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Amac

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 02:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just read an article at the Entertainment Weekly site about BB3. They give the show an overall grade of B+. I think that's a reasonable assessment (although I might grade individual contestants lower).

What grade would you give BB3 to date?

Rhonda

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 02:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
a B+, I would give it an F

Keiffer

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 02:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
IF compared to other BB's I would say A. If comparing it to regular programming I would say C.

Wcv63

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 02:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I give the show a C. I give the feeds a C. I give them both together an A. One is not complete without the other and the feeds alone are frustrating. The show is so edited that without the feeds you'd have a distorted view.

It's like a research paper. If all areas aren't covered the paper doesn't make sense.

Woodpecke®

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 02:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
D-, and I get an F for watching it. This show is purely a weakness that I cannot control, so I plan on continuing to watch and blame it on the other people in my own household that are afflicted with the same Reality T.V. disease. I hate myself.

Maryann

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 02:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just barely passing "C".
The HGs are not that interesting,it took me ages to figure out that Chiara and Lisa and Roddy and Eric and Jason were all different people.I kept getting them confused.
Dani and Marcelle stood out in my mind because they were people of color..Gerry because he was older.Josh, because he annoyed me...Amy because
she drank the first night in the tree.Lori and Tonya ..hmm...of those two I must admit that I felt more respect for Lori and I have a lot of compassion for Tonya, I think that she's having some issues.
But the interaction among the HGs makes me uncomfortable, I can't imagine Curtis and Josh One
being rude-in fact all of the other HGs were kinder people than the ones in the house right now.
I didn't realize that Danielle was African American at first, I thought that she was from the Dominican Republic.

Earthmother

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd give the show a B

Hgs on a curve for appeal- with Jason A and Gerry B could barely scrape together a D.

Playing of the game itself this one is much better, most are really involved and mixing it up so I would say a B+

Wcv63, my students would love you C+C=A (every students dream)lol

Cajunrambler

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It sounds like they were grading on a curve.

Cute1073

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hmmm....if I look at the show from a critical eye...meaning the quality and intelligence it too to create and comparing with other shows on television (eg: ER or The Sopranos)I give it a D

However, in personal entertainment value...man..with all the time I spend here and listening to these guys, i have to give it an A+.

Wcv63

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually Earthmother it's more of an I+I=A. Each part on its own would be average or a C. It's just not complete without the whole experience. IMO

Probably better if I used Olympic grading rather than standard letter grades. The show would get a 4.9 on its own. The feeds a 4.5. When shown as a "complete program" with both parts in evidence the grade would be raised to a 5.8.

Marysafan

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved BB1....Okay I'll admit it....I loved Curtis....and Cassandra. That show still gets an A for casting a smart, funloving, real guy....and a wonderful honorable black woman who I admire greatly. That show gets an A. I was hooked to the live feeds and couldn't leave my computer. I didn't have a computer at home then...so I stayed at my office until I HAD to go home...and yes...I came in on the weekends just to watch some more. I was HOOKED!

I started out not liking BB2 at all! I hated those people! Where were my friends!? I couldn't possibly hang out with these people. I refused to subscribe to the live feeds...BUT by the end of the summer...I was quite smitten with Hardy's smile...and couldn't wait to find out what Will was up to next and how crabby Nicole he was going to make Nicole. I gave it a B- only because it did well on the final!

Now we have a whole new set of contestants with a couple of new wrinkles. The Power of veto and the sequestering of the evicted houseguests. This game is being played so differently. So many different strategies....so much going on under the surface. I think we haven't seen the best of it yet...so I am holding my final grade...but so far...I would give it a B.

Bmh

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I actually agree with EW's grade for BB3..I would give it a B+ too..I enjoy this show..and I love all the stratedgy,backstabbin,relationships,basically all the drama..it's interesting to watch

I would give BB2 a A-..I loved that season..and I bet as time goes on the grade for BB3 will go up too..

BB1 is a different story...boring formant,teribly boring cast..gezz I could fall asleep right now thinkin about that awful show..i would give that season a D-..

Scorpiomoon

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd give it a C-.

There's just so much lacking. But as far as the BB format goes, it's not bad.

Jnd

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would give BB3 an A (I would never admit to spending this much time on a television show that I graded any lower). I found the first BB guests extremely boring - although I did find Chicken George wonderfully crazy, and BB2 guests incredibly nasty. I really like the mix of this crowd. Of course, wcv is right. The TV Show is nothing without the feeds, and this board (and whatever live chatting you do). I was thinking today that I have no idea how someone who doesn't have internet access can even be remotely interested in this show. But I do find the TV Show much crisper and watchable than last year.

C1mag

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It depends on which format we are grading. The very edited TV version of BB3 I would give a flat out F. The un edited live feeds I would easily give an A. This group really knows how to dish it out and strategize. Somethint that the TV viewer has no knowledge of. It amazes me how someones perception of one of the contestants can be so misugided if you just watch it on TV. I'm constantly screaming at the TV durring the show when I realize that a comment or conversation has been so edited it just loses its meaning.

Lurknomore

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
To honestly assess this BB I think we need to break it into 2 catagories...the TV show and the internet feeds.

I would agree with a B+ for TV. The shows have been much better edited, and if you don't really know what's going on in the house and how repulsive some of these people are, the storylines go over well.

For the internet I would GENEROUSLY give them a D-. The only thing preventing an F are things like the Marcellas/Tonya fight that was SOOOO much better on here than TV, and knowing what is really going on.

So looks to me like Arnie is doing exactly what he set out to do. Create a good TV show and forget the premise of what Big Brother is and destroy the internet feeds.

Kappy

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think EW is looking strictly at ratings because it was a big deal on one of the entertainment programs that BB had beat out another show one night. But considering that there is nothing to watch in the summer on non-cable tv, I don't think that is saying much.

I would give the tv show a C- and that's being liberal. They spend so much time on absolutely nothing ~ a two second clip which then gets replayed and replayed and replayed. They spend more minutes per hour with Julie Chen describing what might be seen on that night's program then they do on actually showing you anything. Considering the number of hours in between shows that they are filming, you would think that they would have more to put on the program. Instead, they barely show anything. Come to think of it, I'm changing the grade to a D+ from a viewer's perspective.

Snee

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
c+/b, but i'd really have to know all the criteria and performance standards! ahhahaha..ha....ha..... umm...okay, private joke...

Willsfan

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 05:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The tv show is boring. Grade - D
Live Feeds are better. Grade - B
Casting, not too good. Grade - C
Challenges, need work. Grade - C
Background checks.LOL Grade- F