WHAT a GYP!! THE COVERAGE!! CBS should be ashamed!!!

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Jombie

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 12:02 am Click here to edit this post

I guess that it could've been worse, but I am not sure how...They definitely needed to have a 2-hour finale show...Survivor got 3 hours...

It was a really stupid move, but I guess we really shouldn't have expected anything more from them...as most of us know, they have done it all wrong from the beginning...

There were a lot of ways that they could've made it more interesting and closure-friendly... but remember, this IS BB...

Lowfreakwency

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 12:59 am Click here to edit this post

Our DirecTV feed dropped in the last 20 minutes, if you can believe that! I had to hit the web to see who won, but the frustration that erupted after watching for 3 months just to miss the last 20 minutes!!! Julie sat down on the couch with the envelope and the screen went to: "technical difficulties, sorry for the inconvenience."

DTV says that it's the local San Francisco feed, although other bay area posters said they saw it fine. We recorded it on TiVO thinking everything was fine when we watched it later. DAMN! I read here that we didn't miss much, but still... we need some closure.

We hope to get hold of a tape or CD of the last show.

Talk about withdraw.

Zazzies

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 07:01 am Click here to edit this post

CBS should have started BB at 7pm and had two hours OR run the Survivor rerun until midnight--hey the Olympics are on till Midnight--why not?

It is almost like they wanted the show to suck so they don't have to pay Endemol or something.

They can't be this bad at decision making, can they?

Made me remember the whole football game/Heidi debacle from years ago--was that CBS, too?

Never thought I could be so bugged by a network.

And for those who say, "it's over, don't complain";

WRONG! Feedback is the only thing that will help.

THey are already talking about BBII. Do we want to be shortchanged a second time?

Eddie and Josh were terribly shortchanged with the ending and CBS missed some real, fun, honest, tearful LIVE TV moments. The kind TV writers tear their hair out to recreate.

TAKE NOTE CBS!! BAD DECISIONS!!! MISSED OPPORTUNITY!! GYPPED FANS!!!

Enbwife

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 07:40 am Click here to edit this post

I too just vented to CBS. I feel really jipped and I can't seem to get over that. Maybe some would say I'm a loser and need to get a life, but somehow I became addicted to watching BB for the past 3 months, talking about the HGs to anyone who would listen, and helping out on this site, so I feel I deserve a proper goodbye show. Survivor getting 3 hours for the finale, and 2 hours last night for a repeat was a kick in the face to us BB diehards. I really hope they make some much needed changes for BB2. I'll be back to watch it for sure...I'm a sucker for punishment :)

Gonnagetfired

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 08:43 am Click here to edit this post

I just want to reiterate what everyone else has already said and to vent. I felt so gypped!!!

1. No coverage of the Josh and Britt reunion. Did they kiss? Who the f knows!

2. Very poor camera angles when Julie announced that Eddie won. I would have liked to have seen Eddie's face the moment he found out that he won half a million dollars. It took 10 full seconds for the camera to finally find Eddie's face.

3. We were cut off and left hanging right after Eddie left the house. Almost zilch coverage of his reunion with his family and the former houseguests. Same goes for Josh. Those two are the WINNERS. They should have had a LOT more coverage than they did.

4. CBS should have made this a 2-hour final show. There is easily enough material to fill 2 hours. And we the viewers could have more closure than we did.

5. On a slightly different note, we never got to see any of the produce baseball game on tv. According to those who saw it on the live feeds that was some of the funnest moments of the entire experience. And we saw none of it!

I feel slighted. End of rant.

Mbliving

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 08:53 am Click here to edit this post

Please, everyone email CBS for a reunion show. If they get enough mail, you never know. I sent my email requesting one.

Zazzies

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 10:01 am Click here to edit this post

Oh, and ANOTHER thing! Why did they wait until the FINAL show to show the inner workings of the house and the control room, where "the voices" speak to the house guests.

That could have been pretaped fodder for one of the other daily shows that had slow moments.

What a waste of the time--also the AOL plug at the end--that data would have been just as good a day or two earlier. Another time waster.

Maybe they had a contract with AOL that said they would get a certain % of the final show time.

I would have liked it better if they had done the individuals who won first, then have ALL of the house guests being interviewed--ok, Bryant G, he did well with the Survivor group, with Bryant in their own special.

To bring it up in a week or so is like being recycled.

CBS! Take Notes!

Prince

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 10:18 am Click here to edit this post

Just as I suspected, they should have let BB have its limelight.

Taken from zap2it.com

Eddie took home the $500,000 grand prize on "Big Brother’s" hour-long finale; CBS took in a 7.8/14 (last week, "Big Brother," 8 p.m., 4.8/8; "Becker," 8:30, 3.8/6). A repeat of "Survivor’s" finale followed with a 4.5/7 (3.7/6) during its two-hour duration (last week, "Survivor," 9 p.m., 3.7/6; "JAG," 10 p.m., 3.7/7).


The final BB beat the Survivor finale 7.8-4.5. That just shows you how inept CBS is. Shame on CBS for not giving us the 2-hour finale we wanted.

Lafatme

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 03:15 pm Click here to edit this post

we've seen the exterior shot as the banished HGs walked out, why wasn't that on the net after the show went off the air?

at least we could have watched it here.

Iwatchtoo

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 05:47 pm Click here to edit this post

The BB finale was just so anti-climatic. During the entire show, I kept waiting for them to build up to SOME kind of suspense. It felt like it was on an even keel the entire time...then, all of a sudden, Eddie won and was out of the house-----Bam! It was over. I sitting on the couch in a daze. Wh Wh Wh What just happened?

I'll admit to watching a little bit of the Survivor rerun...but, only to compare. BB likes to blame the HG's for not living up to their expectations, but they don't have a clue! BB's editing/producing looks like a school project compared to Survivor. I watched BB, because I came to care about the HG's. I, simply, had to overlook the production of the show. CBS will be hearing from me too. It seems painfully obvious to us...Some/most of the BB team needs to be fired or given further education before attempting a BB2. Maybe we won't allow ourselves to care about the new HG's if we know that we'll only end up feeling cheated by the finale again.

Fruitbat

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 06:40 pm Click here to edit this post

Enbwife....first of all, how could you possibly get a life? You have been too busy doing this. :) Sheeeesh, some just don't understand.

CBS knows this is an internet success. They have a good idea that the majority of the audience knew the winning order. The time they wasted on that was criminal. (excuse the drama)

Aside from wanting to see a proper ending with the HG's..............

I would love to see the behind the scenes set up. (While they were still in the house.) Watch the action from the camera cross. I would like to meet the BB voices and listen to the crew speak about their experience. There is so much more they could show. Seems they have just closed the door and are greatful it is over. Clearly not much thought went into this. I am still irritated but getting better as the hours pass........barely.

Zazzies

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 06:50 pm Click here to edit this post

Just another thought--I have absolutely no affliation with networks or this board except as a poster--but CBS could use the admin of this board as consultants for the next round.

Their lack of understanding of how to produce their show is staggering.

And the manipulation of the HG's--no music, enforced curfew, put a HUGE damper on the fun factor of the show.

Look how the guys partied to the music when they had it the next to the last night.

What would have happened if they had let the HG's have their own schedule--then perhaps tensions would have mounted from over tired guests, creating more interesting shows. And having some decent music would have been nice!!

So, CBS, do your homework for the next one!!

Petunia

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 06:59 pm Click here to edit this post

>I would like to meet the BB voices and listen to the crew speak about their experience.

That would have been incredibly interesting.

Osu_Grrl

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 09:17 pm Click here to edit this post

I just vented to CBS. I called them bastards and made fun of them about Survivor fairing so poorly. Childish I know-but oddly I feel better =-)

Psp

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 11:09 pm Click here to edit this post

I was pissed off that we only got to see "The Interregator". I wanted to see Mrs S. and the Schoolgirl :) The last few days on the live feeds their interactions with the HGs were pretty funny.

Ryder

Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 11:50 pm Click here to edit this post

It would have been nice if instead of the party after being private, that CBS could have hosted it and then we could have seen some clips from there of all the HGs and families getting together.

Zazzies

Monday, October 02, 2000 - 05:14 am Click here to edit this post

where's the Josh and Eddie am interview?

I have to go to work.

I'm relying on you guys !!

Prince

Monday, October 02, 2000 - 05:18 am Click here to edit this post

It looks like we are going to get gypped again on 'The Early Show'. We can only hope that the last 1/2 hour is devoted to them. Crossing my fingers.

Prince

Monday, October 02, 2000 - 09:16 am Click here to edit this post

Well, I feel partially gypped on 'The Early Show' coverage. It was nice to see all 3 of them again. But again CBS continues to show contempt on BB. When somebody from Survivor comes out, they spend probably two half hour segments with them, yet for their "final" BB interview a total of 8 minutes is consumed. I guess the only chance now to get a lengthy interview with Josh and/or Curtis is the AOL chat, if it ever happens.

Flower

Monday, October 02, 2000 - 03:09 pm Click here to edit this post

I think this would be the time for the fanclub to step in and start a petition for a "reunion show" with all people in front and behind the cameras.
I would do it myself but I am not in a technical situation to do a petitoner so who is going to do one ???
I think it could work and erase the anti climax the last show has left us with !!!

Zazzies

Tuesday, October 03, 2000 - 08:06 pm Click here to edit this post

Seems like a good idea, but it is a little like closing the barn door after the horse got out.

I find it interesting that Fox treated the guys better than CBS, it seems.

Fox must understand its demographic better!