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Article: `Big Brother' boredom
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2000
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`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 ...