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Just checked the ratings for the last BB US season (Season 9) to air in the UK on E4. The first two episodes rated pretty well with both getting over 300k but then the ratings dropped big time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_9_(U.S.)#UK_television_ratings
I guess I just prefer the UK and Australian format where you get see more of the housemate interaction without having to resort to live feeds.
This aired a month after one of the worst preforming UK series (BB:Celebrity Hijack) of the time so I'd say it preformed alright... Celebrity Hijack started with 1.69 million viewers and ended with only 644,000... Considering the previous January the show was pulling in upwards of 5 million viewers... This was also the second American series aired in the UK so it obviously had a decent following to warrant airing another... BB9 was also considered the absolute worst American series to date by fans... This was the first series I actually completely gave up... So I don't blame the British public for the less than stellar ratings...