[jackc1806]

Any ideas ?

[Cynical]

To be totally honest, i think this season has been advertised appallingly! I've watched all big brother series, but I only knew this season started during the day on Tuesday when i was flicking through the TV guide. I don't recall seeing any adverts on TV or posters advertising the start date.

Live Feed, varied cast of ages, nationalities and backgrounds, better promotion, ditch Brian, ditch the outdoor set to allow more room (make Brian have to walk from a studio to the house to get an evicted housemate -see BB1 eviction), bring back live saturday tasks, stop the obsession with models and OK! magazine fodder, have less series during a year, stop editting the highlight shows like an episode of TOWIE, Big Brother needs to be more evil and promote the show with some kind of theme that will be prominent throughout the entire series... I could go on.

[Sam:)]

Originally Posted by Sawyer

Live Feed, varied cast of ages, nationalities and backgrounds, better promotion, ditch Brian, ditch the outdoor set to allow more room (make Brian have to walk from a studio to the house to get an evicted housemate -see BB1 eviction), bring back live saturday tasks, stop the obsession with models and OK! magazine fodder, have less series during a year, stop editting the highlight shows like an episode of TOWIE, Big Brother needs to be more evil and promote the show with some kind of theme that will be prominent throughout the entire series... I could go on.

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[BB IS ALIVE]

What we really need is a break off. Some time to miss it. I love Big Brother and am so glad it's back for the summer, but the casual viewer just can't keep up with 5 series in the space of a year. It's just too much. They need to cancel CBB in August and leave it till January next year, then launch BB14 with a MASSIVE campaign in early June.

As for this series, I think just play it cool for now, if there is drama in the house then maybe more people will tune in?

[HBB1508]

They need to drop the facebook, twitter social media rubbish and bring back live feed and go back to one normal and one celebrity show a year - it's overkill at the moment imo

[Josy]

Advertise more.

Air amazing highlights.

Give us the live feed back after evictions like they are supposed to.

Stop assuming that everyone and their granny use social media networks and start posting more updates on the c5 website rather than having to click through to the annoying FB app that constantly crashes.

I don't agree that 24hr live feed would gain more viewers for the highlight shows though, but it would still be amazing to have it back.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Live feed.

I was talking to some woman on a job yesterday who said she wasnt a major BB fan but watched because she knows Victoria and was hoping to watch her on live feed.

She was shocked that there was none available and feared Victoria will be edited in a bad way.

[BBDodge]

Originally Posted by Sawyer

Live Feed, varied cast of ages, nationalities and backgrounds, better promotion, ditch Brian, ditch the outdoor set to allow more room (make Brian have to walk from a studio to the house to get an evicted housemate -see BB1 eviction), bring back live saturday tasks, stop the obsession with models and OK! magazine fodder, have less series during a year, stop editting the highlight shows like an episode of TOWIE, Big Brother needs to be more evil and promote the show with some kind of theme that will be prominent throughout the entire series... I could go on.

That's a damn good start!

They will do none of it next time, though.

[Black Dagger]

Keep the doors locked when Rebecca gets voted in...

[Cynical]

Ditching Brian is a shout. If ever there was a set of producers taking the easy/cheap option with hiring a host, it's this bunch. He's so unnatural it's painful. I actually find it quite uncomfortable and awkward.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

Keep the doors locked when Rebecca gets voted in...

[karezza]

The only way to increase BB ratings is to give it to ITV. They would show it at 9pm. They would promote it extensively and they would have a decent presenter.

[fruit_cake]

they need more 30+ housemates imo, and LF needs to return obviously.

[Callum]

Originally Posted by karezza

The only way to increase BB ratings is to give it to ITV. They would show it at 9pm. They would promote it extensively and they would have a decent presenter.

Sadly, never going to happen. They were interested in buying it many moons ago but they would never even consider picking it up now.

[fruit_cake]

I'm not sure it really a mainstream program anymore. Is there such a need for huge amounts of money to be spent on it either? Maybe they could get rid of the 100k prize fund and expensive houses etc and tone it all down, then it might become more profitable to Channel Five, and more like a soap opera or something similar. Smaller ratings, but constant and invariable.

[arista]

Originally Posted by jackc1806

Any ideas ?

Show it at 9PM

[Jack_]

BB would be ruined on ITV. They're the most PC channel going, words like crap and arse have been censored on I'm A Celebrity before, it's pathetic.

Anyway...bring back live feed. It should never have been taken away in the first place.

[Razor]

- Bring back live feed
- More variation on the type of housemates
- Show BB at 9pm instead of 10pm

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by Josy

Advertise more.

Air amazing highlights.

Give us the live feed back after evictions like they are supposed to.

Stop assuming that everyone and their granny use social media networks and start posting more updates on the c5 website rather than having to click through to the annoying FB app that constantly crashes.

I don't agree that 24hr live feed would gain more viewers for the highlight shows though, but it would still be amazing to have it back.

Absolutely Josy I agree with all of the above.

[MrWong]

Bring back live feed.

It was free advertising.

Things would happen on the live feed. The tabloids would report the event the next day and viewers would tune in that night to watch what had been reported.

[armand.kay]

Something shocking and controversial needs to happen like fight night or worse.

[Patrick]

I can't even be bothered saying the words anymore..

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by fruit_cake

I'm not sure it really a mainstream program anymore. Is there such a need for huge amounts of money to be spent on it either? Maybe they could get rid of the 100k prize fund and expensive houses etc and tone it all down, then it might become more profitable to Channel Five, and more like a soap opera or something similar. Smaller ratings, but constant and invariable.

How would scaling down and spending less cash on the show get more viewers? :/

If anything that would turn them away, Channel 5 are not poor and BB has made them a ton of cash since last summer.

Its the editing and live feed situation thats putting people off.

[Cynical]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Its the editing and live feed situation thats putting people off.

Totally disagree about the live feed. If people aren't going to watch the highlights show, they are hardly going to watch the live feed, where the chances are, nothing is happening. I really don't see why people want the live feed back so badly.

Regarding the editing, again, I don't think this would put people off either.