Update time! Here is how I would schedule Big Brother...
Big Brother: Highlights Show
Monday – Friday, Sunday at 9pm on Channel 5
Channel 5 airs a nightly highlights show which show the past 24 hours inside the Big Brother House. I suggest that this change to a Monday – Friday and Sunday event, meaning that there would be no episode of Big Brother on Saturday. The highlights on Monday – Thursday would air as a regular 60 minute episode. On Friday, the highlights are placed in the eviction show (More details of which are below). The highlights would be as stripped back as possible and show the key moments that viewers must see to understand the Housemates development. There will be limited narration from Marcus Bentley.
On Sunday, the highlights show would be extended to 90 minutes and give highlights from Friday and Saturday in the House – which could potentially be a ratings booster as Friday and Saturday tend to be eventful days in the House. The show would also air in a fixed slot throughout its run. This would be 9pm on Channel 5, bringing the show centre of the prime time schedule for the channel.
Big Brother: Live Eviction
Friday at 9pm and 10:30pm on Channel 5
Big Brother's live evictions need to be one of the big events of the week in television. Emma Willis will return to host the live shows of Big Brother. Instead of having a 90 minute show, I suggest that Channel 5 break up the show into two parts. One 60 minute show at 9pm and a shorter 45 minute show at 10:30pm. The first show will include the eviction result, eviction reactions from the House and highlights from Thursday. The second show would include the eviction and the interview with the evicted Housemate.
Emma Willis would return as the main host of Big Brother. I also suggest stripping back the eviction shows. Instead of hosting the entire live show outside with a large crowd, bring the first show indoors with just Emma and a small studio audience, and making the eviction announcements inside. The second show would be hosted outside the Big Brother House.
Big Brother: Housemates Unlocked
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10pm on Channel 5
Instead of having a nightly edition of Big Brother's Bit on the Side, I suggest cutting back the show and renaming it to Housemates Unlocked. The show will only air three nights a week for 60 minutes– mainly after key events in the House, nominations, shopping tasks and the evictions. This show will have a very small studio audience, celebrity guests and psychological analysis from professionals.
Big Brother: Live From The House
Nightly at 11pm on Channel 5
Instead of a nightly spin-off, I suggest including episodes of live streaming from the House in the regular schedule. The episodes on Monday – Thursday and Sunday would last for 60 minutes, the episode on Friday for 75 minutes , and Saturday 30 minutes.
Big Brother: Revealed
Daily at 6pm on Channel 5
I suggest that to compensate for the loss of Big Brother's Bit on the Side, Channel 5 produce a daily 30 minute programme that is just one presenter and no audience, informing viewers of the biggest stories from the House.
Big Brother: Online
Big Brother's Bit on the Web
Daily 15 minute segments on the Big Brother Website
As we are losing Bit on the Side, again another segment of the programme will be taken and moved online. The digital part of BOTS with viewers reactions and phone-ins will be moved and will feature all the latest reactions about what has happened in the House, viewers phoning in, and a special celebrity guest to tell --- what they think of the events.
Big Brother: Diary Room Uncut
Sunday on the Big Brother Website
A special 15 minute show every Sunday which will show the best unseen bits from the Big Brother Diary Room.