[Tom]

Originally Posted by JH95

Don't get me wrong, I understand that BB12's rating were not great. But they still boosted Channel 5's audinece share. I'm not saying ratings and beating off the other ratings from other channels are not important, but truth is, look at how many viewers Channel 5 is getting a night, without Big Brother on. I fully expect this next CBB to reach the ratings of CBB8, maybe even top them. Also, BB13 may not suffer as much, as this time around, viewers have some breathing space. And with this Celeb series to have some livefeed, even more could be back for the summer (aslong as ratings for the small live feed are high enough, that is).

Last night on C5:

World's Strongest Man- 1.08m
The Mentalist: 1.29m

So more or less what BB was getting. In fact last nights flop show for C5 was Amy Childs BB spin off show that got 398,000 viewers. Channel 5 don't need Big Brother like Channel 4 needed it. I honestly can't see how they'll give it another series after this next one and its either going to air at a weird time of year again or right up against the Olympics/Diamond Jubilee/Euro 2012 which isn't going to help.