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Title: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: GillE on August 26, 2009, 09:30

'Boring' Big Brother 'to be scrapped by Channel 4' after ratings disaster. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1209098/Big-Brother-scrapped-Channel-4-ratings-disaster.html#ixzz0PH9JMqi4)

Although C4 is contractually obliged to screen one final series, the next will be the last.

Whoopee!

It's not so much the programme itself that I don't like (I don't watch it) but all the attendant trivia which clogs up the media.

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Rik on August 26, 2009, 09:53

I'll join you in the celebrations, Gill.  :thumbs:

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Simon on August 26, 2009, 11:42

Make that a threesome!   :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: David on August 26, 2009, 12:14

I have never watched it ,so I cant comment on the show but I am glad my paper will stop writing about the show or whatever you call it..... :thumbs:

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Sandra on August 26, 2009, 14:33

We just need to get rid of the soaps, X factor and its ilk, quiz shows with basic questions, anything with "celebrity" in the title and reality shows then we could possibly have some decent TV to watch.

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Clive on August 26, 2009, 14:55

Quote from: Sandra on August 26, 2009, 14:33

We just need to get rid of the soaps, X factor and its ilk, quiz shows with basic questions, anything with "celebrity" in the title and reality shows then we could possibly have some decent TV to watch.

With you all the way Sandra.   ;D

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: David on August 26, 2009, 15:00

And I'm with Clive......we need a quorum though  ;D

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Reno on August 26, 2009, 17:25

Don't worry, it'll be replaced with something just as bad.  ;)

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: David on August 26, 2009, 17:47

Something else for me to ignore then  :laugh:

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Clive on August 26, 2009, 18:10

Years ago most of those contestants would have been safely locked up out of harm's way.  ;D

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Simon on August 26, 2009, 18:16

Well, they were!  it's just a shame Channel 4 let them out again. ;D

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Clive on August 26, 2009, 18:18

 :arf:

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: David on August 26, 2009, 18:27

Do they get paid for being on this "Show" ?

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Simon on August 26, 2009, 18:47

I believe so, David, somewhere in the region of £12K, but I don't know where I got that from.

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: David on August 26, 2009, 19:18

The show must generate a lot of cash then I am guessing at phone calls  :dunno:

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Delgado on August 27, 2009, 07:38

Best TV News for years. Its the biggest load of rubbish Ive never watched!

 :goodnews:

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Simon on August 27, 2009, 10:41

They'll only replace it with more rubbish, DG.  :)

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Rik on August 27, 2009, 11:37

That and ads, David, though less of both these days.

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: chorleydave on August 27, 2009, 11:43

Fantastic news.  Let's hope the next thing to go is Channel 4 itself!  :devil:

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Simon on August 27, 2009, 12:38

Actually, I disagree there, Dave.  C4 have produced some good TV, and at the moment, seem to be the only ones making half decent comedies.  I'm thinking The IT Crowd, The Inbetweeners, Black Books, Green Wing, and of course, Father Ted, along with some good dramas such as The Sopranos (OK, so that was bought in), Shameless, er... well I did say some.  ;)

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: GillE on August 27, 2009, 13:43

I'm very much with Simon on this.  Channel 4 provides some of the best news and documentaries around.  Its entertainment can be a bit eclectic but I also enjoy a lot of lifestyle programmes with the likes of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: Simon on August 27, 2009, 14:43

I find some of the documentaries a little sensationalist (why do we need to see the insides of an elephant?), but there are some good ones too.  :)

Title: Re: Big Brother To Be Scrapped
Post by: GillE on August 27, 2009, 15:05

That one passed me by, Simon :laugh: , but where else would you find programmes being made by the likes of John Pilger?