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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Big Brother’ Winning With Bad Behavior You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content July 19, 2013 9:37am SERVICES TO SHARE THIS PAGE. Here’s
what’s happening this summer with CBS’ _Big Brother:_ What The Reporters Who Cover Television are saying: _This season’s Big Brother housemates are the most heinous, tossing out racial
slurs like party favors, or we’re just paying more attention because it’s the Summer of Paula Deen and the George Zimmerman Trial. _What viewers are hearing: _Best season ever on Big
Brother!_ What’s resulting: _Big Brother_ on Thursday was the night’s No. 1-ranked program in all key measures, according to early stats, delivering half a million more viewers than last
week, and season highs in the 18-49 demo (a 2.3 rating, up 10% from previous week), 25-54 (2.8), and total viewers (6.7 million). It was the only show to break a 2 rating in 18-49 – the Holy
Grail of Madison Ave — besides Fox’s Gordon Ramsay Behaving Badly Show, aka _Hell’s Kitchen_. Last night’s episode was down 5% week to week, though it tied _Big Brother_ in the 18-34 demo.
The rest of you guys_ — _ABC’s _Wipeout_ (1.1, best performance since the end of May, which may be damning with faint praise), _Motive_ (0.8), _Rookie Blue_ (1.1), NBC’s_ The Winner Is…_
(0.9, lowest to date) and _Hollywood Game Night_ (1.2) — you’re playing in the minor leagues. Let me know if you have any questions. 11 Comments JavaScript is required to load the comments.
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