How did the CBS show Big Brother 11 start off?
How appropriate a way to start Big Brother 11: with an endurance competition in which the 12 new house-guests hung in the air in giant diapers, clinging onto toilet seats for as long as possible. This just about sums up the grotty appeal of the summer’s goofiest reality-game-show. Crudity is its own reward on this share-the-shower-mold series, and the season premiere did not disappoint. As Craig Ferguson said to BB host Julie Chen on his own show Wednesday night, this is “a whole new batch of skanks and hos.” I’m not just talking about the bikini model who referred to herself as “this sweet bitch,” but also the neuroscientist who said she was “afraid that being smart would make me a target. In both cases, they proved that self-respect is the first thing that goes out the fogged-up window on Big Brother. There’s nothing guilty about the pleasure I take in BB. This is junk-TV that always ends up revealing a lot about how people behave in groups, with cameras trained on them 24/7. And tho
Don’t miss the preseason Early Bird discount on the live feeds! Tonight is your last chance to get all 3 months live and uncensored for just $10/month. Call off your plans for Big Brother 11 and cocoa. CBS has just announced that BB11 is a go, but the bad news is that our favorite reality show won’t return until the snow has melted and pools are full again: THE 11TH EDITION OF “BIG BROTHER” TO RETURN IN SUMMER 2009 LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 — BIG BROTHER, CBS’s summer stalwart reality show, will return next summer with its 11th edition… Well nuts. TV Guide had me pretty excited over the possibility of another winter installment of Big Brother. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be. I’ll still be ready for Big Brother 11 when it does arrive. What about you? Sources: http://bigbrothernetwork.
I am not making this up. From EW: “How appropriate a way to start Big Brother 11: with an endurance competition in which the 12 new house-guests hung in the air in giant diapers, clinging onto toilet seats for as long as possible. This just about sums up the grotty appeal of the summer’s goofiest reality-game-show. Crudity is its own reward on this share-the-shower-mold series, and the season premiere did not disappoint.” Sources: http://watching-tv.ew.com/2009/07/big-brother-11-big-brother-cbs-julie-chen.
