bye, bye Jamie (and Chiquita). The only people remaining in Big Brother‘s house are twenty-something guys now; the last female, Jamie, was banished last night (there was no mention of vote percentages). Before Jamie could be given the boot, the house guests were informed by a hysterically funny Julie Chen that there would be two …
Colleen to star in Rob Schneider movie. Colleen Haskell will “play the love interest of Rob Schneider in the new movie ‘Animal,’” which is about a guy who, oh, never mind. It’s a Rob Schneider movie called “Animal.” You figure it out.
executive producer: “I think we lost something here.” Big Brother Executive Producer Paul Romer talks about the problems with the show and changes he’d make to a second season of the show. He admits that the cast was “too aware of the cameras” and were preoccupied with “how they’d look on TV.” Hey, Paul: You’re …
Survivor repeats aren’t doing very well. Ratings for the second airing of the 13 episode series have been dismal. Survivor pulled between 4.3 million to 6.1 million viewers each night–well below other shows, and definitely lower than the original airing, which saw more than 20 million viewers each week.
“Web watchers may have revolutionized reality TV.” Giving credit where credit is due, the LA Daily News looks at the effect Web viewers and participants have had on the otherwise bland-as-three-day-old-toast Big Brother. The piece explains in detail how “Netizens changed both the dynamic in the house and the TV show’s content.”
“Recovering from Big Brother.” Jean Jordan (a.k.a. just “Jordan”) writes about her Big Brother experiences and more on Nerve.com. In the surprisingly articulate and well-written essay, Jordan says that, “With one exception, the people there seemed boring to me: they wanted to play cards and do chores, not have candid talks. I felt alienated and …
actual naked pictures of the house guests hit the Web. (Warning: the following links all contain nudity. Probably not a wise idea to click them if you’re underage or at work. But whatever.) They may be fuzzy, but they’re real. Joining two sets of alleged naked pictures of Brittany at Burning Man (1, 2) and …