Is BB on its way to cancellation due to the poor ratings
 

Last night's rating was only 5.1 million, the least watched live launch ever.

BBC News nearly beat the launch by getting 5 million viewers.

It's going to all be downhill from now on.

Surely, this is a disasterous rating? Absolutely terrible.

Is it likely that Channel 4 now will not renew the contract and end with BB11, or even try and force Endemol to end it after BB10 by paying compensation.

No it's not because it didn't get poor ratings 5m is still good for BB considering it's been going for 10 years,and as long as the HL shows stay above 3m we should be fine.

That's fantastic for Channel 4.

You got to remember Channel 4 biggest money earner is BB
No i think they'll keep it but if the ratings get realy bad they'll just shift it on to E4

Not really.

The other weeks Grand Design and Night at the Museum both got over 4 million.

The gap in difference is small now between BB and the other shows.

X Factor has effectively been going for the same time under the Pop Stars and Pop Idol formats.

They are getting highest ratings ever.

A big Big Brother man said earlier in the week that it'll keep going as long as it's over 4m didn't he?

Everyone's always saying this but we'll just have to wait and see if they mention auditions later on in the year won't we?

and if they do IM GOING hahaha

It was above 3m-sorry for being so precise.

Erm, yes it is. The slot average this year for that timeslot has been well under 2 million, which means the launch truly outperformed any other show that has been aired at that time on Channel 4 this year - and maybe overall.

It also won its timeslot between each of the networks, so it did well. Just because it didn't get 7 million doesn't mean it still can't be seen as a success.

I hope they keep it going even if its on E4

5m is a good rating for any show. And its channel 4's best rated show.

X factor is still fresh though.

The launch ratings were really good really.

It got 5.1m!!

2008 slot average: 2.2m (10.5%)
- 2009 slot average: 1.8m (8.1%)

The launch was 3.3m more than this years slot average.

I dont think it got as uch advertising this year,they certainly arent doing themselves any favours by not having the live feed, but like said as long as they dont get too low they'll keep going they cant take it off anyway contracts have been signed

I thought it might've been but I decided to go with the higher one so people couldn't go IT WAS 4M ACTUALLY SO IT MIGHT BE :)
I was gonna research it but I'm going out in a minute ha

my point still stands though, even more so in fact

Channel 4 paid for the contract based on the fact that BB was getting close to 5 million viewers daily.

Now it ccan barely get 5 million for launch. They must be disappointed by the decline in ratings, hence why so many people at C4 have said it will end: Angela Jain, George Lamb, etc.

Yes, it's well above the slot average. But it always has been, and usually by a bigger distance.

And also it didn't win its slot. BBC News got 5.0 million, BB got 4.9 million on Channel 4. Fact./

The British government is collapsing before our very eyes. Of course people are going to watch the news more for christ sake. It is election weekend. Five million launch or six million launch, it still won it's slot. And yes, other shows come close to Big Brother's average rating on Channel 4, but are they on every night of the week? Are they half as effortless to produce? Does Come Dine With Me grab the upmarket teenage audience Channel 4 needs for advertising revenue? I doubt it, somehow.

As for Channel 4's contract with Big Brother, they must have known ratings would drop sooner or later. Nothing is stopping them from renewing the contract but for a smaller sum of money. Big Brother is still a monster of a television brand. It's not just one show either. Two additional shows directly attatched to the format do well for E4.

This thread fails.

I've been a BB fan since BB1 and had to ask a friend a couple of weeks ago, when the launch would be as I'd not seen any adds for it on TV

Hehe. I am being Devil's advocate. I know the ratings are quite good, but just people's opinons. :blush2:

i think they have scipted it this year to try to win back viewers, thats why theres no live feed through the day

Oh for the love of god...

You also have to remember how they have cut back on BB this year. Last night was a bad night for TV but tonight we have the apprentice and again on Sunday, if they pull in 3 million against those programmes I will be surprised.:sad:

Thats amazing for a show that hasnt been advertised at all outside C4 And was so unpopular all year round

They're different shows.

It's like saying Big Brother is the same show as Survivor and Shipwrecked, among others.

The ratings are fine. Channel 4 needn't be worried.

5.1 million is preety good. for c4