September 21, 2001

"BIG BROTHER 2" SEASON FINALE IS
MOST-WATCHED AND HIGHEST-RATED EPISODE, ACCORDING TO FAST NATIONALS

"BB2" Leads in Adults 18-34, Men 18-34, Adults 18-49 and Men 18-49 And Is Up Significantly Over Last Year's Final Episode

BIG BROTHER 2 (7.8/13, 12.29m) recorded its most-watched and highest-rated episode of the season (on any night), Thursday, Sept 20 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

According to affiliate-based fast national Nielsen ratings, BIG BROTHER 2's season finale won its time period in adults 18-34 (5.8/16), men 18-34 (5.0/15), adults 18-49 (6.0/15) and men 18-49 (5.2/13) and was second in women 18-34 (6.6/18, -0.1 behind NBC), women 18-49 (6.7/16), men 25-54 (5.1/12), adults 25-54 (6.1/14, tie ABC) and women 25-54 (7.0/15, tie ABC).

Compared to the BIG BROTHER season finale last fall (9/29/00 at 8:00 PM), BB2's finale was up +8% in households (from 7.2/14), +31% in adults 18-34 (from 5.1/20), +20% in adults 18-49 (from 5.0/17) and +15% in adults 25-54 (from 5.3/16) and added 1.16m viewers (from 11.13m viewers).

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