Celebrity Big Brother (U.S. TV series)

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Celebrity Big Brother
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Logo used from the first season onwards
Also known as
  • Big Brother: Celebrity Edition
  • Celebrity Big Brother U.S.
Genre Reality competition
Created by John de Mol
Based on Big Brother
by John de Mol
Presented by Julie Chen Moonves
Starring Celebrity Big Brother houseguests
Voices ofDon Wollman
Narrated byClayton Halsey
Theme music composer
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Amy P. Barron
  • Jordan Kranis
  • Heath Luman
  • Don Wallman
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time40-44 minutes
Production company(s)
Release
Original network CBS
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseFebruary 7, 2018 (2018-02-07) –
present
Chronology
Related shows
External links
Website

Celebrity Big Brother, also known as Big Brother: Celebrity Edition, is a reality television spin-off series of the American adaptation of Big Brother created by John de Mol. The series premiered on CBS in the United States on February 7, 2018 and is simulcast in Canada on Global. The series is filmed at CBS Studio Center in sound stage eighteen located in Studio City, Los Angeles. Julie Chen Moonves reprises her role as host from Big Brother with Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan also returning as executive producers. The series is produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol Shine North America.

Reality television genre of television programming that documents unscripted situations and actual occurrences

Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unknown individuals rather than professional actors. Reality television came to prominence in the late 1990s and the early 2000s with the global successes of the series Survivor, Idols, and Big Brother, all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges or by the viewership of the show.

In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, film, or any narrative work, derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work.

<i>Big Brother</i> (U.S. TV series) United States television reality game show

Big Brother is a television reality game show based on an originally Dutch TV series of the same name created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The series follows a diverse group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, who are living together in a custom-built home under constant surveillance. The HouseGuests are completely isolated from the outside world and can have no communication with those not in the house. The contestants are competing for a $500,000 grand prize, with weekly competitions and evictions determining who will win the show. The series takes its name from the character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The series launched on July 5, 2000, to a successful start, though ratings and critical reaction continued to grow increasingly negative. This led to the second season being a revamp of the show, featuring a more competition-based challenge. The series has since continued to be a hit for CBS, and is the second longest-running adaptation of the series to date, after the Spanish adaptation.

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The premise of the series focuses on the actives of a group of celebrity contestants, known as HouseGuests, that live in a purpose-built house, known as the Big Brother House, with no contact from the outside world for approximately a month. The HouseGuests try to avoid eviction with the aim of being the last remaining HouseGuest in order to win a grand prize of $250,000. Each season is transmitted in real-time which allows for greater viewer participation in the form of America's Vote where the public can give their favorite HouseGuest various prizes ranging from luxury items to an advantage to help them survive inside the House. Prior to the live season finale the viewers are able to vote for their America's Favorite HouseGuest with the winner getting an auxiliary prize of $25,000.

The first overall season of Celebrity Big Brother worldwide premiered in the United Kingdom in 2001 while an American version of the format has been speculated since 2002. The first season of the American adaptation was announced during a live double eviction episode of the nineteenth regular season on September 7, 2017 by Julie Chen. The first season was scheduled during the February 2018 sweeps period to counterprogram NBC's coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The series premiere was the number one program for CBS attracting 7.27 million viewers and the highest rated season premiere since Big Brother 13 . The program was often covered in the media due to the inclusion of Omarosa Manigault and her political revelations in the first season. Tamar Braxton won the second season and became the first ever African-American HouseGuest to win in the history of the American adaptation of Big Brother.

<i>Celebrity Big Brother</i> (UK series 1) season of television series

Celebrity Big Brother 1, also referred to as Celebrity Big Brother 2001, was the first series of the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother. The show is based on an originally Dutch TV series of the same name created by producer John de Mol in 1997. In honour of Comic Relief, six celebrities entered the Big Brother house.

<i>Celebrity Big Brother 1</i> (U.S. season) First season of the American adaption of Celebrity Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother, also known as Big Brother: Celebrity Edition, is a spin-off series of the American version of the Dutch reality television franchise Big Brother. This season aired during the winter of the 2017–18 network television season on CBS and was the second U.S. Big Brother season to air outside the usual summer television season, the first being Big Brother 9 in 2008. Julie Chen returned as host, with Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan returning as executive producers. The series is produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol Shine North America. The first season premiered on February 7, 2018.

<i>Big Brother 19</i> (U.S. season) season of television series

Big Brother 19 is the nineteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name. The season premiered on June 28, 2017 on CBS in the United States with a two-hour season premiere and Julie Chen returning as host. The season was titled "Summer of Temptation" with the various contestants able to receive a temptation which gave the taker a surprise reward or game advantage but also unleashed a game change for one or more other players. Viewers at home were able to vote to offer selected chosen players a secret temptation. A weekly opt-in competition, known as the Temptation Challenge, would give the winner immunity from the week's nomination but also put the last-place finisher on the block as a third nominee, able to compete in the weekly Veto Competition and avoid a backdoor nomination.

Format

The series a game show in which a group of celebrity contestants, referred to as HouseGuests, live in a custom-built set, known as the Big Brother House, constantly under video surveillance. [1] While in the House, the HouseGuests are completely isolated from the outside world, meaning no phone, television, Internet, magazines, newspaper, or contact with those not in the House. [2] This rule could be broken, however, in the event of a medical injury, a family emergency, or death. [2] The format of the series is mainly seen as a social experiment, and requires HouseGuests to interact with others who may have differing ideals, beliefs, and prejudices. [3] [4] Though locked in the House, the HouseGuests are free to quit the game, though will not be allowed entry back into the game. [5] Should a HouseGuest break the rules of the game, they could be expelled from the House, and unable to return. [2] [6] The HouseGuests compete for a grand prize of $250,000 and the runner-up is awarded $50,000. [1] [7] Prior to the live finale the viewers are able to award their favorite HouseGuest of the season the title America's Favorite HouseGuest with a cash prize of $25,000. [7]

Game show Type of television or radio program where contestants compete for prizes

A game show is a type of radio, television, or stage show in which contestants, individually or as teams, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles, usually for money or prizes. Alternatively, a gameshow can be a demonstrative program about a game [while usually retaining the spirit of an awards ceremony]. In the former, contestants may be invited from a pool of public applicants. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor prize suppliers.

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The symbol used for the Power of Veto

Periodically a HouseGuest will be eliminated from the competition, referred to as evicted from the House. [8] At the start of each round, the HouseGuets compete for the title Head of Household. [1] The Head of Household for each round is given luxuries such as their own personal bedroom, items from home and a letter of encouragement from a loved one. [9] The winner of the Head of Household competition is immune from nominations and was instructed to nominate two fellow HouseGuests for eviction. [10] After a HouseGuest became Head of Household he or she is ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition except during the final Head of Household competition where everyone is eligible to compete. [11] The Head of Household, the two nominees and three other HouseGuests selected by random draw then compete for the Power of Veto. [8] The winner of the Power of Veto competition wins the right to save one of the nominated HouseGuests from eviction. [8] If the Veto winner exercises the power, the Head of Household then has to nominate another HouseGuest for eviction which at this point nominations become final. [12]

On eviction night all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees votes to evict one of the two nominees. [8] Before the voting began the nominees have the chance to say a final message to their fellow HouseGuests on why they should stay. This compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host Julie Chen Moonves. [13] In the event of a tie, the Head of Household will break the tie and reveal their vote in front of the other HouseGuests. [11] The nominee with the most votes from the other HouseGuests is evicted from the House and interviewed by Julie Chen Moonves. [13] Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the HouseGuests can discuss the nomination and eviction process open and freely. [14]

The evicted HouseGuests of the season form the Jury that votes for the winner out of the final two HouseGuets remaining in the House on the season finale, they are known as the jury members. [11] The production team may introduce a temporary change to the format at anytime known as a twist. [1] The HouseGuests are informed of a twist by the host or by a note given to the Head of Household to read aloud to the other HouseGuests from the production team. [10] During the show the production team is referred to as Big Brother by the HouseGuests. [15]

Differences from Big Brother

Some aspects of the format used for Big Brother was modified or changed for the celebrity edition. [16] Due to the condensed nature of the program evictions happen at a quicker rate with multiple evictions occurring each week. [17] The celebrity jury members are not sequestered after their eviction and are able to catch-up on the show before voting for a winner depending on when they were evicted. [18] In contrast jury members from the main series are sequestered in a separate house and are not allowed to watch the show except for segments that included all of the HouseGuests. They are not shown any Diary Room interviews or any footage that included strategy or details regarding nominations. [19]

The live finale features the most changes when compared to the live finales from Big Brother. Five HouseGuests remained inside the House by the season finale instead of the regular three HouseGuests. [20] Live finales of Big Brother feature a three-part final Head of Household competition with the final eviction of the season in order to reduce the number of contestants inside the House down to two. [21] The live finale for the celebrity season was re-tooled to feature the final Power of Veto competition, an eviction then the final Head of Household competition in one part where the final Head of Household evicted two HouseGuests in order to reduce the number of contestants inside the House down to two. [7]

Production

Background

After the first season of the British version of Big Brother proved to be a success in the ratings for Channel 4, the network collaborated with the BBC for the first British season of Celebrity Big Brother in aid of Comic Relief. The season ran for a condensed run of eight days and featured six British celebrities moving into the house used for the first British season. [22] Due to the success of the first celebrity edition, a second season was ordered and shown exclusively on Channel 4 in November 2002. The celebrity version took a two-year break before returning for its third season in 2005, and became a regular staple alongside the regular British version. Starting with the third season, the show began to feature celebrities outside the United Kingdom alongside well known British celebrities. Many notable American celebrities have since taken part in the British version of Celebrity Big Brother. [23] [24] American actor Gary Busey took part in the fourteenth season in the summer of 2014 and became the first American celebrity to win Celebrity Big Brother in the United Kingdom. [25]

Development

Julie Chen Moonves has hosted the series since its premiere. Julie Chen Shankbone 2009 Vanity Fair.jpg
Julie Chen Moonves has hosted the series since its premiere.

An American version of Celebrity Big Brother has been speculated since 2002, along with a celebrity version of Survivor. [26] In an interview, Julie Chen and then CEO of CBS Corporation Leslie Moonves revealed talks of a celebrity edition of Big Brother as far back as Big Brother 2. [27] It was rumored that CBS was looking to air a celebrity edition in the fall after Big Brother 3 with radio personality Howard Stern speculated as a possible Houseguest. [28] Chen revealed that Paris Hilton had agreed to do it and Roseanne Barr initially agreed to take part, but then backed out. [27] Barr would later take part in another celebrity spin-off of Big Brother called Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack in the United Kingdom in 2008, where she watched over a group of non-celebrity housemates for a day, set tasks and talked to them in the Diary Room. [29] Julie Chen announced on September 7, 2017, during a live double eviction episode of Big Brother 19 that Celebrity Big Brother would air sometime during the winter, before the twentieth season of Big Brother in the summer of 2018. [30]

Cast and crew

CBS confirmed that Chen would reprise her role as host for the celebrity edition with executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan returning. CBS also confirmed that the celebrity edition would be produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol Shine North America. [31] In an interview Chen revealed that her husband Les Moonves forced her to take a pay cut for Celebrity Big Brother due to it being a condensed version. [32] Chen returned as the host for the second season now being credited as Julie Chen Moonves. [33]

Don Wollman and Clayton Halsey also reprises their roles as a co-executive producer and editor respectively. [34] Wollman also serves as the voice of Big Brother where he pre-records a series of statements that are played over the loud speakers inside the House. These range from asking HouseGuests to come to the Diary Room or reminding them they are not allowed to talk about production and their Diary Room sessions with other HouseGuests. Occasionally Wollman will make announcements to the HouseGuests that are not pre-recorded. Wollman's voice is primarily heard on the live Internet feeds while occasionally heard on the episodes. [39] Halsey also serves as the narrator for the opening and closings of the broadcast episodes. In this role he recaps recent events that were aired in previous episodes during the opening while explaining what events will take place in future episodes during the closing. [36] [35]

Casting

Deena Katz serves as the casting director for the series she also is known for casting ABC's Dancing with the Stars . [40] Grodner revealed she spoke with the producers of the British adaptation about their experiences with celebrities. Due to the American adaptation featuring more competitions than other formats there is no special treatment for the celebrities in order for the competitions "to be as fair as possible". [41] Tamar Braxton won the second season and became the first ever African-American HouseGuest to win in the history of the American adaptation of Big Brother. [20]

Production design and music

Celebrity Big Brother uses a similar title sequence and logo that was introduced with the sixteenth season of Big Brother that was designed by Charlie Co. [42] The logo was slightly modified to remove the water effects which were replaced by faint lights while the word "Celebrity" before "Big" with "Brother" underneath. The water effect that was used as a transition and appears around the HouseGuests was removed. This was replaced with a star being used as the transition and items related to the celebrities notoriety appeared around them. [43] [44] The series also uses the same theme song as Big Brother during the opening title sequence which was composed by David Vanacore and Ken Berry. [34] [43] [44] [45]

Filming

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A view of CBS Studio Center sound stage 18, where the house is located

Filming for the series takes place at CBS Studio Center, sound stage eighteen where the sitcom Yes, Dear was filmed. [46] Celebrity Big Brother is filmed in the same location as Big Brother since its sixth season and is referred to as the Big Brother House often shortened to House. [47] [48] The House has 94 high-definition cameras and over 113 microphones in order to monitor and record the HouseGuests. [49] The first floor of the House consists of three bedrooms, storage room and the Diary Room which is accessible by the living room. The bathroom, a lounge room, backyard and a spiral staircase going to the second floor are accessed via the kitchen. The front door is located in a vestibule area that separates the living room and kitchen. The Head of Household bedroom and en suite bathroom is located on the second floor. The second floor also has a balcony with an additional lounge area where the HouseGuests can look down and see the first floor. The backyard is significantly smaller due to the majority of the backyard being used for constant competitions. [50] During Celebrity Big Brother a roof is installed over the backyard. [51] The pool table was brought inside from the backyard and moved to the upstairs lounge area. The spare room that has been used for tasks in Big Brother such as the Den of Temptation in season nineteen is turned into an indoor gym for the celebrity edition. [52]

Series overview

SeasonDaysHouseGuestsWinnerRunner-upFinal voteEpisodesOriginally airedAverage viewers
(millions)
First airedLast aired
1 2611 Marissa Jaret Winokur Ross Mathews 6–313February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)5.04 [53]
2 2912 Tamar Braxton Ricky Williams 9–013January 21, 2019 (2019-01-21)February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)4.40 [54]

Broadcast and coverage

The main television coverage of Celebrity Big Brother is screened on CBS over thirteen episodes per season. [55] [56] Along side these episode a companion show, Celebrity Big Brother: After Dark , provides live coverage from inside the House is shown on Pop. CBS also makes available live Internet video feeds from the House available through CBS All Access. [57] In order to preserve the drama for television broadcasts, CBS does not webcast certain moments that transpire in the house, including competitions and the nomination/eviction process. Slanderous statements and singing of copyrighted music are also blocked for legal reasons. [58] [59] Celebrity Big Brother introduced "Big Brother Bot" which is available through Facebook, Kik and Skype. The bot was renamed to "Big BroBot" when the first season launched, it allows viewers to participate in quizzes and polls, ask the bot Big Brother related questions, get highlights about what happens inside the House and cast votes that can affect the game. [60] The show also maintains social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter. [57] The series is also simulcast in Canada on Global. [61] [62] The first season was also screened in Australia on 9Go! for the first time in the history of American Big Brother under the title Celebrity Big Brother U.S.. [63] Episodes were broadcast on a delay but were uploaded to the streaming service 9Now the shortly after the American airing of the show. [64]

Reception

The first season of Celebrity Big Brother was often reported on by various media outlets for the inclusion of Omarosa Manigault and her discussions about her time in the Trump administration. [65] Reed Gaudens of Fansided reviewed the series premiere positively noting the series "could either be so bad it’s good or just plain bad. Thankfully, it’s the former" while saying of the HouseGuests "weren’t exactly the famous faces we anticipated" for the season. [66] Andy Dehnart of Reality Blurred was more critical of the show noting that most of the season one Houseguests were previously on other reality shows like Dancing with the Stars and The Celebrity Apprentice . [67] In a post season review he noted the first season had been a "delight" when compared to a season of Big Brother. [68]

Ratings

Celebrity Big Brother had a strong series premiere with the highest ratings since the premiere of Big Brother 13 on July 7, 2011. The series debuted to 7.27 million viewers with a 1.8/7 rating in the 18-49 demographic. [69] The remainder of the first season was scheduled as counterprogramming to NBC's coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The first season finale aired on February 25, 2018 with 5.2 million viewers with a 1.4/5 rating in the 18-49 demographic coming in second behind the closing ceremony for the Olympics. [70] The second season premiere was down compared to the first season with 5.36 million viewers with a 1.4/6 in the 18-49 demographic. [71] The eighth episode of the second season pulled in the lowest ratings of the season with 3.28 million viewers. [72] The finale for the second season was watched by 3.87 million viewers which was below season average levels for the program. [73]

Nielsen ratings

SeasonTimeslot (ET)EpisodesFirst airedLast airedTV seasonAvg. viewers
(millions)		18–49 rating
(average)
DateViewers
(millions)		DateViewers
(millions)
1
  • Wednesday 8 p.m.
  • Thursday 8 p.m. (2)
  • Friday 8 p.m.
  • Saturday 8 p.m. (12)
  • Sunday 8 p.m.
  • Monday 8 p.m.
13February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)7.27 [69] February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25)5.21 [74] 2017–18 5.04 [53] 1.25 [53]
2
  • Monday 8 p.m. (1 and 6)
  • Monday 9 p.m. (9 and 12)
  • Tuesday 8 p.m. (2)
  • Wednesday 8 p.m. (3 and 7)
  • Wednesday 9 p.m. (13)
  • Thursday 8 p.m. (10)
  • Friday 8 p.m.
  • Saturday 8 p.m. (12)
  • Sunday 8 p.m.
13January 21, 2019 (2019-01-21)5.36 [71] February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)3.87 [73] 2018–19 4.40 [54] 1.05 [54]

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