The premiere episode of the second Big Brother series attracted good but unspectacular ratings Thursday night as it earned a 6.8 rating and a 12 share in the 8 p.m. half hour and a 7.1/12 in the 8:30 p.m. half hour for an average of 6.8/12. The first half hour lost out to a rerun of Friends on NBC, which pulled an 8.0/14. But the second half hour beat NBC’s Spy TV, which fell to a 6.8/12. A rerun of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation improved on Big Brother numbers as it earned an 8.4/14. Indeed the CBS magazine show 48 Hours also produced better numbers than the much-hyped Big Brother, coming up with a 7.5/13 at 10 p.m. CBS won the night with a 7.6/13, followed by NBC (with a hard-hit Must-See TV lineup) with a 6.9/12.
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