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Celebrity Big Brother has strong start
The opening show of the third series of Celebrity Big Brother has proved the original celebrity reality TV show is as popular as ever.
Almost 6 million viewers watched the opening show, giving Channel 4 another ratings victory (following the success of Desperate Housewives) and making it the highest rated show on Channel 4 during 2005 so far.
Unofficial overnight viewing figures from Barb have indicated that last night’s (Thursday 6 January 05) 9.00pm launch show was watched by an average 5.2 million viewers and a 21.7% share of those viewing television at the time
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