Gerry from BB said this on his Blog

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Darren Taylor on FB said

This is what BB's Gerry has said on his blog http://gerrygreek.tumblr.com/

Last night BBUK rated less than 1million viewers for the first time ever! Why I am not surprised:
Last night, Big Brother UK had less than 1million viewers for the first time in its 12 year history ( 925,000 viewers, even the cheaply-produced “Coach trip” gets twice that!)
As the viewers continue to desert the show, advertisers and sponsors are furious and Channel 5 is holding crisis talks.
Unfortunately I am not surprised at all..
After a great Celeb edition (I never missed an episode) the “civilian” housemates are all young, vacuous, good-looks-but-no-depth types. There is NO Scottish, Welsh, Irish or foreign housemates, none are disabled, none are over 30 or fat.
If the audience needs a Club 18 - 30 scripted series, they can switch to “The Only Way is Essex”, “Geordie Shore” and a plethora of American trashy imports. The producers probably think they are following current TV trends but this way they alienated older, established viewers of a programme that used to get 4-5 million viewers.EVERY DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, FOR 13 WEEKS!
The Big Brother freak-show in its Golden epoch, had varied ages, nationalities, backgrounds = media-savvy desperados as well as eccentrics that are there for the thrill of it.
Furthermore they seem to have too much contact with the outside world + cigarettes, booze, hair-straighteners etc.. (Celeb BB even allowed housemates to bring in Ipods!) I say make the housemates EARN their luxuries (and if they fail the task watch the slaughter).
The IMPORTANCE OF THE LIVE FEED
By abolishing the Live Feed altogether, Channel 5 got it wrong big style:
First of all the LF created heaps of buzz. Entertainment/TV editors for newspapers as well as bloggers and BB forum members, watched the live feed religiously and instantly, reported on events.
Secondly. Big Bro is all about getting to know the characters, immersing yourself into their lives.
There have always been wannabe model/presenter/singer types in the house. It was part of the BB success recipe from day one. BUT because of the live broadcast (day-time on E4, night-time on Ch4) the viewers would warm up even to the most superficial humans.
People often tell me that in the morning before they made coffee, they switched on the live feed. Most often they had careers, jobs and families to look after, but perceived us housemates as part of their lives. In BB8 we got tons of fan-mail from shelters, hospitals and even from prisons. Inmates were locked into their cells after 7 & they watched us all night arguing, chatting and yes even sleeping!
Recently Channel 5′s director of programmes Jeff Ford said: “We could have done live feed but we’ve moved on from watching people sleeping”.
Well-said darling. Alas the viewers HAVE MOVED ON TOO…
Now Mr Ford, pull your head out the sand and take action while you can salvage the show. Surely Ch5 can broadcast some form of live feed instead of that dreadful Super-Casino nonsense. You have got a golden goose in your hands AND you are slowly KILLING IT.

Thanks Gerry.  I got bopped for telling people about your Blog but I will tell you about it tomorrow
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