BB could have been a bigger hit had it been on a cable channel...
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BB could have been a bigger hit had it been on a cable channel...
Whats_It_Mean | Thursday, September 28, 2000 - 07:14 pm  The contrast between the lameness of the next to last CBS show and the hilarity of the last couple of days of Produce Baseball and Drunkfest convinces me that the show would have been better served had it been on one of the cable channels like USA or the Comedy Channel. Those of us that see or read the Live Feeds know that there has always been some very good stuff that these HGs have generated. Unfortunately, CBS can't use any of it because of the adult nature of it. CBS would have lost its license if it broadcast any of the hilarious raunchy boy talk during the last night's drunkfest. Half of Eddie's discussions can't be used because he curses so f%$*ing much. The show would have had a much greater chance of success if Edermol showed it on a cable channel like USA or the Comedy Channel after 11 pm where they could have produced more adult, uncensored content. Obviously, cable channels don't have the viewership of the broadcast channels, but I'm sure it would have been a cult hit. Maybe some compromise could be arrange where the show gets carried Monday through Friday on cable and they have a censored "family" show with the weeks highlights and nominations/banishments on CBS. It's too bad that so few TV viewers really got to share the real BB experience that the Internet fans got. |
Bad_Murtl | Thursday, September 28, 2000 - 07:39 pm  Big Brother should be a good mother and fine them each 5 cents each time they curse. It wouldn't hurt the show for them to learn correct anatomical terminology. |
Renee | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 01:19 am  Personally, with the casting, I dont think it would have been a huge hit anywhere. They may have had their moments, but viewers voted off the most interesting people first and Most of the time they just don't do very much. It seemed most interesting at the beginning and now at the end. In between has been pretty ho-hum IMHO. I think it would have helped if CBS had stuck to what they'd said about No Outside Contact. The producers seemed to just make up the rules as they went along, apparently trying to introduce some interest in the HGs that they didn't generate themselves. Would you watch a second one? If they actually do one, I'll check out the first episode or two just to see if they learned anything from this and made any changes. |
Boogie | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 03:43 pm  Hey, don't you think it'd be a good idea to put the live feeds on a pay-per-view type of channel? We could subscribe to it, and anytime you turn it on, it's one of the 4 live internet feeds... preferrably the one with the most action... I'd watch it... and it'd be much better quality than the internet cam... you could charge something like $19.95 each month...3 months... i'd do it.... what do you think? |
Digilady | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 03:49 pm  What about on HBO? Instead of Comedy Channel, say. Methinks if they put it on around 9:00 PM or so (or at same rough time as Dennis Miller), you'd get an =entirely= different bunch of watchers/voters. Natch, it should still be cast better: and I'll bet that HBO would do one helluva job. What do y'all think? Boogie - I =hate= paying for stuff like this! LOL I am just a cheapskate, I guess. |
Boogie | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 04:03 pm  yeah, HBO is a good idea... maybe Cinamax, if they got some people who PROMISED to have sex on occassion... they're known for riske'.... i'm up for anything, but I'd like more TV video... better quality, and I like how they write the stories... it'd be even better with more video to support the stories.... |
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