#6 Big brother
Even before Channel 4 swung the axe in 2009, the fat lady had long left the Big Brother house for Maccy Ds. It went from being essential summer viewing to a summer bore; endless tinkering and gimmicks plagued Big Brother's later years (such as the desperate measures to keep housemates Nikki Grahame and Charley Uchea or the 'secret' houses with walls thinner than a size zero model). However, losing Russell Brand, and then later Dermot O'Leary, was also disastrous.
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