[CharlieO]

Just telling of how bad a job C5 did with CBB and BB.

[Locke.]

They done a great job apart from the live feed decision, the only thing it is a sign of is that hardly anyone is interested in the show anymore

[MTVN]

Yeah no matter how good a series it is I can't see it ever really getting consistently in the 2/3/4 millions again, hopefully it can keep a steady 1.4m or so next year as well

[Doogle]

If this was 2004ish and was on C5 I'm sure the ratings would still be better than this, even if the series was worse than BB12.

I think people just don't care for it anymore.

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by Locke.

They done a great job apart from the live feed decision, the only thing it is a sign of is that hardly anyone is interested in the show anymore

It's not. It's a sign that they shouldn't do two series together and that they shouldn't do a series in September.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by DigitalSid

It's not. It's a sign that they shouldn't do two series together and it's a sign that people won't stay up late in the autumn.

Even with CBB and BB back to back it was only about as long as a normal series though, and I'm not sure the time of year really had that much to do with it tbh, if anything I'd have thought more people are watching TV in autumn

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Even with CBB and BB back to back it was only about as long as a normal series though,

Yeah but when CBB finished people probably didn't want to watch another series straight away with new housemates.

and I'm not sure the time of year really had that much to do with it tbh, if anything I'd have thought more people are watching TV in autumn

They are but there's more stuff on.

[Samuel.]

More competition in Autumn/Winter, hence why Big Brother was almost always on at 10.

As for the back to back series thing, I think a lot of casual viewers didn't want to commit themselves to 9 weeks of a new Big Brother having just gotten their fix with CBB. I definitely think that impacted ratings. Especially as CBB was fairly poor.

[DigitalSid]

marcusBBbentley Marcus Bentley
@0912 Im starting work for Channel 5 soon - introducing programmes - I'll keep you posted.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by DigitalSid

Yeah but when CBB finished people probably didn't want to watch another series straight away with new housemates.


They are but there's more stuff on.

Originally Posted by Samuel.

More competition in Autumn/Winter, hence why Big Brother was almost always on at 10.

As for the back to back series thing, I think a lot of casual viewers didn't want to commit themselves to 9 weeks of a new Big Brother having just gotten their fix with CBB. I definitely think that impacted ratings. Especially as CBB was fairly poor.

True, although CBB's ratings were actually a relative success for C5, I'd hoped they might be able to build on that with this years BB but apparently not

[Jarrod]

Looking at the officials, Big Brother didn't do as bad as we thought. When you look at them all together

Week Average
Week 1: 1.7
Week 2: 1.5
Week 3: 1.5
Week 4: 1.5
Week 5: 1.5
Week 6: 1.4
Week 7: 1.2
Week 8: TBA
Week 9: TBA

[CharlieO]

They ****e, Biggest Brother Ever I thought?

Stop making excuses.

[Jordan.]

The week averages are less than a satuday episode got on C4

[Jarrod]

For Channel 5 i mean. They're good.

For Big Brother as a whole, they're horrible and appalling.

[Samuel.]

Week 7: 1.2

Really? I swear the overnights were like 1.4m most nights even during the final weeks.

[DigitalSid]

They crew only finished work today and are back in 3 weeks.

http://twitter.com/#!/ianiansymes/st...94491602345984

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by CharlieO

They ****e, Biggest Brother Ever I thought?

Stop making excuses.

Its it's twelfth year and 1st on the lowest viewed main channel, did you expect it to break the 5 million barrier week in and out? Don't be stupid. For Big Brother it didn't do great, for channel 5, both CBB and BB done great.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by jarroddaniel1

For Channel 5 i mean. They're good.

For Big Brother as a whole, they're horrible and appalling.

No they are not. Other shows on Channel 5 get more viewers.

TOWIE and Misfits get more viewers than Big Brother.

Who would have thought that a show on e4 and ITV2 would beat BB.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by jarroddaniel1

For Channel 5 i mean. They're good.

For Big Brother as a whole, they're horrible and appalling.

No they are not. Other shows on Channel 5 get more viewers.

TOWIE and Misfits get more viewers than Big Brother.

Who would have thought that a show on e4 and ITV2 would beat BB.

Officials should bump it up to 1.7

[Jake.]

Which other show on Ch5 has recently got over 2m apart from big brother? None

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Channel 5 are failing hard without BB though.

Last nights figures (from digital spy)

Without Big Brother, Channel 5 tumbled to a dismal 2.1%, with Vacancy (526k/2.2%) and Tamara Ecclestone: Billion Dollar Girl (374k/2.5%) both performing poorly.


Hopefully this will secure Big Brother for future series seeing as other shows on the channel have actually shed viewers aswell since BB ended.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Channel 5 are failing hard without BB though.

Last nights figures (from digital spy)

Without Big Brother, Channel 5 tumbled to a dismal 2.1%, with Vacancy (526k/2.2%) and Tamara Ecclestone: Billion Dollar Girl (374k/2.5%) both performing poorly.


Hopefully this will secure Big Brother for future series seeing as other shows on the channel have actually shed viewers aswell since BB ended.

Brilliant news! Hopefully 5 realise that BB has put them on the map (especially where CBB is concerned)

[Jake.]

Big Brother officially averages 1.59 million viewers, with 2.19 watching the final!

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Heres the full officials

[davenadamUK]

funniest audition by far - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU9WrSyJp4w