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lala · **Joined:** 21 Jun 04, 17:31 **Posts:** 559

Quote:

Jason Deans, broadcasting editor
Friday August 12, 2005

This year's Big Brother will be the lowest rating out of the six series of Channel 4's reality hit, with viewing figures around 16% down on last year's run.
With just Thursday's figures and the ratings for the live final tonight to be added to the total, Big Brother 6 has averaged 4.2 million viewers and a 21% audience share across its 11 week run.

Last year the show averaged 5 million viewers, bouncing back well from Big Brother 4 in 2003, when the programme dipped to the then series low of 4.6 million.

In retrospect, ITV's at the time much criticised ploy of broadcasting Celebrity Love Island against Big Brother does seem to have dented the Channel 4 show's ratings in its first three of weeks on air in May and June.

Big Brother's ratings did pick up for a couple of weeks after that, as the new arrivals from the secret garden and the Makosi v Saskia/Maxwell stand off brought viewers to the show.

Saskia's eviction on Friday July 1 drew Big Brother 6's highest ratings, with 6.4 million viewers and a 33% audience share.

A week later, 5.1 million viewers tuned in to say goodbye to Maxwell. And on Friday July 15, 6 million viewers showed up for Vanessa's departure.

However, since then viewing figures have dropped back, with Big Brother fans perhaps tiring of the Craig-Anthony unrequited love story.

Wednesday night's surprise eviction of Craig did spruce up Big Brother's figures, with 6.4 million viewers tuning in at 9.30pm - a 27% audience share.

But a year ago at the same stage of the show, Stu's eviction brought 7.1 million viewers and a 40% audience share.

The comparison with series one and two, in 2000 and 2001, is perhaps not entirely valid, as Big Brother did not run on Saturday and Sunday for the first two years, when viewing figures are lower.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/s ... 78,00.html

And if the ratings decline even further BB7 could average at only 3 million.

Hmm, some serious thinking needs to be done at Endemol headquaters after tonights final.

Rincewind

Best news I've heard all series, less emphasis on nasty freaks, and put some mildly sane people in

darkhawk76

BB3 rules! {@}

highest ratings

highest voting

Calrissian

*all TV viewings are gradually declining though. People are devoting ever more time to online gaming, broadcasts, chat etc, rather than sit aimlessly in front of a TV.
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The figures are indicative though in that this years housemates never quite turned out what C4/Endemol probably expected them to be.

Calrissian: cooking...with lots of screen caps to take today

Amaunet

Rincewind wrote:

Best news I've heard all series, less emphasis on nasty freaks, and put some mildly sane people in

See, thats why I liked the first few series('s?) of BB: I like the idea of seeing how normal people react when put in such circumstances, I dont want to see caricatures of people on my tv who are all to conscious of the cameras.

Put some normal people in, and for the love of my sanity, please dont put young kids (emotionally) into the house; it doesnt make good viewing and its not fair on them.

cc100

didnt bb2 have the highest rating for the final?

i think it were 13.6million?

Andy_R

I have a lot of non-BB friends who gave up on BB6 because it was 'just the same arguments over and over' or because the found specific HMs 'too annoying to watch'. I will admit to feeling that way about Science!

While BB6's theme 'the search for redeeming qualities in defective individuals' (you mean you thought the eye meant 'shattered'?) was interesting, I'd prefer a return to 'let's see how much pressure we can put on nice people before they snap' for BB7.

darkhawk76

nope

figures in millions for the finals

BB1 - 9.45
BB2 - 7.98
BB3 - 10.01
BB4 - 7.23
BB5 - 6.57

lala · **Joined:** 21 Jun 04, 17:31 **Posts:** 559

cc100 wrote:

didnt bb2 have the highest rating for the final?

i think it were 13.6million?

Erm, No.......It was around 8 million.

C4 has never got a rating of over 10 million before..........ever!

Mozza · **Joined:** 29 May 04, 0:06 **Posts:** 4966

BB6 was good until the best housemate was hounded out. From then on it became a farce, awful new housemates came in, awful housemates stayed in and it's not a good end to it at all.

scotslass

Amaunet wrote:

Rincewind wrote:

Best news I've heard all series, less emphasis on nasty freaks, and put some mildly sane people in

See, thats why I liked the first few series('s?) of BB: I like the idea of seeing how normal people react when put in such circumstances, I dont want to see caricatures of people on my tv who are all to conscious of the cameras.

Put some normal people in, and for the love of my sanity, please dont put young kids (emotionally) into the house; it doesnt make good viewing and its not fair on them.

*nodding in agreement* I agree a million percent

darkhawk76

lala wrote:

cc100 wrote:

didnt bb2 have the highest rating for the final?

i think it were 13.6million?

Erm, No.......It was around 8 million.

C4 has never got a rating of over 10 million before..........ever!

er yes it has, several times

Jewel in the Crown got 11 million viewers in 80's

Four Weddings & A Funeral got 11 million for it's premiere

BB3 final got 10.01 million

for starters

I put the viewing figures up for the BARB website {@}

Annie

darkhawk76 wrote:

BB3 rules! {@}

highest ratings

highest voting

With you on that one DH

vagabond

I loved BB3 too.

Rincewind

Never you wouldn't of thunk it

It did have the perfect balance though, BB2 was saved by Brian

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BB4 was watched more then BB6...Apperantly?!

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