To think Big Brother’s gone downhill?

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Found out today that Big Brother’s starting tonight .. but AIBU to think it’s not as high profile as it once was ?

I was surprised to see it’s being shown in ITV 2 not Channel 4

Back around the time Jade Goody was in it - it was very high profile and made all the tabloid headlines. AIBU to think people have now lost interest?

Lost interest a long time ago. It's shit.

I randomly got into it a couple of years ago and quite enjoyed that series having watched series 2 and three way back in the day. But yes, it’s relegated to ITV2 and it’s just not as high profile as it used to be. You have to go looking for it now. I much prefer it over I’m a celebrity - I feel like it’s a purer form of reality TV. Better that we don’t know anything about the people before they start and they don’t know anything about each other.Though they do still try to set everyone against each other, cast some extreme characters and add lots of horrible tasks but not as disgusting as on I’m a celebrity on the whole.

It went downhill after ‘Nasty Nick’ in the first series!

It hasn’t been good since 2007

I haven’t seen any advertisement for it.

Not worth watching after the first series. Couldn’t be bothered with all of that even then.

Sorry but surely Big Brother rolled down the valley and into the sea decades ago?
The first one was interesting.
The second and third one were mildly diverting.
By 2010 it was rubbish and old old news. I didn’t know it was still going tbh.

Oh, c'mon, it went downhill after season 3 or 4, back in 2004ish! Haven't watched it since then.

I just googled - the first series aired in 2000.
The show is 25 years old!

The insistence of casting ridiculous people has been its downfall.
As a psychological experiment, the initial premise was interesting. Now it seems a vehicle to shoehorn as many minority interests as possible.
Cue the trans lobby spoiling for a fight if anyone dares to ‘misgender’ them.
They cast screaming exhibitionists, desperate for their 15 minutes of fame. Most of them are unintelligent and inarticulate, but loud as fuck. It’s unbearable.

It’s been downhill since it started!

It’s shit. Should’ve been axed in 2001.

It was exciting at the beginning as it was new. It’s been old and boring for fucking years.

The first series had a charm to it because none of the contestants knew how big it would become, so I think they were more genuine, not really looking for fame etc. The winner donated the prize to a friend with special needs so she could have an operation in America. They felt like normal
people. Ever since then they’ve had to try and keep it interesting, which naturally means adding about with the format and having more and more ‘wacky’ contestants.

Do you remember when they sent the Scottish bloke to South Africa, and they sent a woman here in return. That was back when they made it interesting.
They had a swimming pool I think, and it always seemed hot and sunny for the whole series.

Maybe, as we’ve got older (for those who watched it at the start) we’re just not the audience any more? My daughter and her friends (early 20s) seem to love it just as much as I did back in the day. That said, I watched it last year for the first time in over a decade and really enjoyed it.

It’s not covered in the likes of Heat magazine now (is that even a thing anymore?) but there’s extensive coverage and analysis on TikTok, which appears to be where younger people get their celebrity fix.

Did it ever go up hill to start?

The first couple were fine. It went downhill when they started putting in the strangest people they could find to make it ‘interesting’.

It was always crap. I didn’t know anyone was still watching it.

I used to like it, but have not watched it for years.

Yes!!!!!! Cameron !

I stopped watching at the start of season 2, after I realized I was spending my life watching a stranger make a piece of toast.

It must be at the bottom of that ocean trench by now if it has gone down hill because it started downhill.

It’s went downhill about 3 seasons in.

I only watch old clips of all the arguments in previous series on TikTok now.

It's become utterly boring now that everyone (celebs in particular) are terrified of loosing social media revenue or being cancelled.

The old ones are so shockingly entertaining in comparison 🍿