It's clear what is Happening with CBB
Damon_Plembury
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It's clear to me what is happening with BB right now.
They still have to pay for the extension and so people at the top have told the producers to cut corners wherever they can.
By casting HM they know will be antagonists and cause fights, they know they don't have to spend much on tasks etc.
Even the new comic book logo has been designed around features of the house from the summer
The pop art effect is visible in the wall fixtures around the kitchen.
A lick of paint and they can use it again. Saving more money on not having to decorate the house
Lazy, unimaginative and cheap television
They still have to pay for the extension and so people at the top have told the producers to cut corners wherever they can.
By casting HM they know will be antagonists and cause fights, they know they don't have to spend much on tasks etc.
Even the new comic book logo has been designed around features of the house from the summer
The pop art effect is visible in the wall fixtures around the kitchen.
A lick of paint and they can use it again. Saving more money on not having to decorate the house
Lazy, unimaginative and cheap television
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The forums dead at the moment, you'd have been better doing this thread in a few weeks
BB changed massively when it moved to channel 5, its now a TV show which pushes them to the limit. Thats why they filled it full of normal people last series, alongside controversial Bear. The task for the housemates was essentially to live with Bear, he even had half the house ready to rage quit over him.
Personally, Id rather see drama and arguments than people telling eachother how much they love them (basically all that happened on Im a celeb this year). Im looking forward to seeing the gobshites clash with eachother.
The budget excuse is actually far from true.
The show is in a better position right now than it has been on C5. Viacom has helped a lot and the latest regular series was a huge 16-34 demo success and the summer series albeit poorly received, was the cheapest CBB in terms of fee. In fact CBB15 alone spent more money on Price and Hopkins than all the cast of CBB18.
They have a LOT OF cash. Probably the most cash since its c4 peak.
I don't agree. It was lovely to see this year's I'm A Celeb have one of the most harmonious camps. There were some arguments and moments that I wasn't comfortable about, (Larry and Martin, for example), but it had a very nice, uplifting feel. And it was deemed a successful series and the ratings on the final were up compared to last year, which was full of nastiness.
It was proof that you don't need to have a reality TV series in today's world that's full of nastiness and bitching in order for it to be a successful series. I just wish that BB would take note.
Big Brother/Celebrity Big Brother in the C5 era in a nutshell.
Who exactly wants to watch a 3-4 week argument?
How on earth will the editors decide who to snub and who to give a personality transplant to?
Yeah I enjoyed I'm a Celeb this year harmonious and a highly entertaining series what a breath of fresh air. Just shows you don't need the vile and nastiness that CBB has become.
Me too. On IAC it didn't matter too much that there wasn't much conflict as the focus is on the tasks, but the tasks on BB aren't nearly engaging enough to sustain interest. I liked the Bear baiting.
I don't want to watch people effing & blinding constantly, nor do I want to see them sticking their tongues down each others throats, or peeing the bed (& being proud of it). Neither do I want to watch constant conflict, mostly engineered by producers interference. Or HM's who have no respect for themselves, let alone anyone else.......& get rewarded for their awful behaviour.
That to me is not entertainment!
So even more manipulation to come, I always hope its a so so series when no live feed, as you can't ever properly get to know anyone.
Just 40 mins of rushed highlights.
Tbh that's got nothing to do with it.
You do know C5 has the budget of like 20% of other channels? So in return they expect around 20% of the main channels audience? So 1m is seen as a pretty normal figure for Channel 5. The January series averaged 2.8m. The two January's before averaged 3.1m. It is in a very good position.
But they should just do a normal series of CBB especially as it's January which is the peak of BB ratings.
To expect C5 to get ratings as big as BBC1 is ludicrous. There's more chance of this country being invaded by flying aliens in the next 20 seconds.
The only time it has performed below average was during BB16. Every other series it has performed above average from what the rest of the channel was getting at the time.
Also if you ignore the full ratings, and look at the 16-34 demo which is very important to advertisers, it is still huge, much bigger than 75% of the shows out there.
I agree. The rumoured line up of this latest CBB makes the show sound like if will resemble Weatherspoons at chucking out time. All manipulated conflict so the attention seekers can fight for screen time vying to be the most controversial.
I can't think of anything more boring to watch