Big Brother Bye Bye...

Biggins

Todays good news is that Big Brother is finally going bye bye.
Come Friday it will be officially announced by Channel 4 that they are scrapping it for good.
Best news I've heard today so far. One less dumb down TV programme for the the dumb sheep of TV land.

Big Brother will be scrapped by Channel 4 after this year's show proved a ratings disaster, it has been claimed.

This year's series, the tenth so far, has pulled in an average of just two million viewers which is a massive drop from the 10 million who tuned in during its heyday.

An announcement that the programme, which first aired in 2000, will be axed after next year is reportedly due from Channel 4 as early as this Friday.

News report link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1209098/Big-Brother-scrapped-Channel-4-ratings-disaster.html

thorbarry

this is the best news ever

WIZE

They say the same thing every year

ironictoaster

Yay, we will get to keep E4 forever now!

Ron DMC

thorbarry wrote: »

this is the best news ever

Finally, our Ch4 and E4 schedules won't be messed up during the summer any more.

Gary ITR

Biggins wrote: »

Todays good news is that Big Brother is finally going bye bye.
Come Friday it will be officially announced by Channel 4 that they are scrapping it for good.
Best news I've heard today so far. One less dumb down TV programme for the the dumb sheep of TV land.


News report link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1209098/Big-Brother-scrapped-Channel-4-ratings-disaster.html

Best. Post. Ever

Basq

E4 are actually going to need programmes now... uh-oh!

PS - I don't mind 'Big Brother'... it's harmless fluff. There's much worse on the box!

amacachi

This should have been your most thanked post ever Biggins. :pac:

****in delighted to see it gone.

mikom

Biggins wrote: »

Best news I've heard today so far. One less dumb down TV programme for the the dumb sheep of TV land.

Sharks teeth.

Basq

Sorry to rain on the parade but Channel 4 confirmed one more year of it actually.. two more series (regular and celebrity):

Channel 4 has confirmed speculation that next year's run of Big Brother will be its final series with the broadcaster.

Speaking at the network's Autumn press launch this morning, C4 director of television Kevin Lygo said: "We will not be continuing with Big Brother. Next year will be the last series for Channel 4. There will be a celebrity version, plus the regular one. We've decided it's time to move on. We've got to start thinking about programmes to replace it for 2011."

Source

Biggins

mikom wrote: »

Sharks teeth.

My teeth on hearing the news.

thorbarry

basquille wrote: »

Sorry to rain on the parade but Channel 4 confirmed one more year of it actually.. two more series (regular and celebrity):


Source

I think your "Moderator" rights should be revoked for this news i kid i kid

Vain

About time.

Biggins

Yes, they are contracted to produce one more form of the BB show but come this Friday they will officially announce that after that - it's GONEEEEEE.

Devina will have to go look for another better job.
(Her constant cheesy grin is a turn off alone! Every time I see her pop-up on the telly, all I can think of hearing in my head is "Hello mum").

Aarrgh!!!

bernardo mac

The powers that be have seen reality.Channel 4 should now work at regaining the quality status it lost mainly due to persisting inflicting viewers with the painful tripe of that BB generated.Terrific news.No more wasting time watching wasters.:D

Basq

Biggins wrote: »

but come this Friday they will officially announce that after that - it's GONEEEEEE.

It has already been confirmed by C4 director of television Kevin Lygo.

Biggins

basquille wrote: »

It has already been confirmed by C4 director of television Kevin Lygo.

Deadly. Even better.

jollygood

Can anyone else see the irony in Biggins calling BB a dumbed down show when he himself reads the Daily Mail?

thorbarry

well one more series of regular and celebrity is aright..... i am looking forward to seeing which faded celebrity will make a comeback and release a few top 40 hits and fade away again

Biggins

jollygood wrote: »

Can anyone else see the irony in Biggins calling BB a dumbed down show when he himself reads the Daily Mail?

The link was sent to me. Sorry to disappoint - but carry on jumping to conclusions anyway...
Such is the good news and as I also run a number of sites (including news), I was informed this morning (even by phone text!) from a number of sources.

Skyuser

I blame the producers for simply churning out the same boring format every year with different housemates.
They need to shake things up a bit, change the rules. Make it more of a gameshow.

V9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L03JVPaZpyc

There is a god.

jor el

BB is canceled - Hurray!

But not for another year - Boo!

Why must they tease us with such a statement, only to snatch it away again before we get to enjoy it.

J-blk

Now if they'd axe another 90% of the craptacular "reality" shows (I can't even dream of them getting rid of 100% of that sh**e), I'd be really happy. Still, great news .

JP Liz

WTF it doesnt end till 2011 :mad:

Biggins

As they are legally contracted to make one more, its nice to offically know its know defunct as a future show.
As for the last version next year, don't expect it to take over the channel as in previous years. With a bit of luck they will just show that years highlights in between 6.30am and 6.35am in the morning.

In reality though, they will just shove the airings of it somewhere lest offending and as less as possible.
Go out with a bang, maybe. Can I supply the TNT?

Het-Field

No loss to sane television.

As a show it has gone from an internet experiment in 2000, to a full blown freakshow, which talentless wonders frequent to promote themselves in a bogstandard, and trite way. Most of those who participated are irrelevant, and have been forced to make their name in other reality fora. The rest have simply slipped into celebrity oblivion, where they will not be missed or remembered.

Its no loss.

mikom

Biggins wrote: »

Can I supply the TNT?

Only if you agree to wear the vest.

BaZmO*

BVB wrote: »

They say the same thing every year

Who?

Maybe speculation in the papers but not from an official source.

Not surprised to hear this news at all. The writing has been on the wall for the last few years. I actually used to quite like it but it's run it's course now so good riddens.

Biggins

mikom wrote: »

Only if you agree to wear the vest.

:pac::pac::pac:

Meow...

Can I hold your hand while it does its job!

Degsy

Ryan Confidential next!

Steffano2002

Thank God! If only we could get rid of this Recession life would be perfect!

mikom

Biggins wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac:

Meow...

Can I hold your hand while it does its job!

You know, sometimes I think that you've got ice water in those veins, and other times I think you're just a naive little schoolteacher.

tatabubbly

That is the best news ever!

draward

W T F if you were stuck with rte you would change your mind

Biggins

draward wrote: »

W T F if you were stuck with rte you would change your mind

If I was stuck with RTE - I'd put a bullet in my mind!

LD 50

Yes. Finally they copped on.

I'm just dreading what they think of to replace it

r3nu4l

LD 50 wrote: »

I'm just dreading what they think of to replace it

Bingo! Just because BB is over doesn't mean that they won't come up with something even worse to replace it. Maybe we'll have "Pop Singer: The Auditions" where a number of potential pop singers have to share a house and complete singing tasks to win food and they'll have a diary room to record their musings on life and the public will vote to evict one each week before the last pop singer in the house will be announced by Davina McColl as the winner and will get a contract with Simon Cowell :rolleyes:

jor el

Also, it's only Channel 4 that are dropping it. Endemol released a statement saying they're confident they can find another station to pick it up. I hope they're wrong.

tarbuck

Great news. I imagine this is how Europe felt on V-E day.

themont85

Big Brother is one of those things where if your not a fan(and there is still many of them), its a running joke. But remembering back to the original BB1, I certainly watched it as it was completely different to anything I'd seen before(sure there was the Real World but that was edited to ****).

Unfortunately it just got plain **** after the first series and spawned so many replicas it became stale. In the US whilst reality TV has had a big decade no doubt, they will I reckon look back at shows which spent there prime years in the 2000s-The West Wing, The Wire, Sopranos, Band of Brothers, Six Feet Under. This decade has been incredible for drama and proper TV shows and definately is a golden decade for it in the States.

In the UK meanwhile Big Brother will be what most remember it for and its Celebrity, Jungle, Island ect. Embarassing decade for TV in the UK.

Biggins

themont85 wrote: »

Unfortunately it just got plain **** after the first series and spawned so many replicas it became stale. In the US whilst reality TV has had a big decade no doubt, they will I reckon look back at shows which spent there prime years in the 2000s-The West Wing, The Wire, Sopranos, Band of Brothers, Six Feet Under. This decade has been incredible for drama and proper TV shows and definitely is a golden decade for it in the States.

In the UK meanwhile Big Brother will be what most remember it for and its Celebrity, Jungle, Island ect. Embarrassing decade for TV in the UK.

Well put.
(The West Wing for me was the best intelligent show around - still is. Bought the presidential boxset.)

parasite

As it will still be commercially viable, ITV will probably pick it up, which means tv3 will show it :rolleyes:

banshee_bones

B e s t N e w s E v e r !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



*and i dont care if theres another year of it because i dnt watch it anyway but im still delighted its going/gone!!!

rednik

Now can they take the people they have created into so called celebrities and get rid of them.

Mossy Monk

parasite wrote: »

As it will still be commercially viable, ITV will probably pick it up, which means tv3 will show it :rolleyes:

Not likely. Sky, ITV and five were offered and all refused. See here.

deadhead13

Thankfully Davina McCall's TV career will end when Big Brother ends.

iguana

This is my best wedding anniversary present ever.:D

Mossy Monk

deadhead13 wrote: »

Thankfully Davina McCall's TV career will end when Big Brother ends.

Has she announced her retirement?

deadhead13

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Has she announced her retirement?

No, I just can't see her getting any work after the show ends.

Mossy Monk

deadhead13 wrote: »

No, I just can't see her getting any work after the show ends.

You'd be surprised.