[Tom]

Originally posted by Stentionhouse

BB can't exist without the live feed (at least not with enough viewers to make it viable). Events that happen on the LF are picked up by the forums and the media. The word is spread and more people take an interest. That's how BB1, BB3 and BB5 became massive successes.

With only 45 minutes of edited footage per day, to document the activities of 16 housemates over a 24 hour period, it's obvious that all viewers will see is a tiny fraction of what's actually been happening. It will be impossible to get to know most, if not all, of the HMs. Interest will wane within two weeks. After a month the viewing figures will be lower than they've ever been. By the six week mark it will be obvious the show is dead without the LF, but the producers will just start chucking more and more people in the house and coming up with ever more ludicrous twists.

It's a shame that a once great show has been reduced to this travesty.

Its inevitable that the ratings are going to be lower than they've ever been, its just a common trend because BB is dying because people are losing interest. The live feed isn't the solution as BB10 will be the 17th series of Big Brother and hardly any shows make it that far. The sad truth is it has run its course. Its time to accept that. BB can never be restored. But I doubt they're going to be significantly down. The furthest they'll drop to is imo what would result in a series average of 2.8m but I can see it staying above 3m. BB9 and CBB6 had similar levels of media interest (ie next to none), but oh wait the live feed causes forum discussion, tabloid stories and media interest, so ultimately higher viewing figures yet the ratings for the last week of CBB6 fell through the floor whilst BB9 held nice and steady despite having similar levels of coverage. Hmm, something doesn't ring right here ...

I also think its laughable that you think they'll do silly twists, thats so 2007. They never bothered with any in BB9 and CBB6 because we told them we didn't want them, y'know us forum members who know it all. It didn't exactly restore BB in the way we thought, maybe we don't know everything about what the public want.

Oh and I'd make a guess that the viewers know its edited especially as its the card the housemates always drag up if something hasn't been edited in their favour. But I don't know about you but I'd rather watch 46 minutes of scripted, edited and biased highlights if they're entertaining rather than being bored stiff watching someone cook pasta whilst bird noise plays in the background.