[Black Dagger]

Showmakers Endemol UK are ready to sign a new *contract with Channel 5 after the reality series proved a hit in its new home.

And the contract will include plans for two Celebrity Big *Brother series a year, starting with another one this summer


http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/vie...etting-bigger/

[joeysteele]

None of that would surprise me at all, I feel Channel 5 are largely ignoring the ratings BB got on Channel 4 and are looking at how they build on the ratings they have had for it so far which for Channel 5 have been good.

If it happens and I believe it will, it's really good news.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

None of that would surprise me at all, I feel Channel 5 are largely ignoring the ratings BB got on Channel 4 and are looking at how they build on the ratings they have had for it so far which for Channel 5 have been good.

The ratings for CBB on C5 may have been good, averaging 2.5m, but the ratings for BB, averaging 1.6m, were decidly nondescript .....

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by Omah

The ratings for CBB on C5 may have been good, averaging 2.5m, but the ratings for BB, averaging 1.6m, were decidly nondescript .....

The fans prefer the main show though and it's us that get it trending worldwide every night, vote hundreds of times and read the interviews (and crash DS more than X Factor's fans, which gets more viewers).

Plus it got 1.6m a *night*, most their other shows don't get that a week.

[SSL2012]

Nothing about the normal bb however.

2 celeb versions is overkill, and will damage the celebs they can attract imo. As winning the show won't feel as credible, and the media may even give it less coverage.

Then again it's clear they'll offer huge fee's, which should attract names that people have at least heard of.
I'll safely say an xfactor scandal act will be on at least 1 of them regularly every year, after they've made their headlines etc.

So as it stands

I'd say Jan 2013 CBB

May-July/early Aug BB

End of Aug/Sept CBB

According to the article its going to get bigger. So perhaps more live feed, increased advertising etc. = win

[Black Dagger]

Yeah I see them potentially axing Big Brother and just having two Zeleb versions a year, can't be doing with more TOWIE cast-members though

[Scotty07]

Unfortunately I can only see more of those awful reality show types like TOWIE, Karaoke Factor rejects, ex soap actors/actresses, the latest nobody to have had an affair with a zeleb/sportsman/politician, and the usual glamour model bores.

If lucky I'll get the odd has been witty Brit that stands out from the rest and the odd American big name, these being the reason I would still watch CBB.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Scotty07

Unfortunately I can only see more of those awful reality show types like TOWIE, Karaoke Factor rejects, ex soap actors/actresses, the latest nobody to have had an affair with a zeleb/sportsman/politician, and the usual glamour model bores.

If lucky I'll get the odd has been witty Brit that stands out from the rest and the odd American big name.

Yeah, that about sums it up .....

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

I see them potentially axing Big Brother and just having two Zeleb versions a year, can't be doing with more TOWIE cast-members though

Yeah, the fees will go up and the celebrity "factor" will go down .....

[King Gizzard]

Was somehow impossibly thinking CH4 would have a uturn and re-sign it


in my dreams.

[Marsh.]

I think i'm ready to bail on it now. I can just about manage one celeb series a year. And I'm gonna give BB13 a go, like I did with BB12 even though I gave up after a couple of weeks but if they're gonna churn it out constantly to kill it even further then I'm just going to stop before I hate it more than I already do.

[Ramsay]

I really dont want 2 celeb versions a year
Should just have 1 normal and 1 celeb a year

[Jords]

Over-kill.

2 X CBB or 1 x CBB + 1 x BB make up yo mind.

[King Gizzard]

If I had it my way I'd just have the 1 summer show and that's it

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Nathan

If I had it my way I'd just have the 1 summer show and that's it

Agree.

Also this article is broke now, wut?

[dizzy bint]

Originally Posted by Patrick

Agree.

Also this article is broke now, wut?

Looks like its been removed, and I hadn't even looked at it

[Suze]

Originally Posted by dizzy bint

Looks like its been removed, and I hadn't even looked at it

Here's a link to the news article, on the Tellymix site.

[dizzy bint]

Originally Posted by Suze

Here's a link to the news article, on the Tellymix site.

Thank you

As others have said, they have to be careful of overkill, but for C5 BB is purely a commercial venture.

[Jack_]

Well I think we all saw this coming - two CBB's a year that is.

Disappointing really, but that's C5.

[Suze]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Well I think we all saw this coming - two CBB's a year that is.

Disappointing really, but that's C5.

C5 is well into reality shows, and I think for them they see the Celeb BB's as more profitable than the ordinary BBs, as they can do Celeb spin off shows from the more popular/or percieved as more popular Celebs. C5 love giving us trash TV. The more trashy and/or media ***** the Celeb, the more profitable for them I suppose they hope.

[starry]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Well I think we all saw this coming - two CBB's a year that is.

Disappointing really, but that's C5.

They want their version of I'm a Celeb that they can run like clockwork according to a very predictable format every year.

Originally Posted by SSL2012

According to the article its going to get bigger. So perhaps more live feed, increased advertising etc. = win

The Daily Star says it will be bigger, they said plenty of good things about BB12 in the months before it happened as well.

[swinearefine]

If they axe regular BB I'm not watching anymore. The only CBBs I've enjoyed have been CBB4 & CBB9.

[DigitalSid]

Originally Posted by swinearefine

If they axe regular BB I'm not watching anymore.

I won't watch it as much as I used to and I won't talk about it much as much.

The only CBBs I've enjoyed have been CBB4 & CBB9.

CBB4, CBB3 and CBB9 and for me. I've enjoyed every normal BB except BB8 and BB4. I'm rewatching CBB4 at the moment.

[BB IS ALIVE]

I think I'll take this news with a pinch of salt. It is in the Daily Star after all.

[jackc1806]

Originally Posted by BB IS ALIVE

I think I'll take this news with a pinch of salt. It is in the Daily Star after all.

They got loads of stuff wrong about CBB9