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[08/15/07 - 10:52 AM]
Tuesday's Edition of "Big Brother 8" Notches the Best Adult 18-49 Rating on Any Night This Summer
CBS spins the numbers for Tuesday, August 14.
[via press release from CBS]

TUESDAY'S EDITION OF "BIG BROTHER 8" NOTCHES THE BEST ADULT 18-49 RATING ON ANY NIGHT THIS SUMMER

"Big Brother" Also Hits a New High in Adults 25-54 and the Largest Viewer Delivery for a Tuesday Broadcast

Tuesday's edition of BIG BROTHER 8 notched the highest adult 18-49 rating (3.2/09) and adult 25-54 rating (3.5/09) on any night this season and delivered its largest Tuesday audience, according to preliminary Nielsen Live Plus same day-ratings for Aug. 14.

BIG BROTHER 8 TUESDAY was second in households (5.0/08), viewers (7.66m), adults 25-54 (3.5/09), adults 18-49 (3.2/09, -0.1 behind NBC) and adults 18-34 (2.4/08).

Compared to last week, BIG BROTHER 8 TUESDAY was up +6% in both households (from 4.7/08) and adults 25-54 (from 3.3/08), +7% in adults 18-49 (from 3.0/08) and added +450,000 viewers (from 7.21m, +6%).

This is the best delivery of any night of BIG BROTHER 8 in both adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 and the best Tuesday delivery in both households and viewers this summer.

Final Tuesday ratings will be available this afternoon.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: What follows is the afternoon update with the final national Nielsen ratings.]

TUESDAY'S EDITION OF "BIG BROTHER 8" NOTCHES THE BEST ADULT 18-49 RATING ON ANY NIGHT THIS SUMMER

"Big Brother" Also Hits a New High in Adults 25-54 and the Largest Viewer Delivery for a Tuesday Broadcast

Tuesday's edition of BIG BROTHER 8 notched the highest adult 18-49 rating (3.2/09) and adult 25-54 rating (3.5/09) on any night this season and delivered its largest Tuesday audience, according to Nielsen Live Plus same-day ratings for Aug. 14.

BIG BROTHER 8 TUESDAY was second in households (4.9/08), viewers (7.56m), adults 25-54 (3.5/09), adults 18-49 (3.2/09, -0.1 behind NBC) and adults 18-34 (2.4/08, -0.2 behind NBC).

Compared to last week, BIG BROTHER 8 TUESDAY was up +4% in households (from 4.7/08), +6% in adults 25-54 (from 3.3/08), +7% in adults 18-49 (from 3.0/08) and added +350,000 viewers (from 7.21m, +5%).

This is the best delivery of any night of BIG BROTHER 8 in both adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 and the best Tuesday delivery in both households and viewers this summer.





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