Big Brother 16

Big Brother 16 cast member Zach Rance talked to Mashable about being cast for BB16 and about life following the show, and his admirable, vulnerable honesty reveals a devastating truth: “I don’t know what to do.” His discussion of how he was cast is interesting, but it’s what comes later–literally, what happens after the show, when cast members are… continue reading

One of the biggest mysteries of Big Brother, why the houseguests shout and yell during their Diary Room interviews, has been solved–or perhaps more accurately, the reason why they do that has finally been confirmed. They yell and bark in the Diary Room because, unsurprisingly, they are told to do that by producers. Why exactly… continue reading

Big Brother 16 has its winner, and of course it was the person who’d won the game before it even started for most of the players: Derrick Levasseur. He may have been far more subtle than other master strategic players, but he’s quite deserving for the way he played the entire house all summer long. Next,… continue reading

CBS has renewed Big Brother for its 17th and 18th seasons, which will air in 2015 and 2016. The renewal isn’t a surprise, though it is the first time the network has ordered two seasons like this. That demonstrates the network’s confidence in the show–and its ability to get ratings, whether that cast spews bigotry or plays a relatively… continue reading

There have been many positive changes on Big Brother this summer, from sharper editing to a lack of ejaculating challenges, but the best change was the casting of thoroughly entertaining people. It may require getting over blind hatred of Frankie Grande, but it’s time to admit it: Big Brother 16 had the CBS show’s best… continue reading

Big Brother is moving fast, burning through another week of episodes in a single evening, from nominations to a live eviction. But there was still time for filler in the form of a family visit (Caleb’s) and more footage of evicted houseguest Frankie Grande. Thank Ariana for that, because his delusion was on fire, and… continue reading

A quipcap of Sunday’s Big Brother 16, on which the jury returned to nearly literally crap all over the houseguests’ parade and Frankie battled to keep things exactly like they were last week, when things were boring. Cody says what we’re all thinking “I don’t want to see a literal rewind of last week.” Proof… continue reading

The big surprise on Big Brother last night was not a result of the eliminations, but the revelation that its houseguests now have access to a button that will reset the next week of game play. Making a whole week completely irrelevant apparently qualifies as a twist in “the most twisted summer ever,” even though there have been no twists since the start… continue reading

Big Brother host Julie Chen gave up her dream of being a correspondent on 60 Minutes to host the reality competition, but it wasn’t something she chose freely. Instead, she told David Letterman Tuesday that when she was offered the hosting gig, “the head of news at the time” told her that she was closing… continue reading

The Big Brother houseguests had a lengthy conversation about a question they were asked during casting, leading Frankie Grande to lecture the others about sexual orientation while angering some viewers who thought he said that lesbians choose to be gay. He said that, but did he mean it? The conversation, which you can watch on the… continue reading

I think we’ve reached the point on Big Brother where we’re just waiting for the alliance to burn through the non-alliance members before they turn on each other, when things could potentially get interesting. Actually, we reached that point long ago, but with Nicole re-entering the game, there was momentary potential for plans to be derailed. But… continue reading

With handfuls of Froot Loops tossed onto his fellow houseguests and his hair unruly because his signature hat had been cut into little pieces by its actual owner, Zach Rance exited Big Brother 16. During his time on the show, he’s run the spectrum: Sometimes he proved himself to be a complicated, emotional person who defied stereotypes and gender roles, and other… continue reading

Ziiiinng! How I loved hearing those words again. Big Brother‘s twist on the Zingbot, which was broken and only capable of issuing “props,” was clever, as was its integration with yet another strong challenge.  The houseguests game play, however, was the opposite of creative, and continues along the path of making the game play increasingly uninteresting…. continue reading