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The TVClubHouse: Big Brother IX- 2008 ARCHIVES: Big Brother 9 - Part 3: Has BB Jumped the Shark?: Archive through February 15, 2008 users admin

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Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
It's a defining moment when you know that your television program has reached its peak. That instant when you know from now on, it's all downhill.


I know that so many of us have been die hard BB fans since the beginning of BB1. We watched the tv show 6 days a week and we enjoyed free feeds. Now as in everything the show has changed ... some for the good, some for the bad. It seems that we diehard fans have always eagerly awaited the new season while also constantly complaining that the next will never be as good.

But here we are in BB9 and I am wondering if Allison has taken it in such a direction that many of the die hard BB fans just don't appreciate. Has the Couples theme with 20-something sex cast just become too much for many fans? Has BB jumped the shark for you??

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think those are all factors but also think the scheduling didn't work so well for me (so far.. not saying I won't get sucked in soon). Sure there was a strike, but when I seriously need four DVR tuners for the first night of BB.. that means I have plenty of viable choices and having 24/7 feels PLUS BBAD is a tough juggle..

Nerovh
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06-11-2005

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
I really don't enjoy this premise of BB. I've never thought of myself as a prude, but with this much sex already, it can't get anything but worse. It actually makes me sad to see so many people so willing to embarass themselves and the people they love in front of a national audience. The Matt/Natalie thing is too much for me. I can't stand seeing a girl degrade herself and let herself be degraded by a man like this. I think BB TRIED to jump the shark, only they landed IN the shark pen instead of on the other side. Now all there is left to see is the carnage.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
This question has been coming up for years. Remember when Dr. Will kept saying that All Stars would be the last BB?

Has it jumped? I'd say it has been slowly jumping since Season 3, but it is nevertheless one of the most unique shows on TV with the live feeds. There is absolutely nothing else like it.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure that BB has jumped the shark, I think the shark may have eaten BB. Now the shark probably has diarrhea.

Erinbear
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08-05-2005

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Erinbear a private message Print Post    
HECK NO!! I am a diehard from season 1 fan. I have had the live feeds since season 2 and I love my big brother.

I am enjoying this season as I have the 8 that came before and am having a hard time seeing why people are so negative about the couples season. Sure its an adjustment to have a summertime staple going in the winter when schedules are tighter and life is more hectic.

To me Big Brother is welcome anytime as it is always a roller coaster of excitement and, for me is always good mindless entertainment that sometimes makes you think.

Gusmonster
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06-01-2005

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gusmonster a private message Print Post    
same for me Erin, BB any time, any format tho I enjoy the ones that are mostly mind games over the hook-up/sex stuff. I find people endlessly fascinating so there's always something for me to watch

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
to tell you the honest truth....I'm not sure what JUmping the Shark even means.

Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
Jump The Shark

The term jumping the shark alludes to a specific scene in a 1977 episode of the TV series Happy Days when the popular character Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli jumps over a shark while water skiing. The scene was so preposterous that many believed it to be an ill-conceived attempt at reviving the declining ratings of the flagging show. Since then, the phrase has become a colloquialism used by U.S. TV critics and fans to denote the point at which the characters or plot of a TV series veer into a ridiculous, out-of-the-ordinary storyline. Such a show is typically deemed to have passed its peak. Once a show has "jumped the shark" fans sense a noticeable decline in quality or feel the show has undergone too many changes to retain its original charm.
Jump-the-shark moments may be scenes like the one described above that finally convince viewers that the show has fundamentally and permanently strayed from its original premise. In those cases they are viewed as a desperate and futile attempt to keep a series fresh in the face of declining ratings. In other cases the departure or replacement of a main cast member or character or a significant change in setting changes a critical dynamic of the show. These changes are often attempts to attract their fans' waning attention with over-the-top statements or increasingly overt appeals to sex or violence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark


Debra
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11-20-2003

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
The term jumping the shark alludes to a specific scene in a 1977 episode of the TV series Happy Days when the popular character Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli jumps over a shark while water skiing. The scene was so preposterous that many believed it to be an ill-conceived attempt at reviving the declining ratings of the flagging show. Since then, the phrase has become a colloquialism[1] used by U.S. TV critics and fans to denote the point at which the characters or plot of a TV series veer into a ridiculous, out-of-the-ordinary storyline. Such a show is typically deemed to have passed its peak. Once a show has "jumped the shark" fans sense a noticeable decline in quality or feel the show has undergone too many changes to retain its original charm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark

Nevermind... I am to slow.

Stopthemadness
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07-15-2005

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stopthemadness a private message Print Post    
Thank you Erinbear, I too luv luv luv me some BB action. I love the premise for the show I just don't like that they have put what seems like all very young immature people in the house this year.

I don't think that BB has "Jumped the shark" but that the producers have lost their way.

Sun jumping the shark comes from the episode when The Fonz jumped a shark in his leather jacket in the last season of Happy Days. The show should have ended long before that but they tried to keep it alive.

http://www.jumptheshark.com/help.jspa

Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
You're not slow, I just had it out from when I started the thread :-)

Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
Stop... I also love love love the premise of BB. Just not certain that I want to watch a brothel...

Debra
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11-20-2003

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    


Stopthemadness
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07-15-2005

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stopthemadness a private message Print Post    
Bon, watching the brothel is bad enough, but watching the lack of respect they have for the girl that "did the deed" is even worse. I don't think they have much respect for others, or for themselves for that matter this year.
I think BB was hoping for love matches instead they got sex and dislike hookups. Sad and disgusting. Maybe the summer show will be better.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
I love the jump the shark discussions - so many sitcoms "jumped the shark" and some just ran their course!!

BB? I dont think they know their target audience, they keep hating the internet - and yet they set it up FOR the internet!!

I think they tend to be more in the beat the dead horse category!!

Indybarb
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06-25-2005

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Indybarb a private message Print Post    
someone is beating something, that is for sure!:-)

Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
Indy

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
You know BB has jumped the shark when there are hardly any new posts.

Stopthemadness
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07-15-2005

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stopthemadness a private message Print Post    
No Nick, say it ain't so!

Debra
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11-20-2003

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
I can't believe how slow the board is this year.

Where is everyone?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I think a lot of the boards are quieter this year. Maybe the show is aging or the Winter season has lowered interest?

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Last season's BB was pretty awful in terms of lowered standards, and I think it put a lot of people off their lunch.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
This year, it's sort of like Paradise Hotel without the great looking pool.

Makays
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07-12-2001

Friday, February 15, 2008 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Makays a private message Print Post    
Nyheat
I think you hit the nail on the head about last year. I swore I was done after last season. I have never been so irritated with BB like I was last year. I even said to dh the other day "what possessed those people to leave a daughter/father in the house? Really when you get right down to it they deserved what they got for not getting rid of ED.
I swear to god that these people go in the house and it affects their brains.
Just wait and see if it doesn't happen again this year.