Big Brother is a ratings success as the viewing figures for the last episode are FINALLY revealed after data company Nielsen was hit by a cyber attack
A cyber attack on the Nielsen Data Centre delayed the delivery of TV ratings for last week’s live finale of Big Brother Australia.
But the viewing figures arrived today, and Channel Seven can breathe a sigh of relief because the broadcast was a modest ratings success.
Taking into account the finale ratings, Big Brother is Seven’s biggest entertainment show of 2020 so far, and its most successful reality show in two years.
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TV ratings prove Big Brother reboot was an epic success with fans as Seven claim the series helped the network ‘break records’. Pictured: Big Brother finale Chad Hurst
As reported by TV Blackbox, the live finale last Wednesday averaged 1.13 million viewers nationally (876,000 metro).
Tuesday’s semi final was watched by 1.19 million people nationally (832,000 metro).
Big Brother went up against Channel 10’s Bachelor in Paradise on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the dating show had less than 500,000 metro viewers on each night.
Seven’s Programming Director Angus Ross said: ‘We were confident that Big Brother would deliver massive audiences in the key demos, particularly 25-54s, and the ratings released today confirm it.’
Success: The live studio finale, which broadcast on Wednesday July 22, averaged 1.13 million viewers nationally (876,000 in five-city metro). Pictured: Host Sonia Kruger
‘Big Brother has shifted our audience, being instrumental to us winning all key demos the last seven weeks in a row. It’s also been the foundation of 7plus breaking records, now winning 15 weeks in a row as the top CFTA BVOD service. We’re just getting started and we’ve got plenty more wins to come,’ he added.
BVOD stands for broadcaster video on demand, which encompasses Seven’s digital streaming service, 7plus.
The data claimed 7plus saw almost 290 million minutes streamed for Big Brother, making it the top show on BVOD across its entire run.
‘It’s also been the foundation of 7plus breaking records’: Seven’s Network Programming Director Angus Ross told TV Blackbox that Big Brother streaming helped 7plus secure ’15 weeks in a row as the top’ of the BVOD (broadcaster video on demand) service
Game on! The broadcast data noted Big Brother as one of 2020’s biggest shows across commercial television for the year so far
Meanwhile, the broadcast data noted Big Brother as one of 2020’s biggest shows across commercial television for the year so far.
It beat out Australian Survivor, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Bachelor In Paradise and Dancing With The Stars in total viewership.
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