict will be adequate but can do much better.

So much missing from this series that can be addressed and added to the next one and then those figures could likely rise very strongly too.

Yeah definitely.

As I've said before, it directly following 3 weeks of a fairly poor CBB didn't do any good for this series, and the fact it's a Autumn/Winter BB doesn't help either. Some of the airing times have been questionable, too.

If Five really commit and put a bigger focus on BB13, I believe they can get closer viewing figures to what CBB8 got.

[Iceman]

They are not good figures but they are a strong number to build the next series on next year.

The doomwatchers who said BB could be down to 700,000 to 800,000 at weekends haven't seen that materialise as yet.
Around I.4 million is a good base to build on and if that becomes the sort of hardcore figure for the series the likely verdict will be adequate but can, (not must), do much better.

So much missing from this series that can be addressed and added to the next one and then those figures could likely rise very strongly too.

I think once X Factor Live Shows start then it will hit around that. Hopefully I'm wrong.

[joeysteele]

I think once X Factor Live Shows start then it will hit around that. Hopefully I'm wrong.

I agree with that.
Hopefully they will make sure the main X Factor show doesnt ever clash,take it's chance with Xtra Factor, (which I usually record anyway to watch later).Hopefully Jonathon Ross may be gone then too.

[Iceman]

I agree with that.
Hopefully they will make sure the main X Factor show doesnt ever clash,take it's chance with Xtra Factor, (which I usually record anyway to watch later).Hopefully Jonathon Ross may be gone then too.

well JR is on a 13 week run.... thinks its been on for 2-3 weeks now, I reckon it will clash :sad:

I agree take the chance against the xtra Factor.

[RichardG]

Xtra Factor doesn't tend to do amazing in the ratings anyway. It might knock off 100/200,000 off Big Brother's ratings but probably not much more than that. It hasn't affected BB's ratings the past few weekends too much.

[Omah]

The doomwatchers who said BB could be down to 700,000 to 800,000 at weekends haven't seen that materialise as yet.

I predict that will happen Saturday 1st October ..... ;)

[happybbfan]

Big Brother 1.44m (8.2%) Big Brother's Bit On The Side 615k (6.9%) from 11pm.

[CharlieO]

They ruined their chances with CBB

[Stevep]

Isn't 1.5 decent? Granted i don;t know much about ratings and what channel 5 were hoping for, but im guessing it was something round abouts 2m a ep? Lets also take into account when Big Bro launched, which was right when schools started across the country, so i'm guessing a large chunk of the big bro audience are going to bed early too. Channel 4 had theirs in the summer. What was the average for channel 4 last year?

[joeysteele]

Isn't 1.5 decent? Granted i don;t know much about ratings and what channel 5 were hoping for, but im guessing it was something round abouts 2m a ep? Lets also take into account when Big Bro launched, which was right when schools started across the country, so i'm guessing a large chunk of the big bro audience are going to bed early too. Channel 4 had theirs in the summer. What was the average for channel 4 last year?

I think they are fair figures, definately. They can do much better next year I am sure too.

[RichardG]

Isn't 1.5 decent? Granted i don;t know much about ratings and what channel 5 were hoping for, but im guessing it was something round abouts 2m a ep? Lets also take into account when Big Bro launched, which was right when schools started across the country, so i'm guessing a large chunk of the big bro audience are going to bed early too. Channel 4 had theirs in the summer. What was the average for channel 4 last year?

I think BB11's average was around 2.8m.
I think next year when it's aired in the summer and there's not much else on tv its ratings will be a bit better. Hopefully anyway :D

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Isn't 1.5 decent? Granted i don;t know much about ratings and what channel 5 were hoping for, but im guessing it was something round abouts 2m a ep? Lets also take into account when Big Bro launched, which was right when schools started across the country, so i'm guessing a large chunk of the big bro audience are going to bed early too. Channel 4 had theirs in the summer. What was the average for channel 4 last year?

Last years average was 2.9 million.

1.44 is not decent even for Channel 5. They hoped for 2 million and other shows on Channel 5 are getting better ratings some nights.

Its steady at 1.3/1.4 now though and it will be interesting to see the officials when they are released.

[BB IS ALIVE]

getting an 8% share at 10 and a 7% share at 11 is not something they could lay claim to before big brother. They are lucky to get 6% on most nights

[CharlieO]

I think BB11's average was around 2.8m.
I think next year when it's aired in the summer and there's not much else on tv its ratings will be a bit better. Hopefully anyway :D

If they bring back live feed, have it in the summer, and take it back to basics, it will do better.

[Zizu]

Do all the quoted figures include the mid-afternoon re-run ??

I usually Watch that one as the evening slot has program clashes .

[Black Dagger]

Big Brother: 1.39m (8%)

[Jake.]

Officials on wikipedia now (not sure if true but have a look)