JuryDuty

For those wondering about Big Brother 12, here are the latest updates:

First of all, the houseguests have all been picked and notified. CBS is holding the info about WHO has been picked until a few days before the premiere where Julie Chen will break the news on The Early Show.

From BigBrotherNetwork.com:
For those who subscribe to the live feeds, it looks like if you sign up now, you get a nice discount:

Sign up now for the feeds and you get 33% off the normal price ($30 instead of $45) AND US customers get $30 in free mp3s--$10/month. Not bad if you plan on buying a few albums this summer anyway. The sale ends on July 7—the day before BB12 starts. So grab it now if you want it. BigBrotherNetwork.com is also stating that those who sign up get some kind of pre-show webchat with Janelle and Chelsia…for whatever that’s worth to you…

CBS is already stating that this new season will have some unexpected twists...which typically means several nice new surprises and several completely stupid additions. :P

Looking forward to another season of quality reality TV!

Bluelitespecial

A little early for this thread, but I am so pumped for the season, less than three more weeks to go. I don't know if they will even try to top the crazy train last summer of Natalie, Chima, and Lydia. They would probably have to have casting calls out of nut houses. One other thing, please please please give us BB in HD this year.

Eddie W

I don't see anything about free MP3's?

Every year I'm tempted to sign up for the feeds. They keep adding bells & whistles, but they never do anything to improve the actual coverage. They advertise as a quad-cam but 99% of the time it's just two duplicated feeds. Usually even just two angles of the same conversation. Then they block out most of the interesting stuff.

Ah, who am I kidding. I'm sure I'll sign up the minute the premiere episode ends......

Sessioner

I think BB was the most interesting during the first season, when they had real people in the house, instead of wannabe actors and actresses...

Blu Man

I still find it an interesting show, despite the fact the the "house guests" are couched into doing a lot of things. It would be much better if the producers stayed out of it and actually let the show play out naturally.

Timber

I don't even count that as a BB season, it was just so unbelievably boring. As far as I'm concerned Wil is the first BB winner.

Sessioner

What I'll always remember about the second season is the last three people in the house were the only three people left in the US who were totally unaware about the events of 9/11 for a few hours. It was eerie to watch them go about their usual daily routine when the rest of the country was in a state of chaos.

ChrisHicks

I'm waiting for the future season where it's all ex cons and the reward challenges result in things like shivs and such.

Thrush

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b186...this_time.html

"Tonya Paoni from the third season of CBS's Big Brother has been charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for allegedly causing a five-vehicle crash that killed two people last summer near Springfield, Ill."

Bill Needle

You mean waitresses, bartenders, and personal trainers?

JuryDuty

Yes, I almost didn't start the thread, but decided to given:

1. I was wondering when BB12 was going to start--and I figured other DVDTalker's would be, too.

2. If you want to do the live feeds, it's nice to know about it a few weeks out so you can get the deal.

Hope it wasn't too early! :P

JuryDuty

You're right--I don't either. But apparently it's part of the 3-month "Superpass" and several BB12 sites confirm that you do get $10/month in MP3 downloads, and did last year too (US subscribers only).

Anyway, maybe take that with caution since we don't see the wording on that page, but other users are confirming it is part of the package.

JuryDuty

Today the BB12 website suggests there may be 13 houseguests:

Groucho

For me, the best season of BB so far was Dead Set.

Bluelitespecial

they should at least have 14 houseguests, that way there is an even number of men and women.

stingermck

I loved last season, and it was the first full season I had watched in a while. Bring on the crazies!

Bluelitespecial

^^^Yeah but the last few weeks of the Natalie show made me sick. I hope we never see her again on any future BB seasons.

Patman

I can barely remember the past houseguests' names from the past few seasons.

JuryDuty

I agree, though that goes for about any of these reality shows. Even on Survivor and The Amazing Race, I can usually remember 2-4 people at most. The Amazing Race is probably the worst offender because it's really more focused on the tasks than the personalities.

Big Brother's problem is that they've lowered the contestant bar so much that you just don't care much about them. I think it would be a FAR better show if 90% of the players weren't 20-22-year-old models/actors-to-be.

jpb07

I haven't watched a season since the spring edition during the strike. I literally went from watching every episode from the 1st season all the way up until sometime during the second week of the summer 2008 season. It's sad that good shows like Breaking Bad and Mad Men are stuck on cable while the same recycled reality crap is a cornerstone of networks' summer schedules.

kidindy

I love the show. Normally it seems to start a little slow, it takes time to get to know the people. I love having BB after dark to learn more about them. Started with BB8 and have been a faithful viewer ever sense. While the strike season was not the greatest, I still enjoyed it.

DRG

You say 'stuck on cable' like it's a bad thing. If those shows had been on a network they would have been watered down, constantly moved around the schedule, and possibly already canceled.

Blu Man

Yeah, imagine what a show like Dexter would be like on network TV.

JuryDuty

We're only about a week and a half away from the premiere now. The first big "twist" has been revealed:

superfro

As far as I'm concerned Wil is the only BB winner.

I'm not mentally prepared to start totally hating 14 new people next week. Does anybody know if they're going to finally do this shit in HD?