Ratings - "Big Brother Thursday" Delivers Its Largest Audience and Highest Adult 18-49 and Adult 18-34 Ratings

[08/19/11 - 10:04 AM] "Big Brother Thursday" Delivers Its Largest Audience and Highest Adult 18-49 and Adult 18-34 Ratings CBS spins the numbers for Thursday, August 18.

[via press release from CBS]
(Editors Note: CBS had preemptions/delays due to NFL pre-season football in Boston. With the NFL on FOX and these preemptions, ratings for CBS and FOX are tentative and subject to change.) "BIG BROTHER THURSDAY" DELIVERS ITS LARGEST AUDIENCE AND HIGHEST ADULT 18-49 AND ADULT 18-34 RATINGS BIG BROTHER THURSDAY delivered its largest audience of the summer and highest adult 18-49 and adult 18-34 ratings, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Aug. 18. BIG BROTHER THURSDAY was second in households (4.8/08), viewers (7.97m), adults 25-54 (3.4/09), adults 18-49 (3.0/08) and adults 18-34 (2.5/08), all behind FOX's preseason football. BIG BROTHER THURSDAY posted Thursday season highs in households, viewers, adults 18-49, adults 18-34 and matched adults 25-54 Thursday highs. Updated Thursday ratings will be available this afternoon.

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