[Will.]

So this weeks ratings -

Thursday - 2.22M

Friday - 1.55M

Saturday - 910K

Sunday - 1.17M

Monday - 1.6M

Tuesday - 1.62M

Wednesday - 1.4M

Thursday - 1.52M

Friday - 1.7M (presumably)

This series is currently averaging 1.52 overnight. (400k up on BB16 first week, and 350k down on CBB14)

CBB14 ratings:

Monday - 2.36M

Tuesday - 1.75M

Wednesday - 1.95M

Thursday - 1.84M

Friday - 1.99M

Saturday - 1.69M ( X Factor hadn't started yet)

Sunday - 1.9M

Monday - 1.65M

Tuesday - 1.7M

[Jason.]

Be interesting to see what this weekend rates given last weekend rated abysmally. I'm going to Mexico later so I'm going to miss the whole 2nd week.

[Jake.]

Well it's still a massive increase from the ratings 5's been getting over the past month

[Jason.]

Wow the CBB16 ratings look so low when compared to CBB14's 1.8/1.9m

[Will.]

yeah CBB14 rated well in the first week, but once other competitor shows began it went down to 1.6.

[Will.]

by this time in the year CBB14 averaged 1.6-7 overnight in the final weeks:

week 3: 1.68M

Week 4: 1.7M

[Jason.]

CBB14 - 1.87m
CBB16 - 1.52m

So 1.9m and 1.5m rounded. That is a big decrease tbh.

[Will.]

Originally Posted by BB6

CBB14 - 1.87m
CBB16 - 1.52m

So 1.9m and 1.5m rounded. That is a big decrease tbh.

well yes, but that was the only the first week, it decreased to 1.6-7 after week 2.

Where as I think CBB16 will stay at 1.6, because we've not lost the big characters.

[Will.]

CBB14 actually got 2M on the first week, MON-FRIDAY, no weekend ratings.

So if we took the first 5 ratings for CBB16, not including weekends then it looks like this:

week 1 CBB14 - 2M

week 2 CBB16 - 1.7M

both rounded.

[Jason.]

I was about to mention that.

Week 1 for CBB14 was Mon-Fri not Mon-Tue.

[Will.]

Originally Posted by BB6

I was about to mention that.

Week 1 for CBB14 was Mon-Fri not Mon-Tue.

yeah there difficult to compare due to the different launch dates.

CBB14 first week has a much better advantage because of no weekends ratings.

[Jason.]

Actually the CBB14 first weekend rated really well and was actually up on the other series (CBB12, I presume) according to BBspy.

Sat - 1.7m
Sun - 1.9m

So I think it would've been higher had the weekends been counted in the first week.

[Jason.]

Had the weekend counted in the first week of CBB14 then the first week would've averaged 2.24m instead of 1.98m.

[Will.]

yeah, the weekends are quite high.

But then XF hadn't launched then, so it's best to compare the weekends around week 3.

once XF launched, CBB14 was getting 1.2 for Saturdays.

[Will.]

I think 1.1-2 for tonight.

[Jason.]

True.

I think C5 making the gap 6 weeks was a massive mistake tbh. I genuinely think had it launched 3 weeks earlier around the 6th of August, then it would've rated slightly better. This summer's schedule for BB has been crap tbh. Launching BB16 on 12 May after the election, massive gap, launching CBB late in August.

Hopefully next year they actually get a Calendar.

[Will.]

Yeah scheduling has been messed up, it launched too late and now XF and SCD have started.

Mid August would have been better.

XF would probably fall really low tonight with SCD.

tbh they should just axe Saturdays shows.

[Will.]

In terms of series quality, this series deserves great ratings, should be up there with CBB12.

This series feels very CBB10 IMO, but more of an event.

[Jason.]

I agree. It would get the ratings it deserves if they scrapped summer CBB and decided to do UK vs. USA in January instead. Not to mention the plummet in quality of the recent civilian series which has no doubt tarnished the Big Brother brand even more

[Oaker]

Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if the tacky Launch/Day 2 made people turn off

[Will.]

BB can bugger off If it doesn't improve next year.

Channel 5 know how to make a good CBB.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Oaker

Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if the tacky Launch/Day 2 made people turn off

Probably. But it was better than that Dutchess crap we had in CBB14. I also think the lack of big names didn't help as well. I mean we all know one factor as to why CBB15 rated well was because of the two Katie's being in there.

Also, BB16 being crap didn't help either. I wouldn't be surprised if people just tuned out of BB for the whole summer due to that alone. My sister did that last year, with BB15 and CBB14.

[Will.]

This will sound odd,

but a lot of people I know, who only watch CBB, watched CBB14 but didn't watch CBB15. kind of strange really.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Will1999

This will sound odd,

but a lot of people I know, who only watch CBB, watched CBB14 but didn't watch CBB15. kind of strange really.

At work, I always hear the students and teachers talking about January CBB but never BB or summer CBB. I remember the Wednesday that CBB15 launched a girl in my class was telling another girl that KH was rumoured to go in tonight. I remember starting work when CBB13 was on and people were talking about that episode where Jasmine went in the house again via the clock and Lee Ryan's eviction.

[Jason.]

Honestly if BB17 is crap. I'm not even going to bother with the civilian version again. It's no longer the show I once loved back in 2004.