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Lamb18
Lamb18

So will they get married at Christmas in Memphis?

Brian Cronin
Brian Cronin

The house just tested positive for COVID and is in quarantine. They will have to choose an alternate house.

CrazyDog
CrazyDog

I think its one thing to maturely say "Ian's rocking stresses me out, but I understand why he needs to do it" and another to mock him, laugh at him, and imitate him behind his back for something he ha

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ProfCrash

ProfCrash

15 hours ago, RandomWatcher said:

BB19's Cody has been nominated for a People's Choice Awards for Competition Contestant of 2018, though it's for Amazing Race

 https://deadline.com/2018/09/peoples-choice-awards-new-categories-nomination-voting-e-channel-1202457202/

Well, this will drive people crazy. I hope he doesn't win. He was fine on the Race but the only reason why he was seen positively after BB was because of Paul being such an ass and Paul's minions being so awful to, well, everyone.

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Scout Finch

Scout Finch

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3 HOURS AGO, BRIAN CRONIN SAID:

Well, the slip and slide was the same one that we have always known, just easier because production sucks this year. So I suspect that there will be some weird difference that will make it easier somehow because production sucks so much this season.

Honestly, I sort of fear a more involved host most of all. Grodner is at her worst when she DOES get too attached to people, ya know? A more involved host would probably just lead to biased shit.

 

Hayleigh on Thursday evening: "Paul, you look really...um...uh...I have no words."

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Lonesome Rhodes

Lonesome Rhodes

As usual, Evel Dick is making a ton of sense.  BB chews up an insane amount of Summer programming hours and it is dirt cheap, unless they are paying Grodner insane rights fees.  It is among a very few CBS shows which does reasonably with a younger Demo.  It also is an excellent portal to feed the CBS goals of becoming an important digital data provider.  

As much as I enjoy and appreciate the Chenbot, and that is a ton, she is just about the least important component to BB.  Her insights aren't particularly smart.  Most any average TV talent could manage to fake it with decent staff prep.  

My guess is CBS has fallen into a wee bit of good fortune.  If Grodner truly is on pins and needles, CBS can negotiate better terms.   For now, I think the reticence of a formal renewal is about JC.  My guess is this is where she decides to make a gracious exit.  It would be staggeringly stoopid of them to not ultimately renew, though.   I actually hope they are that stoopid.  A net like FOX would make things much more end-user friendly.  Ultimate feeds, imo.

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Nashville

Nashville

34 minutes ago, Lonesome Rhodes said:

As much as I enjoy and appreciate the Chenbot, and that is a ton, she is just about the least important component to BB.  Her insights aren't particularly smart. 

But that’s one of the specific things I (and I suspect other viewers) like about Julie; she’s one of “us”, not one of “them”.  She isn’t Jeff Probst, on-site with the Castaways and (figuratively) in the trenches with them as they slug it out for their prize - she’s Julie Fucking Chen, and she’s watching from the outside like the rest of us. Until Thursday nights, that is - when she gets up off the couch, strolls across the stage, and takes a peek inside to see which parts of the maze the hamsters have run to this week, and brings the viewers along with her.  

Does Julie follow the feeds, or get daily briefings on the in-House events of the preceding 24 hours?  Nope! - but then again, who expects her to?  Julie has never built that expectation; she is a professional doing her job, not a fangirl obsessing over her subjects.  To be otherwise wouldn’t be... Julie-ish.  ;)

 

34 minutes ago, Lonesome Rhodes said:

Most any average TV talent could manage to fake it with decent staff prep.  

Julie’s live performance skills may not be the best, sure, but she’s spent nineteen years building a rapport with her audience - ‘Chenbot’ references, wardrobe cracks and all - and done so with grace and good humor.  And if CBS (or anybody else) thinks Julie’s position is an assembly-line cookie-cutter role into which ANY old talking head could be interchangeably rotated without effect on viewership or ratings, then I suspect they might do so at their own peril.

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Skycatcher

Skycatcher

4 minutes ago, Nashville said:

 And if CBS (or anybody else) thinks Julie’s position is an assembly-line cookie-cutter role into which ANY old talking head could be interchangeably rotated without effect on viewership or ratings, then I suspect they might do so at their own peril.

 I would probably not watch if Dr Will or Ross Mathews were the host. Julie is innocuous. She does not in any way interfere with my viewing of the show.  If TPTB inserted a "personality", one who had to "make his bones" by standing out with scripted witticisms and "insights", I'd be gone so fast not even HG JC could peek through the door I'd blow through.

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Lonesome Rhodes

Lonesome Rhodes

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37 minutes ago, Nashville said:

Does Julie follow the feeds, or get daily briefings on the in-House events of the preceding 24 hours?  Nope! - but then again, who expects her to?  

Julie’s live performance skills may not be the best, sure, but she’s spent nineteen years building a rapport with her audience - ‘Chenbot’ references, wardrobe cracks and all - and done so with grace and good humor.  And if CBS (or anybody else) thinks Julie’s position is an assembly-line cookie-cutter role into which ANY old talking head could be interchangeably rotated without effect on viewership or ratings, then I suspect they might do so at their own peril.

JC absolutely does get a detailed daily recap of the goings-on.  She loves to discuss them with staff, which I find to be endearing.  I agree wholeheartedly that she genuinely appreciates the show and "gets" its fanatics.  

I also agree there will be a fall-off, but mostly it will be a loss of goodwill.  The hardcore fans will overwhelmingly continue to closely follow BB.  Now, if its Sprinkles (Seacrest)?  The end.

I misstated at least one thing.  JC is worth hundreds of millions, not dozens.  

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Nashville

Nashville

55 minutes ago, Lonesome Rhodes said:

JC absolutely does get a detailed daily recap of the goings-on.  She loves to discuss them with staff, which I find to be endearing.  I agree wholeheartedly that she genuinely appreciates the show and "gets" its fanatics.  

In that case, more power to Ms. Julie; I figured she had a staffer assigned to follow them for her, and give her a heads-up whenever something particularly noteworthy occurred.

 

55 minutes ago, Lonesome Rhodes said:

I also agree there will be a fall-off, but mostly it will be a loss of goodwill.  The hardcore fans will overwhelmingly continue to closely follow BB.  Now, if its Sprinkles (Seacrest)?  The end.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a (large?) chunk of casual viewership falls off in any first season without Julie, simply because ads for the new season may not even catch many viewers’ attention if Julie’s face isn’t present to invoke a BB association.  Julie is the public face of BB, and that’s not something TPTB will be able to change overnight.

 

55 minutes ago, Lonesome Rhodes said:

I misstated at least one thing.  JC is worth hundreds of millions, not dozens.  

In that case, keep me posted if Julie and Les split.  ;>

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diana

diana

With all that we’ve been through with BB15 and 19 and Paul and Frankie and STILL coming back every year, Ross or whoever coming in (even Seacrest, lol) would not drive me away from this show. Probably nothing would — the addiction is strong, lol. That said, I would miss Julie if she left and the show would feel very different. There’s something about her stilted awkwardness that is entertaining and very BB for me.

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hnygrl

hnygrl

I was thinking if the unthinkable happens and JC decides to decline another season they should get a superfan to host. Someone like Arisa Cox, the BB Canada host (not HER, but someone LIKE her). She not only loves the show but follows (and tweets about) the live feeds, so her commentaries during live shows are more meaty and less reading from a card what someone who watches the live feeds wrote for her. I hear Kathy Griffin is a superfan, and she has great screen presence and would make a good host since she not only watches the show but follows the live feeds as well...but...people kinda...despise her so there's that.

I hope JC comes back. Even though she (imho) brings exactly zero to the show, only reading what's on the cards in front of her or the teleprompter over there, she's all we know. And what would the show be without her big ole smile saying "Welcome, to Big Brother"

CrazyDog

CrazyDog

2 hours ago, Skycatcher said:

Tyler interview - Entertainment Weekly

https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/27/big-brother-tyler-crispen-reveals-the-jury-votes-that-shocked-him/

Kaycee interview - Entertainment Weekly

https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/27/big-brother-kaycee-clark-winner/

Brett and Tyler on the Bold and Beautiful together? That should be fun!

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