Friday, August 5, 2016

NBC blames terrible Olympics opening ceremony coverage on women, reality TV

An NBC executive said the network's decisions regarding its coverage of the Rio Olympics opening ceremony have to do with women and also reality shows. Read this story »

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Grant Bovey evicted - Celebrity Big Brother Summer 2016 [cbb 18]

Grant was the first housemate to be evicted from the summer 2016 Celebrity Big Brother house, in Friday's live show (5th August 2016), and in a nomination twist the housemates chose Bear to face eviction every week for the remainder of the series.

Since Monday, the public were voting to save James Whale or Grant, and during Friday’s Channel 5 programme , Emma Willis announced live to the house that the first person to leave would be Grant.

Following the announcement, Grant said his goodbyes and left the house, greeted by Emma and a mixed reaction from the crowd.

Emma asked Grant how it feels to be first out: “Mixed emotions. I wanted to be myself and do my best, and didn’t want to be first out....[Read more]


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Christopher Biggins has been removed from the house - Celebrity Big Brother Summer 2016 [cbb 18]

Channel 5 have released a statement saying that Christopher Biggins has been removed from the Celebrity Big Brother house for making offensive comments.

"Big Brother has taken the decision to remove Christopher Biggins from the Celebrity Big Brother house. Since entering Big Brother, he has made a number of comments capable of causing great offence to housemates and the viewing public. Big Brother does not tolerate offensive language capable of causing widespread offence. Christopher Biggins has left the house."


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Daily Update Day 8 Friday 5th August 9pm Highlights Preview / Recap and Live Eviction - Celebrity Big Brother Summer 2016 [cbb 18]

Daily Update: Day 8
Shown: Tonight, Friday 5th August 9pm on Channel 5

On tonight’s show: Bear re-joins the house after spending the night in the spare room and Frankie is set a secret mission

On tonight’s Big Brother’s Bit On The Side with Rylan Clark-Neal at 11.05pm on Channel 5, guests include Sam Bailey, James Tindale, Kirk Norcross and tonight’s evictee

Key highlights and quotes from tonight’s show:

· Bear spent the night in the spare room

· In the kitchen, Heavy D believes ‘respect goes a long way’

· In the bathroom, Saira asks Chloe; “Bear is fire, why mess with fire?” She continues that Chloe’s actions can be ‘misinterpreted’, Chloe...[Read more]


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ABC’s president: The Bachelor franchise needs to make changes

In order to become more diverse, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette franchise needs to make a key change, ABC entertainment president Channing Dungey said. Read this story »

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Fire destroys Utopia and Camp Cutthroat set, but not Netflix’s beast

A fire destroyed most of Sable Ranch, where reality TV shows including Utopia and Wipeout were filmed. But Netflix's Ultimate Beastmaster was spared. Read this story »

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