[madman411]

Originally Posted by emseateng2014

but then i guess the most puzzling piece of the puzzle is if both bb au and bb uk got high ratings and high praises like no tommorrow then why did bb au get axed in 2014 and bb uk get canned in 2018

BBAU originally cited controversy and audience erosion. BBUK had audience erosion. Don't forget the US is massive and has many more people watching TV. Also, US TV networks milk their IP to absolute death instead of stopping while they're ahead or seeing signs of decline.

Sometimes just a break is all that's needed. But switching to a strategic format just cancels out the entire premise of Big Brother anyway.