As if the people who paid for the Big Brother live feeds weren’t already getting screwed by the lameness of this season’s cast and the coma that has been the past week or two, but they are really getting their money’s worth today and tomorrow as CBS has cut the live feeds. That’s apparently so… continue reading
Ragan out but Big Brother gets real drama from Matt smugly confessing wife lie
At the start of Big Brother 12‘s penultimate Thursday episode, Ragan said, “I am not just going to roll over and die. I’m going to find a way to guarantee another week in the house.” Make that the jury house, because he was evicted. I’ll give him credit, though: He tried. And even though he… continue reading
Big Brother will be preempted, delayed tonight by football for many people
Big Brother 12‘s lack of drama will be delayed for many people across the country, while others will see the show on a different channel. While people in bulky costumes slamming into each other and competing as if winning actually matters might typically be confused with the reality competition, I can assure you it’s something… continue reading
Big Brother houseguests actively resist playing the game, clean house instead
Big Brother‘s singing clam and sock puppets made to look like the houseguests should have one giant mouth hug to viewers. Instead, they came off as a barely reconfigured challenge from last season and a bit that lasted only a few minutes and was almost ignored by some of the houseguests, like Enzo, whose puppet… continue reading
Big Brother’s higher ratings attributed to “rootable,” “fun,” not “completely hatable” cast
Big Brother ratings are up 6 percent from last summer and the show is regularly getting its highest demo ratings in years, which is evidence that there’s nothing else on TV–or that people like us are sticking around because we are desperately hoping something interesting will happen to validate all of the time we’ve wasted… continue reading
Jeff and Jordan’s visit to Big Brother offers a behind-the-scenes look at the house
Jeff Schroeder is currently in Laos and heading to Bangkok, where he “needs a ride from the airport and a place to stay in Bangkok,” according to the web site for his web series Around the World for Free. But sometime after his appearance on Big Brother 12 with Jordan Lloyd, his series posted a… continue reading
Lane wins HOH, Pandora’s Desperate Attempt at Entertainment returns to Big Brother
Big Brother 12‘s Sunday episode started with nine minutes of recap, 21 minutes of a relatively lame competition, and more of Hayden shouting in the Diary Room. It was so boring, Julie Chen didn’t even want to stick around for it, bailing and leaving Hayden to host the new HOH competition. Lane won, predictably nominating… continue reading
Julie Chen confronts liar Matt about his wife’s disease lie
Julie Chen repeatedly asked evicted Big Brother 12 houseguest Matt Hoffman about his lie that his wife has melorheostosis, and got him to at least partially concede that he’s a “scumbag.” As usual, the version that aired on The Early Show was obnoxiously truncated and over-simplified, because CBS is controversy-averse and its news programs get… continue reading
Big Brother fast-forwards the boredom, love-fest: Matt out (finally), Brendon leaves
And so it is done: Matt Hoffman and Brendon Villegas, the most controversial Big Brother 12 houseguest and the most competitive houseguest, respectively, have been evicted, and we’re left with four men and a woman who makes jokes about suicide to get us through two and a half more weeks. In the pantheon of ugly,… continue reading
Brendon proves he’s Big Brother’s only player, Britney’s greed punishes us as Jessie returns
If it wasn’t for the return of Jessie Godderz, I would have been convinced that the Big Brother producers and houseguests were giving me the best birthday present ever today: Matt’s eviction tonight, which seems inevitable now that his duplicity was exposed, he’s nominated, and his alliance hates him almost as much as we do…. continue reading
The problem with Big Brother 12, or why I’m having trouble caring now
Typically, seasons of Big Brother follow a predictable arc. The houseguests move in and have a calm week or two as they get to know their competition, voting out the person who stands out either the most or the least. Soon, though, their boredom and time together leads to real relationships and thus alliances, which… continue reading
Ugly liar Matt stays on Big Brother despite the pretzels, Kathy leaves, Britney wins HOH
Big Brother 12 started with Matt licking his finger and trying to get something off his shirt while Julie read her script; he obviously didn’t think the live show had started yet. While everyone has done that at some point, it seems to encapsulate something about Matt that I can’t stand: his lack of awareness… continue reading
Zingbot, Rachel’s return give us the first great episode of Big Brother 12
I spent about half of Wednesday’s episode of Big Brother 12 with my mouth hanging open in shock: first, at the Zingbot, the single most ridiculous thing the show has ever done; second, at Rachel and Ragan’s epic argument about nothing; and third, at the fact that this season finally delivered an episode that was… continue reading
Lane masturbates on Big Brother live feeds
Before last night’s episode of Big Brother woke up the entire season, the video below–captured from the live feeds–would have been the most interesting thing that came out of the show all week. Yes, it’s PG video of Lane masturbating in the shower earlier this week, following a conversation about sex. If you’ve never felt… continue reading
Alliances shift a little in the Big Brother house as the saboteur becomes even lamer
After a 90-minute delay, during which the Big Brother 12 houseguests’ normal time was filled by Tiger Woods and Al Pacino, among others I fast-forwarded through, the game took an interesting turn as Brendon became Head of Household, continuing the back-and-forth wins between the Brigade and Brenchel. First, the saboteur twist hasn’t left us yet,… continue reading