[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Kazakh

BB continues it's inexorable slide. The Producers have a myopic sense of what makes a good HM as evinced by the spooge offered these last few seasons. What, then, will C5 do? Probably more of the same next year. The Club 18-30 format will only draw die hard fans, Endemol have a legal one year remaining so Desmond et al may as well run the effing show into the ground - sad really.

Series not "Seasons".

This is not America.

#Jutssaying

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Stu

In my own helplessly judgemental way I'm basing the series on those I know who still watch it and those I recognise in the media and to a lesser extent these forums who still watch it.

Whilst a spastic TV argument was always launched at Big Brother it always had a large group of people from respected TV critics to the Charlie Brookers to these odd "you're too smart to watch a show like this" folks who have often passed through these forums who adored the show. These kind of people don't exist anymore.

The only people I see watching the show now are relatively young people, relatively stupid people, or people who - and fair enough if that is your thing - never took a vital interest in the integrity of the format and just wanted a show to watch.

BIB - Harsh but probably true .....

[MTVN]

Big Brother has been pretty low brow television for years though, they made it into a freak show from about BB5 onwards, this set of housemates could all be considered quite normal compared to some that have been in in recent years

[Kazakh]

Daniel I take your point (Oooh Matron!). It is still crap.

[Tom]

CBB was a success but BB has been a complete flop for the channel and has made the schedule fall apart. But now Channel 5 have some experience, they now know what they need to do to make next year better. That could be due to it being on at a weird time of year. CBB should have no trouble matching its audience earlier in the year when it returns in January but BB could be in trouble. But maybe being back in through the summer will help espeicially if they keep it at 10 weeks.

CBB is the main event these days, BB just keeps the core fans happy throughout the year. It would be like ITV doing "I'm Not a Celebrity" in the spring/summer and on for about 10-13 weeks. It probably wouldn't work.

[waterhog]

if this and the last deadwood twins CBB has not been a fail for ch5 < i will hate to see it when it gets bad. OMG ch5 fix upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Tom

CBB was a success but BB has been a complete flop for the channel and has made the schedule fall apart. But now Channel 5 have some experience, they now know what they need to do to make next year better. That could be due to it being on at a weird time of year. CBB should have no trouble matching its audience earlier in the year when it returns in January but BB could be in trouble. But maybe being back in through the summer will help espeicially if they keep it at 10 weeks.

CBB is the main event these days, BB just keeps the core fans happy throughout the year. It would be like ITV doing "I'm Not a Celebrity" in the spring/summer and on for about 10-13 weeks. It probably wouldn't work.

Yeah BB is unlikely to ever attract any more viewers aside from the core fan base of 1/1.5m people, CBB will always be more successful in attracting the casual viewer and generating interest