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Sunday's Edition Delivers Its Largest Audience and
Highest Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 Ratings on Any Night

          Last night's edition of BIG BROTHER hit season highs, delivering its largest audience and highest adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 ratings on any night, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same ratings for Sunday, August 24.

At 8:00 PM, BIG BROTHER SUNDAY was first in adults 25-54 (2.9/08), adults 18-49 (2.5/08) and adults 18-34 (1.7/07) and second in viewers (7.26m).  Compared to last week, BIG BROTHER was up +12% in adults 25-54 (from 2.6/08), +14% in adults 18-49 (from 2.2/07), +21% in adults 18-34 (from 1.4/06) and added +450,000 viewers (from 6.81m, +7%). 

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