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Madiskit

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 08:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I can think of one thing that could maybe take a little bit off of the "fixed" argument that seems to follow Big Brother. After Houseguests have entered the house, Arnie could publish a list of what the hoh comps, food comps, and luxury comps will entail. Sort of a table of contents for the show. The HGs wouldn't see this list because they are already inside the house and have no outside contact. Since this show is still playing out even as we are viewing the TV shows and internet feeds and is not a show that already has all their episodes "in the can", we would be able to follow the list of comps.

Any thoughts on this???

Pengoh

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 08:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The thing is, I don't think they plan that far ahead, and do make up competitions as they go along, so he couldn't publish a list that isn't made yet. Good suggestion tho.

Stingerman

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 08:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The bigger question is why would he want to do this?

He likes having control of the game and would rather pick what "HE" thinks is best for the occasion.

Madiskit

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I realize that the ratings on BB during the summer are really good and why mess with a good thing. But, this is one show since the airing shows are put together while the house action is still goig on that they could do something like this. This is one show where they could stay away from the "fixed" argument. Give it some credibility.

Jane_Bond

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 12:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Knowing the nature of creating entertianment, you can bet that the production team has a very concrete list of all the competitions they plan. I mean, they have a budget and must work within it, so they have to know what they will be spending before any houseguest even gets in the door. So, yes, somewhere there is a list of all the comps and luxuries and a detailed run list for every single episode with large blank spots to fill in the particulars as they happen.

They would have weekly and daily production meetings where a number of people would build the episode run list as information/footage/storylines become available. But, they absolutely know well ahead of time what comps will be happening and when. Do you think that some production assistant was suddenly told that there would suddenly be a pinata competition in a few days and they'd have to build the pinatas for it? No, this kind of decision was made months ahead of time.

For example, they already know that they will need an interview with a hg's family/friend for episode X, they just don't know till the week of episode X who that hg will be, and further, who the particular family or friend will be. In another example, you can bet that while they were casting the show, they were simultaneously finalising the arrangements for a hg to visit the mtv video awards in nyc.

This doesn't preclude their changing up comps on the fly to suit their needs, if they think that they can take advantage of a situation. These shows are more formulaic than most people realise.