Big Brother 2014 debuts with 1.067m audience, down on last year in later timeslot

The 2014 return of Nine’s reality show Big Brother drew an audience of 1.067m, down from 1.309m last year despite a strong lead in from The Block, as the network promised viewers that this season would be “stormier” than the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

This year’s launch came six weeks later than last year’s show, and was also in a later timeslot of 8.40pm to build from the audience of 1.556m for reality renovation show The Block. The two shows helped Nine win the night with an 26.2 per cent audience share on its main channel.

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Meanwhile on Seven talent show the X Factor drew an audience of 1.174m up against The Block: Glasshouse at 7.30pm, while the Amazing Race drew 634,000 viewers in the 8.30pm slot going head to head with the start of Big Brother.