[daniel-lewis-1985]

So it seems Channel 5 bought Big Brother not only for the ratings of the show but to build ratings on their other shows aswell and it seems like its worked. The latest ratings are impressive!

Lets remember that last summer we were all talking about Channel 5 shows not even getting a million viewers.

This is great news for the Channel but do you think if all these shows start outperforming BB then BB wont seem like its such a hit and therefor face the risk of being axed?

Heres an example of the latest figures.

Saturday

Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers: 1.6m And 1.49m (6.6%) for 9pm's The Mentalist, which had a further 107k (0.6%) on timeshift

Friday

Live football boosted Channel 5's ratings: 2.53m (13%) and a peak of 4m

(Channel 5 secured third place with 7.5%)

Thursday

Channel 5's NCIS grabbed 1.86m (7.7%), which was preceded by Big Body Squad taking 1.15m (5.1%).


(Channel 5 finished 4th place with 5.4%)

Wednesday

CSI grabs 2.34m (9.4%) in the 9pm hour And Revealed took 1.19m (5.1%)