At least the first show done ok

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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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.

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.

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

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.

"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.

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

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

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.

i suuspect 0.1 million tuned in tonight.