Big Brother 10: Grandpa Got Game
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Editorial, News,
Maybe there is hope for presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain yet? Right now the hottest guy on Big Brother 10 right now is a muscle-shirt wearin’, gravelly voice talkin’ ex-Marine who just happens to be a 75-year-old great-grandfather.
The new season of CBS’ perennial fish-bowl reality show is proving that old doesn’t mean obsolete. In the premiere episode of Big Brother 10 Jerry, the oldest person to every compete on the show, not only became Head of Household but also copped a feel of one of the hottest girls in this season’s cast. (Before his wife of 54 years has a heart attack that girl, April, sort of forced Jerry to do it.) Still, it was a good strategic move for the Magnolia,Texas retiree. In that instant you could see his fellow house guests quickly shift their concept of Jerry from Depends and defibrillators to babes and booze.
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Big Brother 10 Cast Revealed
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Editorial, Gossip, News, Video,
“Somebody for everyone.” That’s how executive producer Allison Grodner describes the cast of CBS’ Big Brother 10.
After a slide in ratings in the past few installments of the long-running reality show, Big Brother is returning to its roots of throwing actual strangers from all walks of life into one pretend house. This time around producers assure viewers there will be no ex-lovers, no secret father-daughter pairs or long-lost siblings. This is the first time house guests have been true strangers since the third season. (You can see a video clip with the latest contestants after the jump.)
Other than that though, the premise is the same. 13 people try to lie, cheat and steal their way to the $500,000 prize while their every move is monitored by 50 cameras for three months. The producers insist there will be twists, but past relationships aren’t among them.
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Sunday Ratings: Big Brother Ends with a Thud
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
The season finale of Big Brother 9 did very little for CBS. The network had the second best audience and came in third with the demos.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (12 million, 3.9/10 in 18-49) improved upon last week’s Big Give.
- The Simpsons (7.7 million, 3.6/10) picked up 2.5 million more; King of the Hill (6.5 million, 3.0/8) nabbed another 2 million.
- Big Brother 9 (6.7 million, 2.3/6) came in third for the hour.
- Monk (5.8 million, 1.0/3) did about the same.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.3 million, 0.5/1) had a repeat audience; Aliens in America (1 million, 0/4/1) lost 200,000.
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Adam Jasinski Wins Big Brother 9
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, CBS, Showtime, Editorial, News,
Adam Jasinski began this season of Big Brother 9 by offending millions of developmentally disabled children and their parents. He ends the season hopefully making good on a promise to donate $100,000 to make their lives better.
Jasinski, an alleged public relations flak for a now defunct Florida-based autism group, won BB9 thanks to a six to one vote by a jury made up of seven of his former house mates. Despite some reservations as to who actually played the better game, he or Ryan… Matt, Natalie, Sharon, James, Chelsia and even scorned ex-partner Sheila voted to give 29-year-old Jasinski the $500,000 grand prize. Only Joshuah threw his support behind Ryan Quicksall, the 27-year-old college student from Ohio. Ryan will take home $50,000, sure to be spent quickly by his annoying girlfriend and ex-house mate Jen.
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Tuesday Ratings: NBC Falls Behind
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Saturday Night Live, Ratings,
NBC suffered last night without its reality hit, The Biggest Loser. The network - which came in second last week - dropped to fourth in total viewers this time around.
8pm
- Approximately 24 million listened in on American Idol‘s Andrew Lloyd Webber night (8.8/24 in 18-49).
- NCIS (14.1 million, 2.9/8) dipped by 800,000.
- Both According to Jim (1.4/4) and Most Outrageous Moments (1.3/4) brought in 4.2 million viewers.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.6 million, 0.7/2) scraped up another 100,000.
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Wednesday Ratings: Presidential Debate Draws Interest
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Ratings,
Even though it was the umpteenth time Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had faced off, ABC’s debate actually did quite well…especially on an American Idol night.
8pm
- Yesterday’s 2008 presidential debate (10.7 million, 2.7/7 in 18-49) was the season’s most-watched.
- Deal or No Deal (9.7 million, 2.6/8) and Big Brother (6.1 million, 2.3/7) were both up 100,00 from last week.
- ‘Til Death (2.0/7) had 5.8 million laughing; Back to You (7 million, 2.4/7) did even better.
- About 3.7 million saw Stacy-Ann sent home on America’s Next Top Model (1.8/6).
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Big Brother 9: Batty Natalie Evicted, Ryan is New Head of Household
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Editorial, News,
It is time to bid a fond (or totally relieved) farewell to the bikini barista from Salem, Oregon. Natalie is the latest house guest to get the boot on Big Brother 9.
Natalie ended up on the chopping block next to Sharon after Adam inexplicably won the Power of Veto challenge where house guests had to solve a complicated multi-TV, multi-remote challenge. The mushy-mouthed and dim-looking public relations flak solved the puzzle in a mere 3:20 seconds. It took box of rocks Natalie 12:09 seconds (though Sheila was the biggest dolt, it took her more than 15 minutes to get it right).
When the time came to use the POV, obviously Adam saved himself forcing Sheila to put someone else up for eviction. No big surprise here, she chose Natalie. In the end, Ryan voted to evict Natalie saying she is just too good at endurance competitions to safely keep her around. Adam voted to evict Sharon saying she hasn’t done anything good for him in the house. Sheila had to break the tie and, of course, evicted Natalie. The other big headline of the night: Ryan is the new Head of Household.
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Tuesday Ratings: The Biggest Loser Weighs in Nicely for NBC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,
The Biggest Loser finale helped NBC place a strong second behind FOX’s hit reality combo.
8pm
- About 23 million watched Mariah Carey night on American Idol (8.6/23 in 18-49).
- NCIS (14.9 million, 3.1/8) improved by 1 million.
- A nice 11.2 million saw Ali win on The Biggest Loser (4.4/11).
- According to Jim (1.3/3) averaged 3.8 million over its hour.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.5 million, 0.7/2) soured by 300,000.
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Big Brother 9 Update: James Out, Sharon and Adam Up for Eviction
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Editorial, News,
I’ve really been slacking off on my Big Brother 9 recaps. It’s not that I am not watching. Oh, I watch but then can’t muster up enough energy to write something interesting about the show because, well, it hasn’t been that interesting.
The main headlines of the past few episodes are that Crazy James finally spent life number 9 in the house and Sharon and Adam are now nominated for eviction. James was evicted by a unanimous vote but not before trying to turn everyone against each other and even getting in a few jabs about Natalie’s weight gain in the BB9 house since Matt left.
It was all to no avail. The whole smelly (I imagine) cropped stretch pant or bikini underwear look and holier-and-deeper-than-thou attitude finally got the best of the homeless biker from Florida and his house mates gladly gave him the boot.
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Tuesday Ratings: Viewers Not Interested in Secret Talents
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,
Apparently not many cared that Mya is a fabulous tap dancer or that Sasha Cohen is as bendy as a Chinese acrobat. The new CBS reality show placed last in its hour. Meanwhile, FOX rolled away with another Tuesday win.
8pm
- American Idol (24 million, 8.9/24 in 18-49) was out of tune by 1.2 million.
- A new NCIS (13.9 million, 2.9/8) was up 3.7 million from last week.
- The Biggest Loser (3.7/9) weighed in at 9.1 million.
- Just for Laughs (5.5 million, 1.4/4) did the same as before.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.8 million, 0.8/2) was up a few ticks.
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