Article: `Big Brother' boredom

`Big Brother' boredom

CBS' housebound series lacks drama of its sibling, `Survivor'

By DAVID BAUDER

Associated Press

Tuesday, September 5, 2000

New York -- Hours before 51 million Americans sat down to watch Richard Hatch win $1 million on the final "Survivor" episode 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 CBS' summer.

"Survivor" and "Big Brother" were paired in most ...

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