Big Brother 10: CBS “Big Brother” has a Senior Moment (Article)

EW.com just updated their blog with the following, For the love of Bengay, it looks like Big Brother will finally add a mature player (we're talking septuagenarian here, people) to the cast when the show returns to CBS this Sunday. CBS is expected to reveal the entire cast tomorrow morning on The Early Show, but EW.com has already learned that a 75-year-old man (and ardent fan of the franchise) will be among the players vying for the $500,000 cash prize this summer. For a show that typically fe...

Big Brother Australia: The End is Near?

An Australian Newspaper named the Sunday Telegraph has pronounced that Big Brother will have a timely death after this season finishes. The paper says that the ratings have been dismal compared to season's past. It even says that the ratings are so bad it was beaten by a politician reading Australian proposed budget on a competitor station. The sources who were quoted in the article say that the departure of former host Gretal Killeen have added to the decline in ratings. Apparently, in Austr...

Big Brother 9′s Finale: Largest DVR Use – EVER?

According to TVbytheNumbers, the finale episode of Big Brother 9 had the "highest percentage of overall DVR viewing occur on the same night that [they] have ever seen." Basically, what this means is people who had DVR sets either watched the episode in its entirety at a different time period, or they used their rewind button to watch certain parts over and over again. I'm not certain, but I believed the extra DVRing of the finale was used by some message forums to create a complete seating ch...

Article: Chelsia Hart Happy with her Big Brother Experience

A local Mason City, Iowa newspaper was able to catch up with Chelsia Hart when she returned home after appearing on Big Brother 9. Chelsia says that she's not sure what her future holds. She plans on eventually moving to Germany, but first, she is going to move to Los Angeles with a friend. Chelsia has a few appearance booked and hopes that something more comes from her Big Brother experience. In regards to James Zinkand, she says, "We care about each other a lot. He’s an amazing person and w...

Big Brother UK: Davina to leave after this season?

England newspapers are printing that Davina, the hostess of the UK Version of Big Brother is ready to call it quits after the 9th season finishes. NewsOfTheWorld states that Davina has become bored with her current status and wants to pursue serious acting gigs. This is an interesting time for Big Brother Hosts. Gretal left the Big Brother Australia series this year, Dermot O'Leary also left the UK series this year. Rumors around the internet say that this is Julie Chen's last season as hoste...

Article: WA lifesaver to swamp Big Brother

PerthNow posted a brief background informational article about the one of the new Big Brother Australia housemates, Barney. HUNKY Perth model and surf lifesaver Craig Barnett is taking time out between photo shoots and rescuing swimmers to gatecrash Australia's most popular household. The 33-year-old shipping officer will enter Channel 10's Big Brother House tonight. He will be joined by two new flatmates Michael, a musician from Victoria, and Nathan, a physiotherapist from South Australi...

Article: Big Brother 9; Opinion on Big Brother This Season

RealityTVCalender.com: Unlike many others, I actually really enjoyed this season of 'Big Brother'. Sure, the Houseguests were pretty vulgar and used many expletives (especially on the live feeds), but that happens every season. Taking last season as an example, I don't think anyone this season was as volatile as Dick. My friend, who I discuss various reality shows with, including 'Big Brother' (Hi Helen!) stopped watching early on in the season as well. I don't think this was the mos...

Article: Big Brother Australia Embraces Social Networking

(Mashable) - "According to Lara Sinclair of The Australian, television networks in the land down under are just beginning to experiment with the concepts of social networking and how it engages the users. Sinclair explains that when a Facebook page was set up for the program “So You Think You Can Dance Australia”, it ended up attracting 28,000 fans. It is results such as this that are causing the networks of Australia to look move heavily at what they can do with online service. “Big Brother Aus...