The weekend TV ratings battle: Big Brother, Desperate Housewives, European Championships

The first eviction show from Channel 5's second series of Big Brother, following its launch last Tuesday, did 2.6 TVRs which equates to 1.3 million viewers with 6.9% share. In Scotland the eviction show had 201,000 impacts with an 11.2% share and 4.5 TVRs.

Euro’s on BBC1 - numbers are based on all adults

Saturday saw BBC 1 show the first matches from Group B starting with Netherlands vs. Denmark from 4.30-7.10pm. This show did 10.7 adults TVRs which equates to 5.2 million viewers with a 37.1% share, in Scotland the show had 13.4 adult TVRs with 528,000 viewers and a 44.5% share. The second match was Germany vs. Poland shown from 7.30-10pm which had 14.4 adults TVRs which equates to 7 million viewers with a 35.1% share nationally and in Scotland the show had 16.3 adult TVRs with 640,000 viewers and a 39.6% share.

Euro’s on ITV1 - numbers are based on all adults

Sunday saw ITV1 take over the football coverage to show the first matches from Group C starting with Spain vs. Italy from 4.15-7pm. This show did 11.2 adults TVRs which equates to 5.5 million viewers with a 33.2% share; in Scotland the show had 13.5 adult TVRs with 530,000 viewers and a 35.2% share. The second match was Republic of Ireland vs. Croatia from 7.15-10pm which had 12.6 adults TVRs which equates to 6.2 million viewers with a 26.9% share nationally and in Scotland the show had 14.6 adult TVRs with 575,000 viewers and a 29.5% share.

Desperate Housewives E4 - numbers are based on all adults

Sunday night saw the last ever episode of Desperate Housewives, the show was a real sob-fest with a birth, death, wedding and the return of a former resident. The show did 2.1 TVRs which equates to 1 million viewers with an 11.7% share.

All figures sourced from BARB overnight data as at 11/06/12