Saturday BB show finishes last in slot

Big Brother finished last in its slot on Saturday night, according to early ratings figures.

The latest update from the BB10 house managed just 1.18m (6%) in the 9pm hour. Although ratings for weekend editions of the show are generally lower, the figure is down around 35% on the equivalent episode last year, which managed 1.85m (8.9%) on June 14, 2008.

Big Brother followed on from the second episode in the final season of ER, which registered a disappointing 520k (2.9%). Post-BB, a rerun of stand-up gig Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live improved ratings to 1.53m (9.3%).

The most-watched programme of the evening on any channel was Michael McIntrye's Comedy Roadshow, seen by 4.66m (24.1%) on BBC One from 9.30pm. It followed on from Casualty, which had 4.6m (23.7%).

Earlier, the eleventh episode of Robin Hood interested just 3.24m (21.1%) at 6.45pm, then the second episode of Graham Norton entertainment show Totally Saturday appealed to 2.93m (17.4%).

A new series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? launched to 3.73m (22.2%) on ITV1 at 7.30pm, leading in to the latest episode of All Star Mr & Mrs, which had a fairly even 3.72m (19.3%). Comedy Mumbai Calling put in 2.13m (11%) from 9.30pm.

BBC Two's highlights of Trooping The Colour averaged 2.01m (11.6%) between 7.30pm and 9pm, then an extended edition of Have I Got News For You logged 2.2m (11.1%) over 40 minutes.

Five had 1.1m (5.7%) for NCIS at 8.30pm, then CSI: New York delivered 2.13m (11.2%) an hour later. Law & Order closed off prime for Five with 1.22m (8.9%) at 10.30pm.

Overall in primetime, BBC One was ahead with an average share of 20.9% to ITV1's 17%. BBC Two took third with 9.3%, followed by Five with 7.4% and Channel 4 with 5.6% (+1: 0.8%).

A rerun of Taggart was the most popular multichannel choice of the night, taking 630k (3.7%) for ITV3 between 9pm and 10.40pm.

Ratings data supplied by Attentional