[Matt]

Originally Posted by Patrick

It's a fact - more people would rather have live feed for an entire summer, than 3 weeks of watching Andrew Stone dancing & Natalie Cassidy rubbing beans over her tits.

I'm staunchly for the return of the live feed, but this statement is ridiculous given that the Celebrity series get at least 500,000 more viewers than the normal ones.

[emmetmcl]

Originally Posted by Matt

I'm staunchly for the return of the live feed, but this statement is ridiculous given that the Celebrity series get at least 500,000 more viewers than the normal ones.

I would LOVE live feed, but I'd prefer an extra 3 weeks of Big Brother, as would most people I think. All you have to do is look at the ratings to see that.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Matt

I'm staunchly for the return of the live feed, but this statement is ridiculous given that the Celebrity series get at least 500,000 more viewers than the normal ones.

Because Channel 5 promote it more than the regular series and flaunt it about like a prize possession?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Patrick

Because Channel 5 promote it more than the regular series and flaunt it about like a prize possession?

...it is their prize posession? None of their other shows get such consistently high ratings or as much press coverage.

They don't necessarily promote CBB more than the regular series. There was blanket advertising for the last normal BB - but January's CBB only had one TV advert and it still got far higher ratings than any normal series from the last four years.

I know it's annoying for us Big Brother purists, but it's the fact is that there's now far more public interest in the Celebrity series than the normal series, so if the choice for Channel 5 is to invest money in either the Celebrity series or live feed for the normal series, it's a no-brainer that they'll go with CBB.

The issue is that they've openly admitted in the past that they can do both if they want to - they've just never given live feed a chance.