Howard Stern says he was offered $3,000 to visit previous Big Brothers. Saying he’d participate in a celebrity edition of Big Brother only if it was just him and Kathy Lee Gifford in the house for a month with no food (which was, presumably, Howard screwing around), Howard Stern said that CBS twice offered him …
CBS settles Big Brother name suit. The lawsuit alleging that CBS’ Big Brother infringed upon George Orwell’s book “1984” was settled late last week. Details were confidential.
“The return of the hamsters!” Six of Big Brother‘s house guests appeared at a reunion, and writer Jeff Whitty was there. With a well-earned amount of skepticism and sarcasm, he chronicles the evening in Salon.com. Among the highlights: Mega gave George the nickname “Chicken George” “to humiliate a white man on national television” by giving …
six Big Brother cast members “extend their grasp of fame.” The LA Times’ Brian Lowry reports on a reunion of six Big Brother cast members in New York. About the only interesting thing that happened was Cassandra saying, “I felt the show was sinking to a level that was frankly beneath all of us … …
Britt starting her own e-commerce business. Yeah, good thinking, Britt; that’ll certainly be a huge success.
Endemol chief: bad casting is to blame for Big Brother. John de Mol, creator of Endemol Entertainment, says Big Brother‘s problems in the U.S. (international versions have apparently not sucked like last summer’s CBS version) are because of a crappy cast–which he blames on CBS–and the fact that the show was changed enough to cater …
the casting sucked, and more Big Brother bashing–and some praise! TV Guide’s report about CBS chief Les Moonves’ Big Brother comments include some praise for the show. He said the last ep beat the Olympics in ratings, and overall, the show “improved our summer ratings and our summer demographics.” But he also concedes that it …