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Originally Posted by supertv247
I’d love to be a fly on the wall when they’re negotiating the renewal of the contract. Look at the ratings alone and there’s no coming back, BB is dead. But look at the response to this series and it’s incredible, reports from the bbc and telegraph even praising it. I really can’t tell where it’ll go
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The problem with a show like BB though is that every series is different. We all give Channel 5 a hard time, but realistically the people behind it want every series to succeed and every series the casting has to be not only right but lucky. It takes one bad series for everything to go down the ****ter again. Look at the differences between BB17 and 18 - one was the second most watched behind BB14 and the other was by far the least watched ever. I think it's beyond doubt this is the final year of BB. The civilian version would need a miracle to pick itself up after last year's disaster. We had Fight Night 3 and that didn't even pick the ratings up. CBB is a slightly different beast because celebrities just feel more relevant at the moment. Only the die hards watch the civilian version. It's the most expensive show Channel 5 has probably ever had and it sometimes does no better, if not worse, than other shows that cost a quarter to make and screen. A series as calm as this one wouldn't wash for 3 months. I'm sure Channel 5 would love to just have the Celeb version on twice a year and lose civilian but I don't think the contract allows for it. With not only the show but the house up for contract renewal this year, it does seem like a sort of natural time to end it, unless they have major plans going forward.