Article: REALITY SHOWS AREN'T ALL THE SAME 'BIG BROTHER' FAILS TO MATCH 'SURVIVOR'.(LIVING)

Hours before 51 million Americans sat down to watch Richard Hatch win $1 million on the final ''Survivor'' last month, a small plane buzzed over a house set on a Hollywood stage.

It towed a banner with a message for the remaining inhabitants of the CBS ''Big Brother'' household: '' 'Big Brother' is worse than you think. Get out now.''

So far, the plea has been ignored. At the very least, the timing of the people who hired the plane neatly illustrated the yin and yang of the CBS summer.

''Survivor'' and ''Big Brother'' were paired in most people's minds before each went on the air. They were CBS's twin attempts to see if the so-called reality ...

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