Just one week before the live two hour finale, CBS Television Network orders Big Brother 12 for Summer 2010.

This year Big Brother 11 proved to be a ratings hit and a summer sensation despite various controversies this year. Big Brother has managed to grow its audience on television and grow its online audience as well over Big Brother 10.

On the broadcasting front, Big Brother is one of the handful of shows that is able to grow in its tenth year on air.  Compared to Big Brother 10,  Big Brother 11 is up +7% in viewers (7.08m from 6.60m), +4% in adults 18-49 (2.5/08 from 2.4/07) and +5% in adults 18-34 (2.0/07 from 1.9/06).  Each of the three weekly broadcasts are also posting summer-to-summer growth.

Online, Big Brother 11 is the Number One show on CBS.com and across the CBS Audience Network in all key metrics with 25% more unique users and 94% more video streams than last summer.  CBS.com also logged a record 11.6 million votes when Jeff was awarded the “Coup d’État” Power.

Tonight is a live episode featuring the second part of the final Head of Household competition.

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