[daniel-lewis-1985]

Remember 1 year ago when CBB8 launched with over 5 million and had an 8 million peak? Seems impossible now doesnt it lol.

I would be happy if the ratings stay steady for this series, just have a feeling it will be a grower.

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Remember 1 year ago when CBB8 launched with over 5 million and had an 8 million peak? Seems impossible now doesnt it lol.

I would be happy if the ratings stay steady for this series, just have a feeling it will be a grower.

The situation was completely different though, it was pissing down, it followed CBB7 and BB11, it was the first Channel 5 series and it had loads of promotion.

[Jake.]

Just incase it wasn't posted
Overall, BBC One secured primetime with 21.5% ahead of ITV1's 17.8% (+1: 0.3%). Channel 5 enjoyed third place with 8.3% (+1: 0.2%) beating BBC Two's 6.3% and Channel 4's 5.9% (+1: 0.9%).

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by DigitalSid

The situation was completely different though, it was pissing down, it followed CBB7 and BB11, it was the first Channel 5 series and it had loads of promotion.

Lets not blame the weather lol.

I was just saying its hard to believe BB actually got 5 million only last year.

Unthinkable now.

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Lets not blame the weather lol.

I was just saying its hard to believe BB actually got 5 million only last year.

Unthinkable now.

It's relevent actually, generally, the worse the weather, the more people there are watching television, look at the soap ratings during the summer, they loose 2 million every year, everything does, but the January CBB7 was on, everything was doing better than usual because it was cold and snowing, that's why all the best stuff's on in the winter.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Lets not blame the weather lol.

I was just saying its hard to believe BB actually got 5 million only last year.

Unthinkable now.

You never know. The weather is a substantial factor in viewing figures. If it's raining, for example, people are far more likely to be indoors - hence the increased amount of people watching television at that time.

Although I agree with you in the sense that I didn't see the launch getting 5m either. But 1.7m is good enough (for now).

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by Redway

You never know. The weather is a substantial factor in viewing figures. If it's raining, for example, people are far more likely to be indoors - hence the increased amount of people watching television at that time.

Although I agree with you in the sense that I didn't see the launch getting 5m either. But 1.7m is good enough (for now).

I don't think anyone genuinely saw last night getting 5 million.

[Jake.]

Celebrity Big Brother averaged 1.71m (8.9%).

Highlights of night one at the Elstree compound peaked at 2.02m (12%) at 22:40.

From Digital Spy. Not great, but it was up against Peter Kay which got 4.34 million.