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Big Brother (American TV Series)
''Big Brother'' is an American television reality competition show based on the Dutch reality show of the same name created by producer John de Mol Jr. in 1997; the series takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1949 novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four.'' The American series launched on July 5, 2000, on CBS and since the discontinuation of the Spanish version in 2022, is the longest-running adaptation in the '' Big Brother'' franchise. The show broadly follows the premise of other versions, in which a group of contestants, known as "HouseGuests", live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the "Outside World" for a cash prize of $750,000 ($500,000 prior to season 23). The HouseGuests are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, HouseGuests are evicted by being voted out of the competition. In its inaugural season (which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Competition
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor'', ''Idol (franchise), Idol'', and ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'', all of which became global Franchising, 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; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature the gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemol Shine North America
Endemol Shine North America (stylized as EndemolShine NorthAmerica) is the American division of Banijay Entertainment that was founded on March 15, 2012, as a merger of Shine Americas, Shine USA, and Reveille Productions. Endemol Shine North America produces and distributes scripted and unscripted television and digital content through its global Shine 360˚ division. Endemol Shine North America has produced original series including ''The Biggest Loser'', '' Tabatha Takes Over'', '' The Face'', and '' Parental Control''; adaptations of Shine Group formats ''MasterChef'', '' Minute to Win It'', '' One Born Every Minute'', and ''The Office'', ''Ugly Betty'', and ''The Tudors''; and over 20 original online series on MSN, Yahoo!, YouTube premium channels and other platforms. Through Banijay's distribution arm, Banijay Rights, Endemol Shine North America distributes to more than 150 countries. History Endemol Shine North America began its operations under the name Reveille Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nineteen Eighty-Four
''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (also published as ''1984'') is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final completed book. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society. Orwell, a democratic socialist and an anti-Stalinist, modelled Britain under authoritarian socialism in the novel on the Soviet Union in the era of Stalinism and the practices of censorship and propaganda in Nazi Germany. More broadly, the book examines the role of truth and facts within societies and the ways in which they can be manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future. The current year is uncertain, but believed to be 1984. Much of the world is in perpetual war. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, has become a province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, which is led b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Big Brother is a character and symbol in George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel '' Nineteen Eighty-Four''. He is ostensibly the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling party, Ingsoc, wields total power "for its own sake" over the inhabitants. The ubiquitous slogan "Big Brother is watching you" serves as a constant reminder that Party members are not entitled to privacy. They are subject to constant surveillance to ensure their ideological purity. This is primarily through omnipresent telescreens that provide two-way video communication and constantly blare propaganda. This close surveillance does not extend to the "proles", who constitute the majority of Oceanic society. They are viewed as inferior beings whose ideas and opinions simply do not matter because they lack both the intelligence and conviction to recognize and assert their latent political power. (In British English, "prole" is an abbreviation of proletarian. It is often derogatory.) "Big Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (Dutch TV Series)
''Big Brother'' is the original Dutch version of the international reality television franchise '' Big Brother''. It created a reality TV-show format where contestants live in an isolated house and try to avoid being evicted by viewers to win a prize at the end. The original Dutch version of the show was initially aired from 1999 to 2006 for six regular seasons, and two celebrity editions. Many international versions have also been developed following the same structure. In 2021, the cooperation season with Belgium of ''Big Brother'' returned in the Netherlands after an absence of 14 years. Origins John de Mol Jr. Participants were John de Mol Jr., Patrick Scholtze, Bart Römer and his brother, Paul Römer. The idea called for a luxurious house with six contestants, closed for a year. The winner would receive 1,000,000 guilders. The working title was ''De Gouden Kooi'' ('' The Golden Cage'') and the original concept was eventually realized as a reality show on Dutch televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor'', ''Idol (franchise), Idol'', and ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'', all of which became global Franchising, 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; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature the gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran Hermano (American TV Series)
''Gran Hermano'' (also known as ''Gran Hermano USA'') is the Spanish-language adaptation of the reality television franchise '' Big Brother'', broadcast in the United States on Telemundo and produced by Endemol. The series was announced in May 2015 during the network's upfront presentation for the 2015–16 television season in New York City. This is the official adaptation of the international '' Big Brother'' format for Hispanic television in the U.S., making the United States the third country worldwide, after Canada and India, to have different adaptations of the show based on language. Former ''Nuestra Belleza Latina'' host Giselle Blondet was announced as the show's presenter on December 14, 2015. The show premiered on January 10, 2016, and lasted 13 weeks. Format Based on the original Dutch version created by Endemol, the show sees a number of different housemates, divided by gender, social backgrounds and geographical locations locked up together in a House, where th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother Canada
''Big Brother Canada'' is a Canadian television reality game show based on the Dutch reality show of the same name, which was part of the wider '' Big Brother'' franchise. The first season of the series premiered on February 27, 2013, on Slice. From the third season, the show aired on Global until the twelfth and final season ended on May 8, 2024. The series is produced by Endemol and Insight Productions. It is hosted by Arisa Cox, who is concurrently an executive producer starting from the ninth season. The show follows the premise originated by the American version of the show, in which a group of contestants, known as "HouseGuests", live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world as they compete for a $100,000 cash prize, as well as additional prizes from the show's sponsors. The HouseGuests are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. A live feed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Big Brother (American TV Series)
''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 Jr. The series began on February 7, 2018 on CBS in the United States 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. The premise of the series remained largely unchanged from the main edition of ''Big Brother'', in which a group of contestants, known as "HouseGuests," who live in a purpose-built house, known as the Big Brother House, with no contact from the outside world. The contestants compete in competitions for safety and for power over the household bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother Reindeer Games
''Big Brother Reindeer Games'' is a reality competition television series and spin-off of the American version of '' Big Brother''. It premiered on CBS on December 11, 2023, to December 21, 2023, and is hosted by former ''Big Brother'' HouseGuests Derek Xiao, Tiffany Mitchell, and Jordan Lloyd. The series features nine former HouseGuests competing against each other across six episodes which aired over the course of two weeks. ''Big Brother Reindeer Games'' was placed on hiatus in 2024 due to lack of scheduling availability on the network. House The house used for ''Big Brother Reindeer Games'' was renamed to the ''Santa's Lodge'' under the holiday-theme. The entryway of the house is decorated with flying reindeer, gold-wrapped presents, and a red flannel rug. The living room has a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and wreaths. The kitchen, which in this season was named "Mrs. Claus Bakery", has red and green wallpaper with Christmas symbols, and gingerbread men on the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Top
Over the top may refer to: Music * "Over the Top", a 2017 song by Hey! Say! JUMP * ''Over the Top'' (Cozy Powell album), 1979 album by British drummer Cozy Powell * ''Over the Top'' (Infinite album), 2011 album by South Korean band Infinite * ''Over the Top'' (Mentors album), 2005 album by American band Mentors * ''Over the Top'' (White Wizzard album), 2010 album by the American band White Wizzard * '' Over the Top: The Rarities'', 2000 album by the band Motörhead *" Over the Top: Military March", 1917 World War I song * "Over the Top" (1917 song), 1917 World War I song *"Over the Top", an album by ''Mountain'' (1995) *"Over the Top", a song by Battle Beast, on the album '' Battle Beast'' (2013) *"Over the Top", a song by Motörhead, on the album ''Bomber'' (1979) *"Over the Top", a song by Pete Townshend, on the album '' The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend'' (1989) *"Over the Top", a song by Raven, on the album ''Rock Until You Drop'' (1981) * "Over the Top" (Led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off The Block With Ross And Marissa
''Off the Block with Ross and Marissa'' (often shortened to just ''Off the Block'') is a reality aftershow and spin-off of ''Big Brother'' hosted by Ross Mathews and Marissa Jaret Winokur who were both HouseGuests on the first season of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. The show premiered on June 29, 2018 as a Facebook Watch exclusive. The series did not return as a companion to ''Big Brother'' 21. Development The first aftershow attempted by CBS began in 2004 with '' House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show'' The series primarily featured a discussion about events occurring in the ''Big Brother'' house. ''House Calls'' aired every weekday alongside new episodes of ''Big Brother'' from ''Big Brother 5'' until its cancellation prior to ''Big Brother 11'' in 2008. The next companion show began in 2012 with former ''Big Brother'' HouseGuest Jeff Schroeder known as ''Big Brother: Live Chat''. The show aired each week following the live eviction when Schroeder would interview the evicted Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
