Almost 10 million viewers bid farewell to Roddy Mancuso, making Thursday's edition of 'Big Brother 3' the most watched Thursday edition while matching its highest adult 18-49 rating, according to final Nielsen ratings for Sept. 5.

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'Big Brother 3 Thursday' (8:00-9:00 PM) was first in its time period in viewers (an average of 9.79 million), adults 18-49 (4.4/14), adults 25-54 (4.6/13), women 25-54 (5.5/15) and men 25-54 (3.7/10) and was second in households (6.2/11) and adults 18-34 (4.4/14). This is the best Thursday performance for 'Big Brother 3' this season in viewers and matches the best adults 18-49 and household delivery.

'Big Brother 3 Thursday' grew at 8:30 PM, up +3% in households (6.3/10 from 6.1/11), +12% in both adults 18-34 (4.6/14 from 4.1/14) and adults 18-49 (4.6/13 from 4.1/14), +9% in adults 25-54 (4.8/13 from 4.4/13) while adding 720,000 viewers (10.15m from 9.43m).

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