Big Brother’s finale ratings beat the Olympics. The ratings are in, and Big Brother‘s finale beat NBC’s Olympics coverage on Friday night. But as Inside.com reports, “that had more to do with a stunning Friday collapse by the Olympics than any real surge for CBS’s reality series.”+ plus: Fans petitioning the CBS over short finale; …
chickens rescued by Bob Barker. In a fitting endcap to Big Brother, Price is Right personality Bob Barker has arranged for United Activists for Animal Rights to pick up five of the eight chickens that so inspired the creation of Rockford, Ill.’s, hero, Chicken George. The other three are being adopted by a member of …
Big Brother withdrawal? Even though the Web feeds have stopped and the house guests have left the house, you can still relive the crap that was Big Brother. Check out some behind the scenes photos from a crew member, read a Susan-inspired speech to Eddie, or review how Big Brother became truly interactive at the …
Eddie wins Big Brother. It’s all over, with Eddie winning the Big Brother grand prize of half a million dollars. He received 59 percent of the vote. Josh came in second with 27 percent, and Curtis was third with 14 percent of the votes. All the banished house guests, including Mega and Jordan, came back …
Big Brother finale is tonight. At 8 p.m. EST, the mess known as Big Brother will end, as the three remaining contestants–Curtis, Eddie, and Josh–find out who wins first ($500,000), second ($100,000) and third ($50,000) places. Final day information and lingering info: Salon.com: “Who screwed up Big Brother? Everyone.” also on Salon.com: An interview with …
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 …
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 …