Big Brother Craze

The folks at CBS were kind enough to let us know at last the answer to at least ONE of our many questions about the upcoming Winter Big Brother - BB After Dark will air, just as it did last summer! CBS and Showtime will partner up to bring 3 hours of unedited, uncensored airing of what’s going on in the Big Brother House on the SHO2 beginning the night of the premiere February 12th, from 12am-3am ET/PT. (For those of us in Alaska, that’s 11-2, so keep that in mind while setting the DVR!)

Both Showtime and CBS were happy with the success BB8 showed during those early morning hours, despite the complaints that the houseguests KNEW about it and played to the cameras - which is sorta what we expect them to do 24/7, so whatever, complainers! The ratings were good, people kept checking in, and I can’t wait to see it come back!

There is, perhaps, another hint about the 6-week season rumor too - the press release also gives the standard description of a Big Brother Season, lasting for 3 months. If they didn’t just copy it because it’s the typical description, then perhaps we can put the 6 week long season rumor to rest at last.

I can’t WAIT! I’m eager for the new season to start, the new cast to be announced and some of the more ridiculous rumors to be squashed - like Evel Dick being brought in for another go around, with Will and Boogy…. No. just….no. (because, you know, CBS totally reads here and does what I ask. HAHAH!) I mean, I love the guy, but just… no.

Click the cut there, if you want to read the Press Release in its entirety! Just 35 days to go!

Showtime Greenlights a Second Installment of Big Brother: After Dark, an exclusive live three hour feed of the first winter edition of the CBS hit reality series BIG BROTHER starting Tuesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM ET/PT on SHO2

LOS ANGELES, CA – (January 8, 2008) – CBS and Showtime will once again partner to bring viewers Big Brother: After Dark, an exclusive, live televised look inside the BIG BROTHER house after the network prime-time cameras have been turned off. Big Brother: After Dark will feature a live television feed from the “Big Brother” house for three hours (12:00–3:00 AM, ET/PT), seven days a week, on the cable network’s SHO2 multiplex channel beginning Tuesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM ET/PT. The announcement was made today by Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.

“Big Brother: After Dark was a big success for us at bringing an audience to very late night time periods on SHO2. This began as an experiment with our friends at Endemol and CBS, and I’m happy that it worked so well for all of us,” said Greenblatt. “I’m amazed at how much curiosity there is about what goes on in the Big Brother house after the lights are out, but what better place to present that than on SHOWTIME where we have a lot of on-air real estate in the wee hours of the morning.”

The first winter edition of BIG BROTHER will premiere on CBS Tuesday, February 12th and air every Tuesday at 9:00 PM ET/PT, Wednesday at 8:00 PM ET/PT and Sunday at 8:00 PM ET/PT. The series follows the relationships and conflicts of players who live together in a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones recording their every move 24 hours a day. One by one, the houseguests will vote each other out of the house. At the end of three months, the last remaining houseguest will receive the grand prize.