CBS Drops ‘Glass House’ Suit Against ABC, Case Against Producers Goes To Arbitration

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• Big Brother/CBS/ and esp Allison Grodner could learn a lot from Glass House and incorporate some of the more original and creative things they have done. At a minimum, what is it going to take for Grodner to come up with new challenges. Year after year they do the same exact challenges – only changing the theme a tiny bit. This season is no different. This week we had the same old stupid challenge where they have to go back and forth on a slippery surface to fill something with liquid; we had the same endurance competition where they get hit with water and crap; we had the knockout competition where they pick 2 competitors on and on ; we had the one where they answer questions after being woken up all night; and so on and so forth…Coming soon the OTEV challenge; will we get face mash again and of course another endurance -this time with spinning – the final 3 where they answer questions and go up or down a stair, and of course the stupid finale where they answer questions that are irrelevant from the jury members. WE also have the double eviction – of course – teh show is half over and we have way too many contestants so we probably will have 2 of them…We also probably will get Pandoras Box which they always take…They should do a twist maybe where we have 3 contestants on the block and 2 get evicted that way…Maybe 2 lowest votes get voted out – or do 2 separate votes. Everything is so predictable that even the contestants know whats coming…and as usual the HGs have let us know what the producers tell them to do in the DR. Its all a mess. And then of course the producer manipulation (please dont let Frank go; we love him– oh give the coaches weeks of immunity and then let them play)…And of course we had the veto where someone had to wear some kind of leotard and the zingbot…The leotard thing is funny the first time -not eevery single year – its something now t hat both contestants and viewers ignore. So yea, come up with new ideas- why not offer the BB contestants money to leave the house and if they do that, an evicted hg that viewers vote for comes back in…Or look at GH challenges, they were all so much more original and creative. If CBS doesnt change BB next season, Im out for good

  Comment by Matt — Friday August 17, 2012 @ 12:50pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I agree, they need to come up with some new challenges soon or it just isn’t going to be realistic any longer.

    Comment by Jared — Monday August 20, 2012 @ 1:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• A NEW WRINKLE I would like to see a Draw too split into Two Teams. Then Each have a contest for HOH keeping the other team from knowing who the HOH is then. Then each HOH nominates Two from the other team and can include anybody on opposite team. Next hold a Power of Veto contest for two positions, everybody eligible. Then if either Veto is used the team HOH has to put up another player from either team. Then hold a vote. Everybody votes including those on the block for two people out of the Four on the block. Top two are out. Sounds convoluted but is really simple. Just a different variation of what is already used. I think you would really see a scramble and would really see who was controlling the game.

  Comment by Iam Fubar — Friday August 17, 2012 @ 3:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Sounds like that would liven up the game. But afraid that BB CBS would not be able to control the game as much as they do??

    Comment by D. Marks — Friday August 17, 2012 @ 5:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This was all pointless to begin with as the very premise of ABC’s show was almost similar in scope to that garbage CBS airs, but the ABC version was destined to fail from the get-go and with the ratings they are posting for this trashfest of a show, ABC will give it the heave ho after they finish their run next month. Both shows are awful, but people seem to like CBS’s version better.

  Comment by Jed — Friday August 17, 2012 @ 6:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The Glass House really did pick up steam near the end. Some of the gimmicks they tried were definitely borrowed from previous Big Brother shows that aired either in the first Big Brother USA or worldwide. The money to leave stunt was tried, before the Sharpiro/Grodner Survivor rip off of Big Brother. Also the challenges were original and not the same rehash challenges that have been used by the Survivor rip-off version of Big Brother for more than a decade.
  I think CBS is dropping the lawsuit, because they really have no case, but also because they can be more of a threat that they’ll refile again.
  The fact is with the set already built they can really churn out a bunch of Glass House shows for next to nothing. It could probably even fit even an ABC Family channel type of budget.

  Comment by JD2 — Friday August 17, 2012 @ 7:46pm PDT  Reply to this post