On Celebrity Big Brother, Angie Bowie confided in Tiffany “New York” Pollard that her ex-husband David Bowie died. But Tiffany misunderstood and thought that fellow housemate David Guest died.
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Jersey Shore star Mike Sorrentino, aka The Situation, placed fourth in the UK’s 10th season of Celebrity Big Brother, on which he was one of two non-English cast members along with former Bachelor star Lorenzo Borghese. Though he didn’t win, he’s popular enough to be going on tour there, according to his Gawker-ish official blog. …
Less than a year after ending its run in the UK, cancelled because of low ratings, Big Brother is being resurrected–but with major changes. The show will now air on Channel 5 and has a new house, while the show’s host, Davina McCall, is out, replaced by previous winner Brian Dowling. More significantly, the show …
The UK mini-series Dead Set, a Big Brother parody that features zombies and graphic violence, debuts tonight on IFC, airing one episode per night at midnight. The series, written by Charlie Brooker, imagines a zombie outbreak happens while the cast is still in the house, and it includes cameos by the show’s host, Davina McCall. …
The UK version of Big Brother ends today with a final episode at 19:30 on Channel 4, having hosted 260 housemates over 10 years. Channel 4 cancelled it because of low ratings, although another network could pick up the show. The series debuted in 2000, shortly after the US version, having been adapted from John …
The nine remaining housemates in the UK’s Big Brother 11 house are now back in the house after being evacuated for the first time in the show’s history after the house flooded. Channel 4’s site has video of the storm and the evacuation. The Daily Mail reports that “exceptional weather conditions” caused the flooding and …
The UK version of Big Brother will be cancelled after 11 seasons, even as the US version that debuted around the same time is getting more popular in its 11th season, defying typical TV trends. Channel 4 announced that the 11th series in 2010 will be the show’s last on the network, because the current …