[BBkid]

BB9 was the lowest rated series ever but it was pretty good entertainment (moreso than BB8) but it had less than the previous year. Do you think that the ratings will keep on dropping no matter what?

[SiaSiaSia]

Probably

[LemonJam]

If they cut out all the nicey nicey housemates, I'd think they might raise again, but I doubt they would.

[MarkWaldorf]

Yeah, probably. There wasn't anything that risque with BB9 compared to other series, so it would have given less people a reason to tune in.

[Spike]

If CBB6 is a success then ratings will be up for BB10 maybe around the BB8 mark.
They were just down for BB9 because of the failure of BB8 and BB:CH

[Scarlett.]

Aye, until it is cancelled

[andyman]

Its always up and down but i doubt it will ever grab the public as it did in the early naughties... Then again good housemates and plenty of great new twists should see it thru, a revamp is needed same as Xfactor.. Maybe.

[*mazedsalv**]

Probably, you just never know with BB. It could go up, stay about the same, or just decrease largely to an average of 2m.

Hoping for it to get back to its 4m days.

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally posted by Spike
If CBB6 is a success then ratings will be up for BB10 maybe around the BB8 mark.
They were just down for BB9 because of the failure of BB8 and BB:CH

BBCH was seen as a success though...it averaged about 720,000, thats great for E4. Also the Russell Brand one got 950,000 viewers.

[DamonJ]

Hopefully.
Then it'll be axed.
Yipeee! =D

[Novo]

No

it will improve

next year it's the big milestone the 10th

[BBkid]

Originally posted by andy-dale-win
No

it will improve

next year it's the big milestone the 10th

I doubt that it will improve just because of the fact that it is the 10th year of BB, I think the launch show may get good ratings if it is heavily advertised as the 10th series but I would say that the overall average will drop.

[30stone]

Originally posted by andy-dale-win
No

it will improve

next year it's the big milestone the 10th

lol off topic but... Melina <33

[Spike]

Originally posted by *mazedsalv**

BBCH was seen as a success though...it averaged about 720,000, thats great for E4. Also the Russell Brand one got 950,000 viewers.

How about the other 3million+ who didn't tune in who would have to CBB
No CBB in January angered many viewers and was one of the factors in losing their interest in the show.
It was a success for E4 but not for the brand

[M X]

They will probably drop unless we can really get good housemates, good tasks - like BB7.

[Matt]

I'm hoping Celebrity Big Brother may bring back a few viewers, but at the moment I think that they will keep dropping.

Channel 4 treat Big Brother like cr*p though. They constantly claim that they're proud of it, it's one of their best shows, etc. but they don't show it. Next year, they really need to improve the advertising, bring back the online live feed and increase the hours again on E4, and find a fixed timeslot for it.

The icing on the cake is that they still class Big Brother as a "factual entertainment" show. They don't seem to realise that the social experiment angle went out the door with Big Brother 4.

As for Endemol, they need to get some new ideas, and they need to give Little Brother and Big Mouth complete revamps.

[BBkid]

Originally posted by Matt
I'm hoping Celebrity Big Brother may bring back a few viewers, but at the moment I think that they will keep dropping.

Channel 4 treat Big Brother like cr*p though. They constantly claim that they're proud of it, it's one of their best shows, etc. but they don't show it. Next year, they really need to improve the advertising, bring back the online live feed and increase the hours again on E4, and find a fixed timeslot for it.

The icing on the cake is that they still class Big Brother as a "factual entertainment" show. They don't seem to realise that the social experiment angle went out the door with Big Brother 4.

As for Endemol, they need to get some new ideas, and they need to give Little Brother and Big Mouth complete revamps.

Yeah, it's all up to C4 really.

[*mazedsalv**]

Im going to predict a 3 million average.

[sazzzz]

They need to pick some great characters this year its gonna be the hardest year so far for producers in terms of rating because if there low it could be axed so there gonna have to go all out to get the viewers back .I cant wait for bb10 i have a feeling this years is gonna be great!! i love bb so much i dunno what i'd do without it!!! please don let it get axed

[30stone]

This celebrity bb has started better than hi jack and cbb5 i think..

so hopefully it should go back up if it stays consistant this series.

[Amaru]

No matter how great future series are ratings will always slowly go downhill, the longer its on, the less people will watch it....so its common sense. Ratings will dip until the show is finally ended, there is no avoiding it.

And BB9 sucked as a whole, i can see why it was the lowest rated series to date.

[Red Moon]

In a multichannel environment and with the introduction of mass freeview due to phasing out of analogue TV combined with the effect of the increased usage of the internet as a entertainment medium by the age group the programme aims to capture Channel 4 will never get the numbers of viewers it did for the show in the past. It will be looking at the share of the viewers it gets as a way of marking the shows success in future for this reason.

The commissioning editor of Channel 4, who commissioned the current series, said on the Radio recently that he didn't expect to get the audience numbers of the past series ever again, and went on to say that he was happy with the share of the audience they were getting and the show is still very important on the Channel 4.

So in terms of pure numbers I see the decline in the number of people watching the show will continue, however as long as it retains it's share of the viewing public then the show will go on.

[Brekkie]

That may have been true to an extent, but Big Brother bucked the trend for many years - and then lost all those viewers they'd held on to in one swoop during BB8.

The fact is most rival reality shows increased their audience last year - virtually all except for BB in fact, which despite an unquestionably improved series still lost viewers.

And that's not going to change until C4 stop worrying about the critics and start caring about the viewers again.

[Wildcat!]

Originally posted by Brekkie
That may have been true to an extent, but Big Brother bucked the trend for many years - and then lost all those viewers they'd held on to in one swoop during BB8.

The fact is most rival reality shows increased their audience last year - virtually all except for BB in fact, which despite an unquestionably improved series still lost viewers.

And that's not going to change until C4 stop worrying about the critics and start caring about the viewers again.

Since its fact, Which long running, rival reality shows have gained viewers?

[Wildcat!]

Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha

Since its fact, Which long running, rival reality shows have gained viewers?

Still waiting on the facts!