[joeysteele]

I do know of a lot of people who watch BB but watched Downtown Abbey last night, they are going to watch the repeat of the highlights show today as to BB.

Bad move to put it on against Downton Abbey,I am amazed at how many people love that programme.

[Marc]

Ratings are ratings. Its not like they'll cancel it mid way through

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Marc.

Ratings are ratings. Its not like they'll cancel it mid way through

Not as simple as that.

If the ratings carry on like this then it could be the end of BB.

[karezza]

I have enjoyed every episode on C5.

[Chuck]

^^ Me too. :L

[joeysteele]

I hae too and I never watch in on my own anyway there are always between 4 and 10 others watching it with me and they all really love it too on Channel 5.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Not as simple as that.

If the ratings carry on like this then it could be the end of BB.

I know that. It wouldn't be a bad thing if it was cancelled IMO

[CaudleHalbard]

By contrast, these were the ratings for:

Downton Abbey: 9.3 million
Spooks: 4.6 million

Looks like BB almost does not exist for the great majority of the viewing public. This will presumably have a knock-on effect on voting numbers and the revenue drawn from that.

[David R]

What was the ratings for the show last night then?

Downton's figures are pretty impressive as usual.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Marc.

I know that. It wouldn't be a bad thing if it was cancelled IMO

So you wouldnt mind if Big Brother never came back to our screens?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by David R

What was the ratings for the show last night then?

Downton's figures are pretty impressive as usual.

Go to the ratings thread

[Marc]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

So you wouldnt mind if Big Brother never came back to our screens?

Nope. I wouldn't mind.

I fell out of love with it a little during BB11 and now I want a divorce.

[CharlieO]

Originally Posted by Marc.

I know that. It wouldn't be a bad thing if it was cancelled IMO

[2]

[Marc]

Charlie I'm surprised you have such a negative view on this year's BB.. I thought you were loving it.. troll/

[James]

I missed it last night.

That won't have helped.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Marc.

Nope. I wouldn't mind.

I fell out of love with it a little during BB11 and now I want a divorce.

Don't act innocent, rumour is, you cheated with BBUSA and more than just a one night stand. You can forget visitation rights to the kids

[DrunkerThanMoses]

I have like a week to catch up on

[CaudleHalbard]

Perhaps the mistake was after the "Final Goodbye" which was UBB, bringing it back the following year looked a bit lame.

They should have rested the show for a year or two and brought it back with a different format and maybe even a slightly different title.

[CharlieO]

Originally Posted by Marc.

Charlie I'm surprised you have such a negative view on this year's BB.. I thought you were loving it.. troll/

Dead.

[Anglo]

Originally Posted by Stu

Speak for yourself, chico.

Thanks for the friendly welcome after my first post on this forum. Not. I was speaking for our family, so WE seems a fair term to use.

Reading the many posts on this thread since 24 hours ago it seems that the vast majority of people are really enjoying Channel 5's Big Brother. But there are just a couple who keep posting negative comments.

I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would be sitting there so hawkishly to make so very many ongoing negative comments about a show they dislike. I was prompted to come onto a Big Brother forum for the first time purely because this series is so much more intriguing than recent years. There are a thousand tv shows I never watch (and might not like) but I would never dream of rooting out a forum to comment on them.

Charlie O says he doesn't need to see the show to make comments on it. The essence of the show is not that the Eye is different, and cannot be judged by glimpses of the hosemates. Big Brother is a story where A) the editing and B) the selection of housemates are the key factors. I really don't waste time worrying about the Eye when I want to be entertained.

When viewers get drawn into the storylines they start to predict what will happen next. This is when viewers become hooked. I am in this category already. Actually, WE are. We spend time predicting what might come next.

Finally, though I'm no statistician, it seems clear that Channel 4 had three main rival channels, as Channel 5 was always negligible. Channel 5 now has four main rivals, which is 33% more rivalry. Of course their ratings will be a bit lower, but with the current format and storylines they have every chance of increasing the share of viewers over time.

I certainly hope they do.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by Anglo

Thanks for the friendly welcome after my first post on this forum. Not. I was speaking for our family, so WE seems a fair term to use.

Reading the many posts on this thread since 24 hours ago it seems that the vast majority of people are really enjoying Channel 5's Big Brother. But there are just a couple who keep posting negative comments.

I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would be sitting there so hawkishly to make so very many ongoing negative comments about a show they dislike. I was prompted to come onto a Big Brother forum for the first time purely because this series is so much more intriguing than recent years. There are a thousand tv shows I never watch (and might not like) but I would never dream of rooting out a forum to comment on them.

Charlie O says he doesn't need to see the show to make comments on it. The essence of the show is not that the Eye is different, and cannot be judged by glimpses of the hosemates. Big Brother is a story where A) the editing and B) the selection of housemates are the key factors. I really don't waste time worrying about the Eye when I want to be entertained.

When viewers get drawn into the storylines they start to predict what will happen next. This is when viewers become hooked. I am in this category already. Actually, WE are. We spend time predicting what might come next.

Finally, though I'm no statistician, it seems clear that Channel 4 had three main rival channels, as Channel 5 was always negligible. Channel 5 now has four main rivals, which is 33% more rivalry. Of course their ratings will be a bit lower, but with the current format and storylines they have every chance of increasing the share of viewers over time.

I certainly hope they do.

Great post, really enjoyed reading that, & totall agree with you. Welcome to the forum.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Anglo

Thanks for the friendly welcome after my first post on this forum. Not. I was speaking for our family, so WE seems a fair term to use.

Reading the many posts on this thread since 24 hours ago it seems that the vast majority of people are really enjoying Channel 5's Big Brother. But there are just a couple who keep posting negative comments.

I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would be sitting there so hawkishly to make so very many ongoing negative comments about a show they dislike. I was prompted to come onto a Big Brother forum for the first time purely because this series is so much more intriguing than recent years. There are a thousand tv shows I never watch (and might not like) but I would never dream of rooting out a forum to comment on them.

Charlie O says he doesn't need to see the show to make comments on it. The essence of the show is not that the Eye is different, and cannot be judged by glimpses of the hosemates. Big Brother is a story where A) the editing and B) the selection of housemates are the key factors. I really don't waste time worrying about the Eye when I want to be entertained.

When viewers get drawn into the storylines they start to predict what will happen next. This is when viewers become hooked. I am in this category already. Actually, WE are. We spend time predicting what might come next.

Finally, though I'm no statistician, it seems clear that Channel 4 had three main rival channels, as Channel 5 was always negligible. Channel 5 now has four main rivals, which is 33% more rivalry. Of course their ratings will be a bit lower, but with the current format and storylines they have every chance of increasing the share of viewers over time.

I certainly hope they do.

Excellent post,well said and I agree with all you are saying really.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Anglo

Reading the many posts on this thread since 24 hours ago it seems that the vast majority of people are really enjoying Channel 5's Big Brother.

I'm no statistician.

So who do you mean by "the vast majority of people" ?



Is the phrase just a wild assertive guess ?

[fingers]

Originally Posted by Omah

So who do you mean by "the vast majority of people" ?



Is the phrase just a wild assertive guess ?

Anyone with the temerity to say one word against what has now become a Sacred Cow for some will immediately be the recipient of abuse and nasty epithets (the kind with asterisks in them and ending in off)).
My criticism, in the main, is levelled at Channel 5 who seem hell bent on destroying what was ONCE a good programme.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Anglo

I was prompted to come onto a Big Brother forum for the first time purely because this series is so much more intriguing than recent years. There are a thousand tv shows I never watch (and might not like) but I would never dream of rooting out a forum to comment on them.

You may well be a forum newbie, but others have been FMs on this and other sites for years, posting observations, criticisms, plaudits, etc, not only regarding BB but probably "a thousand tv shows" because forums are meant for discussion and exchanging points of view - additionally, for the BB LF, forums provided a mechanism for viewers to post blow-by-blow accounts of the "action", including vids and screencaps, so that others without LF were able to catch up on the "truth" and not rely on the HLs .....