"Big Brother" (2000/II) TV series 2000-????

Directors:

Curnal Achilles Aulisio
Adam Christian Clark

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

Release Date:

5 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Game-Show | Reality-TV

Tagline:

The Ultimate Fly on the Wall

Plot:

Contestants must compete against each other for a chance to win $500,000 in a house wired with cameras and microphones, capturing their every move for a TV and Internet audience.

Plot Keywords:

House | Pug Dog | Contest | Nudity | Money

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 4 of 112)

Phil Proctor	...	Announcer (108 episodes, 2000-2002)
Will Kirby	...	Himself / ... (61 episodes, 2001-2007)
Clayton Halsey	...	Announcer (55 episodes, 2005-2009)
Julie Chen	...	Herself / ... (50 episodes, 2003-2009)

Also Known As:

Big Brother 10 (USA) (tenth season title)
Big Brother 2 (USA) (second season title)
Big Brother 3 (USA) (third season title)
Big Brother 4: The X-Factor (USA) (fourth season title)
Big Brother 5: Project DNA - Do Not Assume (USA) (fifth season title)
Big Brother 6: Summer of Secrets (USA) (sixth season title)
Big Brother 8 (USA) (eighth season title)
Big Brother All-Stars (USA) (seventh season title)
Big Brother: Til Death Do You Part (USA) (ninth season title)
Big Brother: USA (UK)

Runtime:

44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Evolution Film & Tape

Trivia:

House Themes include: The newly renovated house in season 6, the house of extremes in season 7, an Alice in Wonderland theme in season 8, a lob cabin/winter house in season 9, a 1950's and retro throwback in season 10 and an "going green" themed house in season 11.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Host: For now, let's eavesdrop on the houseguests. I'm Julie Chen from outside the Big Brother house. Goodnight.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Drawn Together: The One Wherein There Is a Big Twist: Part 1 (#1.7)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Big Brother theme

Not Emmy material but still entertaining

Big Brother is a show set up where you are isolated in a mansion and each week you have to compete for the prized HOH position. When you are HOH you choose 2 of the house guests to be nominated to be evicted from the house. But then there is the veto competition where 6 of the house guests, the HOH, two nominees, and two randomly drawn players (it used to be the Hoh and noms got to pick 1 person each to play but not anymore). Whoever wins veto can take someone off the block (and they can't be nominated)or leave the noms as is. Then on eviction night everyone except the HOH and 2 noms vote on who is evicted. When there are 9 players left everyone voted off after gets sent to sequester until the final two when they vote for who gets the $500,000 dollar prize.

Okay now Big brother will not win an Emmy anytime soon but it is very entertaining to watch how everything unfolds and I happen to think that sometimes the game is more strategic than Surivor. You must be physical and mental to win the game. And oh yeah, being liked never hurts.

There are always players that win a lot (Janelle, season 6 & All Stars), manipulative players (the evil Dr. Will, season 2 and All Stars), the sidekick (Mike 'Boogie' Season 2 & All stars, Howie, Season 6 & All Stars), the person that needs a good push off their pedestal, I probably spelt that wrong, (Eric 'Cappy' Season 6, Scott Season 5). These players always bring fun to the game and antoher fun bit. If you don't win the food competition you must eat only PB&J (seasons 1-6) or slop (all stars). Slop has been called 'The devil's oatmeal', there is a new food competition each week. If you lose you are on slop, PB&J for a whole week.

Now I must go and if you are reading this part then I thank you for wasting probably a good four minutes to do so. I'll share with you who I wanted to win in all seasons up to All Stars. Season 1- Chicken George Season 2- Dr. Will Season 3- Marcellus or Lisa Season 4- Jun or Jack Season 5- Diane season 6- Janelle Season 7, All Stars- Dr. Will or Janelle.