"Big Brother" joins the battle

The season premiere of “Big Brother” on CBS was up from last year’s debut, so the summer reality TV battle is heating up. It also gave the Eye Net a Thursday ratings win.

Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 1.8/6 1.7/5 1.7/5 1.6/5 0.9/3 0.5/2 Adults 18-34 1.3/5 1.5/5 1.3/5 1.9/7 0.7/3 0.5/2 Total Viewers (millions) 7.577 4.919 6.417 3.847 2.237 1.374

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