but we all knew it was coming
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Good, BB have lost the plot....completely..
Seems like Dermot got out at the right time. I bet Sky will bid for the series with Endemol, after the current contract with channel 4 has expired. I smell a huge corporate rat here.
I hope another station makes a bid for the show and makes a better job of it than CH4 Endemol has done with this series 
I don't understand why they want to do one more series, they haven't wanted to do this one.
quote:Originally posted by longcat:
I don't understand why they want to do one more series, they haven't wanted to do this one.
Because Endemol and Channel 4 are contracted for 1 more series.
Channel 4 have announced they will not be renewing the contract:
quote from Sky News:
"The reality show has been a huge revenue-driver for the channel but ratings have plummeted for the current series.
It is understood Channel 4 has decided not to renew its deal with programme-maker Endemol and the broadcaster will end the programme after screening the 11th series in 2010.
Channel 4 has a three-year deal with Endemol, thought to be worth around £180m.
There will also be one more series of Celebrity Big Brother early next year before the deal ends.
Channel 4's director of television Kevin Lygo said the decision not to recommission Big Brother was a creative rather than a commercial one.
He said it had reached a "natural end".
"Big Brother is still profitable for Channel 4 despite its reduced popularity and there could have been the option to renew it on more favourable terms," Mr Lygo said.
"That's what a purely commercial broadcaster would have done but Channel 4 has a public remit to champion new forms of creativity.
"That remit to push the boundaries has been an essential part of the weird chemistry behind Big Brother's success, but it's now what is telling us that the programme has reached a natural end point on Channel 4 and it's time to move on."
Here's hoping they do the next and last one better. Maybe a new company will do a shorter version, or two a year, or free live feed, or a mix of in house/out of house tasks Apprentice style, a house of just oldies, or single sex, there's so much that could be done.
quote:Originally posted by vrmaryport:
Here's hoping they do the next and last one better. Maybe a new company will do a shorter version, or two a year, or free live feed, or a mix of in house/out of house tasks Apprentice style, a house of just oldies, or single sex, there's so much that could be done.
Hmmm, should I still audition? Now that is the question.
Good as C4 were destroying the format, now hopefully another channel will buy the show and try to turn BB back to how he liked the show in the first place .
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We sort of already knew that - it was common knowledge that C4's contract with Endemol runs out next year.
Here's hoping someone else (hello Sky) takes it up after that, and restores it to the BB we all used to enjoy. If not, then it's probably better to end it completely.
Here's hoping someone else (hello Sky) takes it up after that, and restores it to the BB we all used to enjoy. If not, then it's probably better to end it completely.
Confirmed by the Times too.
Times
The comments underneath are quite funny.
"Thank God for that! Only ten years too late.
Big Brother was chav T.V. at it's absolute worst catering to the absolute lowest intellectual common denominator.
Lets just hope that Channel 4 gives the general
public a little more intellectual credit and replaces it with something that is slightly more mentally taxing, for example watching paint dry. Somehow though, with Channel 4 being Channel 4 I doubt it."
Times
The comments underneath are quite funny.
"Thank God for that! Only ten years too late.
Big Brother was chav T.V. at it's absolute worst catering to the absolute lowest intellectual common denominator.
Lets just hope that Channel 4 gives the general
public a little more intellectual credit and replaces it with something that is slightly more mentally taxing, for example watching paint dry. Somehow though, with Channel 4 being Channel 4 I doubt it."
I completely agree.quote:Originally posted by Demantoid:
We sort of already knew that - it was common knowledge that C4's contract with Endemol runs out next year.
Here's hoping someone else (hello Sky) takes it up after that, and restores it to the BB we all used to enjoy. If not, then it's probably better to end it completely.
It has come to a natural end as far as BB and C4 are concerned imo.
"reached a natural end"...my arse!!! 
It was moidered
It was moidered
quote:Originally posted by DanceSettee:
"reached a natural end"...my arse!!!
It was moidered
They've sent it to Dignitas.
lolquote:Originally posted by DanceSettee:
"reached a natural end"...my arse!!!
It was moidered
well that's another way of putting it yes!
Confirmed: 'Big Brother' to end on Channel 4
Channel 4 has confirmed speculation that next year's run of Big Brother will be its final series with the broadcaster.
Speaking at the network's Autumn press launch this morning, C4 director of television Kevin Lygo said: "We will not be continuing with Big Brother. Next year will be the last series for Channel 4. There will be a celebrity version, plus the regular one. We've decided it's time to move on."
Lygo added that the broadcaster is now thinking about programmes to replace Big Brother in 2011 but acknowledged that it would be "a challenge for the commercial side of the business".
The current series of Big Brother has been its lowest-rated to date, with an average of around 2 million viewers watching each night.
"Big Brother is still profitable for Channel 4 despite its reduced popularity and there could have been the option to renew it on more favourable terms," Lygo explained. "That’s what a purely commercial broadcaster would have done, but Channel 4 has a public remit to champion new forms of creativity."
Of the estimated £50 million budget freed up by the cancellation of Big Brother, Channel 4 pledged to invest £20 million into new "event" dramas such as Red Riding and "quirky series" for younger audiences, such as Skins.
C4 head Julian Bellamy described the show as "the voice of a generation", adding: "It will be sorely missed, [but] we're going to go out with a bang next year."
Big Brother production company Endemol is now expected to take the show to another broadcaster in 2011. ITV has previously expressed interest in acquiring the rights, although Five and Sky1 are also potential candidates.
Channel 4 has confirmed speculation that next year's run of Big Brother will be its final series with the broadcaster.
Speaking at the network's Autumn press launch this morning, C4 director of television Kevin Lygo said: "We will not be continuing with Big Brother. Next year will be the last series for Channel 4. There will be a celebrity version, plus the regular one. We've decided it's time to move on."
Lygo added that the broadcaster is now thinking about programmes to replace Big Brother in 2011 but acknowledged that it would be "a challenge for the commercial side of the business".
The current series of Big Brother has been its lowest-rated to date, with an average of around 2 million viewers watching each night.
"Big Brother is still profitable for Channel 4 despite its reduced popularity and there could have been the option to renew it on more favourable terms," Lygo explained. "That’s what a purely commercial broadcaster would have done, but Channel 4 has a public remit to champion new forms of creativity."
Of the estimated £50 million budget freed up by the cancellation of Big Brother, Channel 4 pledged to invest £20 million into new "event" dramas such as Red Riding and "quirky series" for younger audiences, such as Skins.
C4 head Julian Bellamy described the show as "the voice of a generation", adding: "It will be sorely missed, [but] we're going to go out with a bang next year."
Big Brother production company Endemol is now expected to take the show to another broadcaster in 2011. ITV has previously expressed interest in acquiring the rights, although Five and Sky1 are also potential candidates.