‘Big Brother’ Season 19 Week 7 Betting Odds
–CBS has renewed the long running ‘Big Brother’ reality show for a 19th and 20th season.
–’Big Brother’ is a spin-off of a Dutch TV series of the same name.
–’Big Brother’ airs Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday on CBS TV.
The hardcore fans of ‘Big Brother’ insist that Week 6 was one of the most entertaining and compelling weeks of the season. There was emotional intensity, betrayal, infighting–the EW recap of Episode 18 suggested that “if you relished the intensity of this week, next week ought to be one hell of a ride.” I’ll take their word for it but from an oddsmaking standpoint it was ‘much ado about nothing‘ assuming that it’s appropriate to use the title of Shakespearean comedy to summarize what happened on a modern day reality show. Jessica Graf used the ‘Halting Hex’ on live eviction night which resulted in no one leaving the house. I’ll let you decide if the ‘intensity’ is at the level the ‘Big Brother’ cognoscenti suggests but at least one widely read TV website wrote an article suggesting that the game had become ‘too harsh’.
Despite the fact that no one got the boot last week I still had to go back and re-price everything from Week 6. Most of the changes are in the odds to finish tenth, eleventh and twelfth with a few adjustments here and there in the middle of the pack. I made very few changes to the ‘odds to win’ and the top several finishing positions. I’m also going to start doing a show specific rundown of prop bets for the weekly live elimination show–things appear to be heating up so the Thursday show will (hopefully) lend itself nicely to betting odds. I’ll do the ‘live show’ odds in a separate post. The odds that I’ve been listing in the ‘Weekly’ posts will stay the same–only show specific props will be in the new post.
THE NUMBERS GAME
This is starting to sound like a broken record but’ Big Brother’ continues to do very well in the ratings–last week was their best week of the season in terms of ratings with a 1.9 rating and eight share for each of the three shows. Oddly enough, the show *didn’t* win the Thursday ratings battle for the first time this season. That honorific went to the first NFL Football preseason game of the year which did a 2.2 rating and 11 share with 7.66 million viewers. ‘Big Brother’ did bring in 19.35 million viewers for the three show weekly ‘set’ and that’s also a season best. Most impressive has been the show’s ability to not only maintain its audience but actually bring in new viewers. That’s not a given in the broadcast TV landscape circa 2017 and there’s plenty of examples of the high rating of the year coming in the first few shows with the rest of the season attracting increasingly lower ratings and viewerships. Another interesting quirk from this season–you’d think that the Thursday live elimination show would have the biggest audience but in every week this year with the exception of the premiere episode the Wednesday show has drawn the highest viewership.
Potentially interesting ratings week on tap. Sunday looks like an easy win for ‘Big Brother’ with the other networks all but ceding the timeslot and night. The only show worth mentioning is a rerun of the LA Finals of ‘American Ninja Warrior’ and they’ll be lucky to draw a third of the audience that ‘Big Brother’ does. The live Monday shows have been doing well–last week’s Monday show did a 1.4 rating with a 6 share based on an audience of 5.88 million. The Wednesday show will be the interesting matchup up against a new episode of ‘America’s Got Talent’ and a new episode of ‘MasterChef’. The new AGT is a recap show of what’s happened so far this season so it’ll likely pull another good but not great number like the 0.9 rating with 4.8 million viewers it did last Wednesday. MasterChef might not be neck and neck with ‘Big Brother’ on Wednesday but the show did a 1.1 rating with a 3.75 share last week. Combined, they could impact the ‘Big Brother’ numbers–particularly up against a lackluster episode. The live ‘Big Brother’ on Thursday shouldn’t have much trouble against a lackluster lineup of competing programming with no NFL football on the slate.
Here’s the Week 7 proposition bets and the revised ‘to win’ odds. Stay tuned for the Week 7 ‘live show’ odds rundown:
‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19 WEEK 7 PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
CONTESTANT ELIMINATED FROM THE ‘BIG BROTHER’ HOUSE IN WEEK 7 WILL BE?
Male: +100
Female: -120
FINAL RATING FOR THE SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODE AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Over 1.85: -150
Under 1.85: +130
FINAL RATING FOR THE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODE AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Over 1.85: -170
Under 1.85: +150
FINAL RATING FOR THE THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODE AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Over 1.85: -150
Under 1.85: +130
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EPISODES OF ‘BIG BROTHER’ WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST TOTAL VIEWERSHIP AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Sunday, August 6: +210
Wednesday, August 9: -135
Thursday, August 10: +175
COMBINED VIEWERSHIP OF SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY’S ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODES?
Over 18.75 million: -130
Under 18.75 million: +110
Combined viewership for the 8/6, 8/9 and 8/10 ‘Big Brother’ episodes. All bets are action regardless of pre-emption or rescheduling. Grading based on final ratings figures reported on the ‘TV By The Numbers‘ website.
WILL THE SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY’S ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODES EACH HAVE THE TOP NETWORK TV RATING FOR BOTH THE TIMESLOT AND NIGHT PER ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Yes, ‘Big Brother’ will win timeslot/night on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday: -450
No, ‘Big Brother’ will not win timeslot/night on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday: +300
HOW MANY CONTESTANTS WILL LEAVE THE HOUSE DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 6–AUGUST 12, 2017?
Over 1.5: +600
Under 1.5: -750
Includes eliminations, withdrawals, disqualification or ejection for any other reason
‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19 PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
TO WIN ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Paul Abrahamian: +350
Matthew Clines: +350
Jessica Graf: +500
Alex Ow: +500
Cody Nickson: +950
Christmas Abbott +1250
Mark Jansen: +1250
Elena Davies: +1500
Jason Dent: +1500
Josh Martinez: +2500
Kevin Schlehuber: +2500
Raven Walton: +2500
TO FINISH SECOND ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Alex Ow: +300
Matthew Clines: +450
Cody Nickson: +450
Paul Abrahamian: +550
Mark Jansen: +550
Kevin Schlehuber: +1500
Christmas Abbott +1500
Raven Walton: +1500
Elena Davies: +2500
Jason Dent: +2500
Jessica Graf: +2500
Josh Martinez: +2500
TO FINISH THIRD ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Christmas Abbott +250
Paul Abrahamian: +450
Jessica Graf: +450
Alex Ow: +600
Mark Jansen: +600
Matthew Clines: +1500
Kevin Schlehuber: +1500
Cody Nickson: +2500
Raven Walton: +2500
Elena Davies: +2500
Jason Dent: +2500
Josh Martinez: +2500
TO FINISH FOURTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Matthew Clines: +350
Mark Jansen: +600
Kevin Schlehuber: +450
Raven Walton: +950
Christmas Abbott +1500
Jason Dent: +1500
Jessica Graf: +3000
Alex Ow: +3000
Cody Nickson: +2500
Elena Davies: +3000
Josh Martinez: +3000
Paul Abrahamian: +3000
TO FINISH FIFTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Mark Jansen: +300
Christmas Abbott +450
Matthew Clines: +700
Raven Walton: +700
Paul Abrahamian: +700
Kevin Schlehuber: +950
Jessica Graf: +950
Josh Martinez: +1250
Alex Ow: +1250
Jason Dent: +2500
Cody Nickson: +2500
Elena Davies: +2500
TO FINISH SIXTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Mark Jansen: +350
Kevin Schlehuber: +350
Josh Martinez: +500
Raven Walton: +500
Jessica Graf: +900
Christmas Abbott +900
Elena Davies: +1500
Paul Abrahamian: +1500
Jason Dent: +2500
Alex Ow: +2500
Matthew Clines: +2500
Cody Nickson: +2500
TO FINISH SEVENTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Jason Dent: +300
Kevin Schlehuber: +450
Raven Walton: +600
Christmas Abbott +750
Jessica Graf: +750
Mark Jansen: +750
Elena Davies: +1500
Josh Martinez: +1500
Matthew Clines: +15000
Alex Ow: +1500
Cody Nickson: +2500
Paul Abrahamian: +2500
TO FINISH EIGHTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Kevin Schlehuber: +250
Jason Dent: +450
Raven Walton: +450
Elena Davies: +750
Josh Martinez: +950
Jessica Graf: +950
Alex Ow: +1500
Christmas Abbott +1500
Cody Nickson: +1500
Mark Jansen: +2500
Matthew Clines: +2500
Paul Abrahamian: +2500
TO FINISH NINTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Jason Dent: +250
Josh Martinez: +650
Jessica Graf: +650
Raven Walton: +900
Alex Ow: +900
Christmas Abbott +1250
Kevin Schlehuber: +1250
Cody Nickson: +1250
Elena Davies: +1250
Mark Jansen: +2500
Matthew Clines: +2500
Paul Abrahamian: +2500
TO FINISH TENTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Jason Dent: +150
Mark Jansen: +450
Raven Walton: +900
Jessica Graf: +900
Cody Nickson: +900
Paul Abrahamian: +900
Christmas Abbott +1750
Alex Ow: +1750
Kevin Schlehuber: +1750
Josh Martinez: +2500
Elena Davies: +2500
Matthew Clines: +2500
TO FINISH ELEVENTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Josh Martinez: +250
Elena Davies: +250
Jessica Graf: +450
Cody Nickson: +900
Alex Ow: +900
Jason Dent: +1500
Kevin Schlehuber: +1500
Paul Abrahamian: +1500
Mark Jansen: +1500
Christmas Abbott +2500
Matthew Clines: +2500
Raven Walton: +2500
TO FINISH TWELFTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Jessica Graf: +250
Cody Nickson: +450
Josh Martinez: +450
Christmas Abbott: +600
Alex Ow: +1250
Jason Dent: +1250
Elena Davies: +1500
Mark Jansen: +1500
Raven Walton: +1750
Kevin Schlehuber: +1750
Paul Abrahamian: +2500
Matthew Clines: +2500
THIRTEENTH PLACE: Ramses Soto
FOURTEENTH PLACE: Dominique Cooper
FIFTEENTH PLACE: Jillian Parker
SIXTEENTH PLACE: Megan Lowder
SEVENTEENTH PLACE: Cameron Heard