The last Big Brother screwup

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Stillme

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 05:52 pm Click here to edit this post

I know they didn't plan on coming back from the commercial break AFTER Julie announced the winner. I really hope that was just in my neck of the woods.

What a horrible show.

Eddie gets $500,000, but sits by himself in the house.

Pitiful

Bad_Murtl

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:02 pm Click here to edit this post

it was so he could be the last hg to leave the house, out the red door... awkward, but the last scene outdoors played well...

except for julie's speech that was drowned out... earlier she gives a good hug....

Zappre

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:04 pm Click here to edit this post

Stillme: You're a ray of sunshine to the end.

Stillme

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:10 pm Click here to edit this post

True, Bad. It was just very strange. Plus, Josh was the only houseguest not to get a one-on-one with Julie. Still, I don't know what they would have done in a two hour show. That would have been torture. Now a one hour webcast with all the houseguest would have been interesting, but Eddie deserve time with his family, no matter how bad of a person he is.

Stillme

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:12 pm Click here to edit this post

True, Bad. It was just very strange. Plus, Josh was the only houseguest not to get a one-on-one with Julie. Still, I don't know what they would have done in a two hour show. That would have been torture. Now a one hour webcast with all the houseguest would have been interesting, but Eddie deserve time with his family, no matter how bad of a person he is.

Zappre, it's just frustrating watching people who are supposed to know what they're doing continue to screwup a good concept. I study society. TV is an integral part of society. It is frustrating to see shows like Sports Night, It's Like You Know..., and other quality programming get knocked of the air while such a poor show with loads of potential like Big Brother stay on.

Jennnova

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:21 pm Click here to edit this post

I missed the big moment because of commercials, when they finally came back to the live show Julie had already announced the winner and Josh and Eddie were hugging. I feel really jipped!! I watched for all these months to miss the big moment. I can't believe someone screw up this bad.

Funksoulbrother

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:40 pm Click here to edit this post

It happened here too, on WRAL. They came out of commercials after the announcement, when the final 2 were already hugging congratulations.

Did anyone see the annoucement? Is this truly the way it was nationally? What a massive screwup!

Rmgreco

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:45 pm Click here to edit this post

OH! I feel so bad for you guys. It didnt happen that way here, thank god!!!

Banish_George

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:48 pm Click here to edit this post

"OH! I feel so bad for you guys. It didnt happen that way here, thank god!!! "

Exactly my feelings. That's bad.

Marthastewart

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:48 pm Click here to edit this post

No, luckily I got to see the announcement here too. That's really awful!

Jennnova

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:49 pm Click here to edit this post

funk, I was also watching wral. I will be sending them an email shortly. My Mom called me right away and kept saying "I am so pissed" It was really disappointing after watching for so long to miss the big announcement.

Lilsandi

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:49 pm Click here to edit this post

Yes, I saw the annoucement on WCIA.
Julie tore open the envelope and said with 59% of the vote. Eddie is the winner. They then jumped up and hugged.

Lancecrossfire

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:54 pm Click here to edit this post

Seems like they could have made a 90 minute show work pretty well. If they had thrown in the faceless folks in the way of just quick intros to the HGs, had some shots of Josh and Eddie interacting with their family/friends, then a couple minutes of questions for Josh and Eddie in the studio.

Hell, with the commercials they would have had in that extra 30 minutes, they would have had an extra 20 minutes of air time to fill with stuff like above.

Carole

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 06:55 pm Click here to edit this post

Jennova, you should let cbs know what happened also. It's possible that your local affiliate took commercial time that didn't belong to them.

Columbus

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 07:01 pm Click here to edit this post

I think that Eddie was given something to read
after he was announced the winner, maybe some-
thing that had to do the stipulations of what he
could or could not do after the show. They showed
him reading something when he was alone after the
commercial break or before, I can't remember.

Stillme

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 07:03 pm Click here to edit this post

Funksoul and jennnova, where are you? I'm a grad student at Duke.

Jennnova

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 07:03 pm Click here to edit this post

carole, thanks I will do just that, I have already sent an email to the local station.

Jennnova

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 07:14 pm Click here to edit this post

This is what I emailed to CBS:

"In the Raleigh, NC area (WRAL) the announcement of the winner was not seen by the viewers due to a local commercial. I am very disappointed that I invested months into watching this show, and miss the big moment because of local commercials. I can not believe that someone screwed up so bad. I think the final episode should be rerun for your viewers in our area, due to this mistake."

Excuse the grammer mistakes above, I wrote it in haste. I don't think I will get a response, because I never have before, but at least they will know.

Stillme, I live near Fayetteville.

Amoni

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 07:27 pm Click here to edit this post

Columbus...Eddie was reading his name on the page that was in the envelope. Julie gave it to him before she walked Josh out.

Mbliving

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 07:31 pm Click here to edit this post

Good for you Jennova. That should not have happened. It must have been local because we saw everything over here.

Jana

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 07:47 pm Click here to edit this post

omigosh, i would RAISE HELL!!!!! I would at the very least demand a video copy of the entire show...i'm so sorry, that SUX!!!!! if that had happened here i would have gone NUTS!!!!!

Columbus

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 08:29 pm Click here to edit this post

Amoni..in the live feeds that wrote that Eddie was
looking at his contract and the check that he
received. I sure that there are some stipulations
in it about what he can and cannot do.
I'm sute that they gave him a few minutes to read
it before the big hoopla took place once he walked
out the front door.

Leesa

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 09:03 pm Click here to edit this post

I am glad to see that I am not the only BB addict in Durham. The local news played the moment we missed and apologized.

Jennnova

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 09:08 pm Click here to edit this post

Leesa, darn I missed it, changed the channel as soon as it was over.

Sara

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 09:28 pm Click here to edit this post

Jennova, Leesa, Stillme, Funksoul, I'm near Fuquay. It must be the water or something. ROFLOL!! :)

I missed the announcement on the news too. Did they say if they were going to re-air the few minutes we missed? (I know this is a silly question, but one can hope.)

Tuner

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 09:41 pm Click here to edit this post

Unreal! I could not believe we missed the announcement we had been waiting for after three months because they had to plug their 11 o'clock news show!!!!!

I'm near Fayetteville.... I turned the channel at 9 p.m. and so I missed the moment again on the news!!!! Wonder if they will continue to re-air and apologize again????

We could have had big party tonight in NC if only we had known!!!!!!!

Anyway - thrilled Eddie & Josh were 1st & 2nd!!!!!!

Tuner

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 10:00 pm Click here to edit this post

For those in NC in the WRAL viewing area that missed "the moment" (which includes me) because they showed a commerical instead, I just went to their website, clicked on WEBCAST up in the top header and viewed the 11 o'clock news for tonight.
They show "the moment" about 14 minutes into the newscast.

So, if they don't show it again tomorrow - that's one way to sort of see "the moment." (It's a small picture.)

Katnphx

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 10:01 pm Click here to edit this post

I was surprised that they didn't show Josh and Brittany seeing each other for the first time out of the house. I thought they would have since they showed Josh saying he wanted Brittany there when he got out. Anybody else notice that?

Itsme

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 10:17 pm Click here to edit this post

Ktnphx: I noticed and I'm disappointed. I don't understand why they made such an issue of Josh talking about his feelings for Brit and then not show them. Don't get it. I think he was looking for her when his family came in too. I really think todays show should have been two hours -- oh well.

Kevkev

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 11:00 pm Click here to edit this post

Itsme: Glad you touched on the real "last BB screwup"--Why nothing of a Josh and Brit reunion? Because it would've been a farce. Reference the recent "Josh" threads and add them to his general "melancholy mystique"...then his overly-acted "I met a lot of girls" or something like that on tonight's show.

The reason he's so visibly nervous during these interviews with wow-intense Chen is that he thinks she's gonna pry something out of him...something that might be "common knowledge" to the general public...but he doesn't know whether or not that's true because he's been cutoff from the outside.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, fine. If so, then here's more on your question-- why blow it up then not show a reunion? They were looking for sensationalism. CBS pegged him as being something...then they saw the Brit attraction and thought "hmm...interesting...what a great intro to a confession we know will be coming...".

Problem, though-- he didn't follow CBS's plan. And I cheer him for that. Although something like CBS had hoped for would have made good TV, it didn't happen, and that's that.

The recent drunk fest and "sexy voice"'s manipualtion and borderline harrassment of Josh still didn't produce the results they were looking for. At that late hour, though, I don't see "sexy's" questioning, etc. as looking for good TV, but rather as entertainment for the crew in punishing Josh for not delivering what they were expecting. (To clarify-- "late hour" doesn't mean "midnight".)

Oh well. I could flame CBS for this underhanded crap, but I won't. I just hope Josh remains true to himself and doesn't do something he'll regret in the future.

Lowfreakwency

Friday, September 29, 2000 - 11:37 pm Click here to edit this post

THIS BLOWS!!!!! Watching on DirecTV from a San Francisco local CBS feed, the program went blank right after Julie sat down on the couch with the envelope. The message on the screen was a DirecTV "we're having technical difficulties, sorry for any inconvenience." Do you believe it!?!?!?!?! I had to hit the web to see who won. This is like missing the end of the Superbowl when the score is tied.

DirecTV claims it was a local feed problem. Anyone out there in the bay area see the ending? Is there any chance there's a saved Real Video file that I can get? Thanks