Last August, CBS announced it had renewed Big Brother through season 20 (in addition to producing a version of the show for CBS All Access subscribers — Big Brother: Over the Top). There’s no danger of this summer tradition being cancelled soon but, could Big Brother tank in the ratings this time around? All we can say is, stay tuned.
A competitive reality TV series, hosted by Julie Chen, Big Brother typically airs on CBS three nights a week — Wednesdays (veto), Thursdays (eviction), and Sundays. In the 19th season, the new contestants are: Christmas Abbott, Matthew Clines, Dominique Cooper, Elena Davies, Jason Dent, Jessica Graf, Cameron Heard, Mark Jansen, Megan Lowder, Josh Martinez, Cody Nickson, Alex Ow, Jillian Parker, Kevin Schlehuber, Ramses Soto, and Raven Walton.
Big Brother follows a group of people living together in a house outfitted with 87 HD cameras and more than 100 microphones, recording their every move 24 hours a day. Each week someone is voted out of the house. The last remaining Houseguest wins the grand prize of $500,000. Season 19 features a new twist, the “Den of Temptation,” in which Houseguests will receive offers money, power, or safety, but they all come with consequences.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
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For comparisons: The veto editions of the 18th season of Big Brother averaged a 1.86 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.067 million viewers.
Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you still like the Big Brother TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a 20th season?
If you are braindead this show is for you.
Best show on TV hands down!! I look forward to BB every year and bringing paul back probably wasn’t the best move but nobody can say the way it ended was predictable with Josh winning. Calling this show rigged is ridiculious!! So the whole thing was rigged for josh??give me a break! People are so stupid.. see you next year bb!!
I love the show and look forward to it every year. Don’t cancel it! The people complaining will be back next year, and the next…complaining. The ratings are far too high to cancel. I will be a loyal fan for as long as it airs…..and uh….so will the complainers. See you next year Big Brother!
Forgot to say…CANCEL
Very surprised they let Paul come back. Didn’t like him last year. This year only proved my first impression was right. Not a nice person. A bully. He is fake and if he wins CBS shame on you!!!!
I’ve watched this show for over a decade and with the implications that it’s rigged has me not wanting to watch it ever again. I stopped watching this year’s season when I saw Paul orchestrate a bully tactic using weak minded individuals set up by the production crew. Is this a shame? You can’t 100 percent be sure that we’re all being played like on Big Brother. The show should be cancelled!
CANCELLED!
If it’s going to stay like this, then cancel the show. Get rid of Allison G. It’s not like it was. The casting is terrible. Worst season ever! No one competes! I hate this season. CBS really doesn’t care! Look at what people are saying. Make it like it was when you had good comps, and people didn’t throw everything! The show that aired tonight they should have been ashamed to run it! It looked rigged for Paul from the 3 weeks of safety! Come on! Your cast may be that stupid, but your viewers aren’t!
I have not enjoyed season 19 due to the following reasons: the amount of bullying that is being aired and the perception that the house guest are allowing and in some cases, cheering it on. Also, Paul is not a good person and it seems the show’s producers are favoring him. And, Josh is a bully hiding behind the other guests sympathies and he screams at the tv audience in the diary room. Can he not talk in a normal voice? I’m confused as to why Christmas was allowed to remain on the show with her injury. Basically she just… Read more »
I agree 100%! This is the worst season ever. My girls and I look forward to this mindless sense of entertainment every year. We were asking ourselves the same questions about Christmas being allowed back on the show. The bullying made my stomach turn. We all were sickened by this type of behavior in a society where people are committing suicide due to bullying, and CBS does nothing about it. Veteran Paul should never have been brought back. It seems as though they may as well just write him the check because he didn’t win last year, and these buffoons… Read more »
The worst season ever. The show should be called Paul and Big Brother. The producers should never bring back people who have won from the past games. Its all about Paul.
Big brother is my favorite program. I now have my sister interested and we text all the time to my brother who lives in another state. The whole topic is BB. This year there is a lot of meanness and immaturity and drama. Go Big Brother!! CBC don’t even think about cancelling this program!!!!!!!!!!
This is the WORST season. Alison Grodner exec. Producer should resign!!CBS gave Paul this game. Im done watching this fake game.
Worst season ever. The bullying was stomach turning. It was clear from day 1 that production had their winner selected.
I see the show has added some new strategies, which will stir things up in ways we haven’t seen in previous seasons. It will be interesting to see if Kevin, the 55 yr old father of 7, finds his niche in the house. Several players went for the $25,000 payout, but Kevin won it, and probably can use it the most – yet no one else knows he was the winner, causing the turmoil which followed. The ratings chart is interesting, but the reality is the Julie Chen is married to the Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of… Read more »