Good idea I'll leave it with youHold that thought. I think I'll start a thread for this in a few weeks...
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2020 Ratings Thread
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Kingston
Canadian Royalty
I'm actually enjoying it, personally I think it would be a lot better if it was live with one eviction per week and a bit more content shown regarding the housemates interacting and getting to know each other. Overall as a show it's enjoyable.
Iām impressed considering how much of a BB purest I know you are...
Zcsund1234
Well-Known Member
Iām impressed considering how much of a BB purest I know you are...
I was definitely not happy when this was initially announced, my biggest fear was that it would be 90 minute episodes of constant strategy. 3 episodes in and I'm loving it. I do wish however that it was live across multiple nights in the week rather than just Sun-Tue. But hey beggars can't really be choosers and we got the show back, I'm happy to embrace the change.
Kingston
Canadian Royalty
I was definitely not happy when this was initially announced, my biggest fear was that it would be 90 minute episodes of constant strategy. 3 episodes in and I'm loving it. I do wish however that it was live across multiple nights in the week rather than just Sun-Tue. But hey beggars can't really be choosers and we got the show back, I'm happy to embrace the change.
I agree... Itās been refreshing thatās for sure. BBUS/BBCAN tend to get very cutthroat right from the start so this is a nice change. Weāve still got HMās playing but weāre also getting interactions outside the game. That said I donāt know how Iāll feel in a few weeks if things donāt start progressing. I feel like the dullards are taking over and anyone with a remote chance of doing well is being voted out. I want to see a hard fought game to the finish... Not just a group coasting through to the end.
Fuzz
Well-Known Member
Intreresting.. Whats your gut feel on how it will progress? As in heavy preferred editing of certain housemates? Thrusting preferred contestants with good edits? Or just general bad production values?I . That said I donāt know how Iāll feel in a few weeks if things donāt start progressing.d.
Kingston
Canadian Royalty
Intreresting.. Whats your gut feel on how it will progress? As in heavy preferred editing of certain housemates? Thrusting preferred contestants with good edits? Or just general bad production values?
I fear a string of extremely predictable evictions targeting anyone seen as āplaying the gameā... Iām alright with character driven storylines as long as theyāre relevant. Like yesterday I felt the Kieran heavy story was fairly relevant. As for production Iām trying to be constructive in my criticism... This is obviously a first with something relatively new. Iām willing to let things slide as long as things improve moving forward.
Fuzz
Well-Known Member
Not an antagonistic question, im genuinely interested, how did you find it relevant?I felt the Kieran heavy story was fairly relevant.
I find, perhaps shallowly, the skewed spotlight on him seems to be a production device to further him.
Zcsund1234
Well-Known Member
I agree... Itās been refreshing thatās for sure. BBUS/BBCAN tend to get very cutthroat right from the start so this is a nice change. Weāve still got HMās playing but weāre also getting interactions outside the game. That said I donāt know how Iāll feel in a few weeks if things donāt start progressing. I feel like the dullards are taking over and anyone with a remote chance of doing well is being voted out. I want to see a hard fought game to the finish... Not just a group coasting through to the end.
The change is good, in some ways at least now every housemate has a chance to win. i.e they can each possibly win a challenge and be safe, compared to the old show which essentially was a 12 week long popularity contest where realistically only 3-5 people at the absolute most were in contention to win. I also do agree I would like to see some less predictable outcomes. However the same thing happened on Australian Survivor 2016, the concept was obviously quite new and untouched to Australians so they weren't exactly playing as hard as possible, but then fast forward 4 seasons and the gameplay is improving. I think this season is more like a test run for the format for future seasons. However I do also feel that the popularity of Survivor in Australia for the past 3 seasons has really opened up viewers to strategy to be used in Big Brother, myself included. If you asked me 5 years ago if I'd like Big Brother to turn into BBUS I would have dismissed the idea straight away (evidently past discussions saw me do this specifically), however now that I have watched Australian Survivor and even so now all 40 seasons of the US it has opened me up to be willing to see strategy involved with Big Brother. Endemolshine and 7 have so far done a pretty good job of mixing both formats of Big Brother together. And its no surprise to me and also great to see 800,000+ people watched over the first 2 nights. I hope it continues to rate well, I do wish the new format to do well because at the end of the day its a group of people in a house being filmed and we will eventually vote for the winner so it technically still is Big Brother.
Kingston
Canadian Royalty
Not an antagonistic question, im genuinely interested, how did you find it relevant?
I find, perhaps shallowly, the skewed spotlight on him seems to be a production device to further him.
Iām not sure how itās not... His story yesterday was his reaction to having been nominated in back to back evictions and working to ensure he stays again. I donāt disagree that it was probably more prominent in the episode than it needed to be but I fail to see how itās producer manipulation. Given weāre only 3 cycles in and the game has just started itās hard to say theyāre setting anything up at this point. Who knows what will happen from here? At very least the story was far more relevant than it had been in the previous episode having been handed a secret task.
At this point there are too many people in the house for a 90 minute storyline. I think it speaks more to the producers choosing to put in 20 HMās rather than focusing on a core group than it does anything else.
Episode Three: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Overnight total viewers:
Main show: (8) 748,000
Eviction: (6) 805,000
BB #2 and #3 in all demos behind Masterchef
Overnight total viewers:
Main show: (8) 748,000
Eviction: (6) 805,000
BB #2 and #3 in all demos behind Masterchef
BigBro
Well-Known Member
Good enough figures, I am worried that they may continue to slipEpisode Three: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Overnight total viewers:
Main show: (8) 748,000
Eviction: (6) 805,000
BB #2 and #3 in all demos behind Masterchef
Caleska
Well-Known Member
Yep. Which is a shame as the show is getting better after the pretty disappointing first episode.Good enough figures, I am worried that they may continue to slip
Hopefully the numbers stay around the same from here.
It was supposed to be end of April, but has been delayed due to covid.When was the new ratings system beginning ? Was it 1 July ?
The new system takes all platforms into account, IIRC.
Oh wow. What a shame this wasn't introduced before the season started.It was supposed to be end of April, but has been delayed due to covid.
This means Launch would've been through the roof, right?
Zcsund1234
Well-Known Member
Even if it rates at 600,000 that won't even be alarming. Its holding up in the Demos which is what really matters. I read somewhere that Seven is predicting a 640,000 average for the series. As long as it either matches that or can hover around the 700,000 figure Seven will see it as a success. It won't beat Masterchef and that is just a given, Masterchef is probably the MAFS of this time of the year. If Big Brother can beat the voice and at least come second in its time slot then its all sweet.