[karl100589]

I actually think this is very relevant, it's interesting to see how 'The Other Side' handles the loss of the show, and based on what I've found it's doing rather badly. Below are the top 30 highest rated shows on Channel 4 for the second week of June, which was when Big Brother 11 began last year. Bolded are programmes which are in the 9/10pm slot which Big Brother filled on the channel.

1 EMBARRASSING FAT BODIES (MON 2101) 3.29
2 CAMELOT (SAT 2101) 3.21
3 CHANNEL 4'S COMEDY GALA (FRI 2102) 2.94
4 24 HOURS IN A & E (WED 2100) 2.54
5 BORN TO BE DIFFERENT (THU 2102) 2.23
6 FILM: DEFINITELY MAYBE (2008) (SUN 2003) 2.12
7 DIAGNOSIS LIVE FROM THE CLINIC (WED 1959) 1.97
8 COME DINE WITH ME (WED 1729) 1.95
9 COME DINE WITH ME (FRI 1730) 1.94
10 COME DINE WITH ME (THU 1729) 1.84
11 COME DINE WITH ME (MON 1730) 1.82
12 FOUR IN A BED (FRI 1659) 1.82
13 DEAL OR NO DEAL (FRI 1600) 1.75
14 DEAL OR NO DEAL (WED 1600) 1.71
15 HELP! MY HOUSE IS FALLING DOWN (THU 1959) 1.71
16 FOUR IN A BED (WED 1659) 1.70
17 COME DINE WITH ME (TUE 1730) 1.70
18 FOUR IN A BED (THU 1659) 1.59
19 DEAL OR NO DEAL (TUE 1600) 1.56
20 FILM: SAHARA (2005) (SAT 1845) 1.52
21 FOUR IN A BED (TUE 1659) 1.52
22 DEAL OR NO DEAL (SUN 1736) 1.49
23 THE FAIRY JOBMOTHER (TUE 2102) 1.49
24 THE SIMPSONS (WED 1802) 1.46
25 FOUR IN A BED (MON 1659) 1.42
26 DEAL OR NO DEAL (MON 1559) 1.40
27 DEAL OR NO DEAL (THU 1600) 1.39
28 A PLACE IN THE SUN (SUN 1900) 1.39
29 THE SIMPSONS (MON 1800) 1.36
30 THE SIMPSONS (FRI 1801)

These figures are actually quite alarming for Channel 4, of the top 30 programmes on the channel that week only 6 were in the 9pm slot, whilst none were in the 10pm slot, which of course were the two main BB slots, added to that only 2 programmes that week were higher then the average for BB11 (3 million), one of which was a one off drama whilst the other was the same 'shock television' that Channel 4 said they wanted to distance themselves from when they axed BB.