[Patrick]

Before I begin - just building on something someone else said in another thread regarding the advertising for last night's show;

The adverts did not highlight the 'Live Launch' of Big Brother - it was simply about Secrets and Lies, my Dad today actually told me he thought it was a documentary or a special spin off for BB when he seen it advertised.

I can only assume some other 'casual' viewers thought this too, so there's a contributing factor for last night's horrible ratings.

On to tonight though - it doesn't get much better, on TV Guides across Sky and Virgin etc they should have tonight's show down as:

'Big Brother: Live Launch Part Two'

Because, the way it looks now - people may flicker past it thinking it's a repeat of last night's show, I know that sounds silly to us but we have to take into consideration what 'normal viewers' think - who aren't glued to these forums.

Also on a similar topic, does anyone else genuinely feel sorry for Channel 5?

I mean yeah I know it's their own fault for not advertising - and if I ever get a chance to go on BOTS this Summer, I'll be making that point clear to them, that they should focus on the main series rather than blowing all their promotional budget on members from So Solid Crew twice a year.

But, last night's launch was absolutely magnificent - I don't care what anyone says, it hit the spot. Alot of people on here have been calling me 'negative' the past few weeks.
I wasn't negative, I just wasn't getting my hopes up - and look what happened!

They blew me away, completely and Emma Willis is fantastic at this job, the effort they put into the house and changing the show this year is to be credited, and what do they get for it? Barely 2 Million viewers.

I bet at Elstree right now, there must be an overwhelming sense of rejection and general let down - that the great public would rather obsess over TOWIE and other useless nonsense, than the return of Big Brother.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Yeah really bad promo

[*mazedsalv**]

I agree, I bet everyone working there are feeling quite devastated.

[Rob!]

I sent an email to Channel 5 today congratulating them for a fantastic launch. Maybe more people could do that? It's not more viewers, but at least they know their doing it right.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

I feel really bad for Emma.

She just seems deflated tonight.

Obviously she knows last night flopped.

Yeah tonight isn't going to gain any viewers it just feels like a highlights show.

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

I feel really bad for Emma.

She just seems deflated tonight.

Obviously she knows last night flopped.

Yeah tonight isn't going to gain any viewers it just feels like a highlights show.

Agreed. It will be certainly sub 2m.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

The highlights have been amazing so far.

Just think how different the overall feel had been if last night had got 3 million.

Emma would be buzzing as would Twitter but it feels so flat.

GRRRRR!

[Raph]

Yeah I feel really bad for Emma and the whole Channel 5 team as last night was fantastic and deserved so many more viewers. You could tell Emma isn't as sparked up too, tonight which is such a shame

[Valdora]

I say just keep going, make the show as good as possible and hope that word of mouth does it. All they can do really.

I think what it comes down to is that most of the public haven't heard much about any changes. Two years of the towie show turned away a lot of fans. They have to do something that will get everyone to give it another chance.

[Jamesy]

Yeah, as long as they maintain this quality word of mouth should result in people being brought back to it.