'Big Brother' return sees 6.2m tune in''

he return of Big Brother drew an impressive audience for Channel 4 last night, with an average 6.2 million tuning in to watch at 9pm.

The climax of the show saw the audience peak at 8 million - a 35% share of the audience - which equaled the previous highest peak of viewers for a Big Brother launch programme. Nearly half of all 16-34 year-old viewers watching television at the time were tuned into the show.

The all-female housemates, including 18-year-old twins and a 53-year-old peace protester, gave the channel an average 26% share of the audience over the hour, beating off BBC One's The Apprentice, which managed an average 4.8 million viewers between 9-10pm.

ITV1's British Soap Awards coverage pulled an average 6.2 million over a two-hour period from 8pm.

Channel 4 commissioning editor for Big Brother and head of E4, Angela Jain said, "This heralds a fantastic start to Big Brother. We remain as committed as ever to making this year's series the most entertaining yet."

Big Brother's Big Mouth scored 1.2 million on Channel 4 at 11:15pm, making it the second most watched programme at the time.

..and people say it's not well liked. :P

I bet BPA dropped massively at 9pm when BB started.

I'm glad it beat the Appentice :D

That's a good rating for the Launch Night, considering I remember alot of people said after CBB, that they werent going to be watching BB 8!

Glad it got the same as the Soaps Awards because I was watching that.

ZEUX STHU LOL

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ZEUX STHU LOL

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I dont find that very fair. I know all his threads have been spam, but at least this one isnt. At least this is an interestingishh:rolleyes: topic unlike
"OMG THEY'RE IN THE BATHROOM"
"OMG THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KEYHOLE"
"OMG OMG OMG OMG"

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That was a good audience considering the competition. I have to say I was flicking back and forth between BB and The Apprentice and probably spent more time watching the latter.

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That was a good audience considering the competition. I have to say I was flicking back and forth between BB and The Apprentice and probably spent more time watching the latter.

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I was flicking between BB & then a bit of Ugly Betty.
And then BB Live & DH.

I found BB Live really boring tbhh, at the most all I heard was "Were are all the men?!" It's like they're obsessed. Although I want some men in their myself.

Also, I agree it did have competition from The Apprentice and the British Soap Awards, it shows that alot of people like/love Big Brother if that's what the ratings show.

mid-season it will hit a low of 3m

usually first BB episodes get around 8-10m

alot of people just tune in to see what sort of nutcases they throw in there. ;)