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"Glass House."
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06-12-12, 01:38 PM (EST)
 
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"Glass House." |
And in one of those stunning twists which will make Grodner's bosses sue ABC all the faster, public voting on contestants begins before the public ever meets the contestants. The show premieres on 6/18 and the voting lines? Are already open. Gosh, here's hoping those first impressions are really accurate.On the other hand, ABC has done one thing Endemol has refused to try since BB launched: spent money. Not on the prize -- it's half of what the hamsters dream of -- but on the location. Take a look at the competition's set designs. http://www.abctheglasshouse.com/inside-the-glass-house/ Here's a few FAQs no one bothered asking. Note the incredibly restricted Internet access times -- you will peek in on the cast when ABC says you can, period. No rolling blackouts and extended shots of fish, sure, but you spy on their schedule or none. http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-glass-house/show-faq And meet the original crop of -- well, 'hamsters' is taken. Shall we go with guinea pigs? Because the lawsuit is going to make them squeal. http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-glass-house/bios I haven't read all the self-promotion yet, but the bits I have gone through make it painfully clear that some of these little piggies did their own compositions. It also seems as if casting quotas are in full effect from Day One. And of course, it's ABC, who cannot make a reality show work without finding a way to cancel it. Hopes are not high. Hopes do not exist. But the guinea pigs might have the show canceled out from under them before anyone gets paid, and that's really the best of all possible fates. Oh, and last for the links: the voting page. Because don't you feel informed enough to make a decision on the vital issues of the day? http://glass-house.abc.go.com/shows/the-glass-house/view-and-vote/ No? Well, that never stopped anyone before. 
All I can see of the current poll: 'For twenty-four hours, should the players eat?' I want to vote no.
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06-13-12, 04:02 AM (EST)
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2. "RE: Glass House." |
I have never liked the America's Votes they still use on BB. Let the public get involved and they will f--- up a perfectly good show, as they do with the silly bullsh1t they vote on on BB. And this Glass House show looks like a crappy BB ripoff in the making, so I might not even bother with it.
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06-14-12, 03:54 PM (EST)
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6. "Live feed: I want my hour back" |
The live online hour. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzDisembodied voice "DV": Makes Chenbot sound like a cheerleader They played "Oddball Dodgeball", using stuffed animals, koosh balls and toilet paper rolls. I thought that was tedious until we have "Sexy Yoga". There is nothing sexy about it. They send a yoga instructor for the "challenge" the teacher is annoyed that DV keeps jabbering over her very serious yoga lesson. Now that we're all warm and fuzzy and we viewers get to decide how this YouTube version of Yoga class goes. The teacher is even a bit snippy towards the more boisterous.....what are they anyway, fish? Now it's turned into "Are you having fun?" from the teacher. This is amazing. One live feed hour this? 20 minutes of dodgeball and the rest of it a yoga class. Nobody is listening to the DV, production must have walked out. This is torture. Fire your lawyers CBS, this show will destroy itself before the week is out. I can't watch anymore. What a train wreck. I hope they only rented the furniture. Sockpuppet out 
agman made me famous dahlin'
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06-15-12, 06:18 PM (EST)
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8. "Judge allows filming to proceed --" |
-- for now.http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/cbss-glass-house-lawsuit-judge-denies-temporary-restraining-order-44286 Note that CBS is basically declaring their right to sue on a per-episode basis -- and also stating that no matter what happens, they will take every former Endemol employee and force them through the worst punishment they can think of. Unfortunately, most of those people have already dealt with the hamsters, so the network may need a backup plan. And you almost have to love this quote: 'Arguing that CBS has failed to define any trade secrets that ABC has allegedly violated, Pomerantz added that CBS has " yet to identify what we're really doing wrong." Pomerantz told Feess, ""ABC doesn't want to use any of CBS' trade secrets. It doesn't need them."' Of course they don't! Experience proves they're perfectly capable of assembling a cast of unlikeable idiots in their own!
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06-16-12, 09:06 PM (EST)
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9. "RE: Judge allows filming to proceed --" |
CBS is worried they'll lose viewers if there is something remotely akin to their show.American Idol
The Voice
Duets
America's got Talent
So you think you can dance
Dancing with the stars Need I go on, apparently there is room for duplication in the broadcast world. There is nothing new anywhere.h We couldn't handle the stimulation. ugh I don't know if I'll be able to watch Glass House OR will I be able to not watch it.\
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06-18-12, 06:27 PM (EST)
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10. "RE: Judge allows filming to proceed --" |
I've seen a couple of the promos for this misbegotten disaster in the making, and it looks like BB on steroids in terms of the stupidity of the show and the insanity of the contestants. I think this mess is gonna have to survive a couple years before I'll even consider trying it. One BB type show is about all I can handle.
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06-19-12, 06:17 AM (EST)
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11. "Premiere" |
So AlexSteinNinetyNinePantiesJustFine believes that becoming the greatest villain in reality television history means throwing around insults a sugar-rushed fourth-grader might have to look up the spelling on. Well, he was captain of his high school football team: mentally, fourth grade is pretty much where he stopped...(See? You can beat him at his one-and-only game too.) This brings up the question of viewer intent. Yes, someone voted for him to make that decision -- although based on his behavior prior to the unleashing, you could argue that the playground taunter is the whole of his semi-personality and he was just waiting to let it loose. (Would he have asked his friends to vote yes on that question? Does he have any?) But in the one and only U.S. BB season we have to steer by, the first contestants voted out by the audience were the ones they saw as disruptive to the house -- and the Worsters have yet to become involved as a group. Also, note that the quit did not fill the one and only elimination slot for the week: the show does not care if they lose two. A double ouster may have been planned for later in the season and as far as they're concerned, they can just have it right now. The producers may already be sick of Steinyno. And if this keeps up, they'll have a lot of company. Notes: 'The show they didn't want you to see.' Who's 'they'? Gee, did the lawyers clean that one up too? Interior design is to the hamster cage as an art museum is to your average finger painting. Exterior design is -- weird. The yard feels like your basic astroturf carpet and nothing else: no home touches, no signs of life. And no idea if the contestants can go outside and look through the walls. So what's the benefit to being a winning team captain? There has to be one, right? The losing party gets auto-stuck on the block and the winner receives -- nothing they bothered to put on the air. Problem. A lot of basic information was left out of last night's broadcast: that piece just stood out more than a few others. Looking at the listings, this is a once-weekly airing. (So there's a point of differentiation for the court: even the official glimpses are more limited.) It means the editors can really pick and choose -- but how much will they have to work with? The glimpses of cage activities are trying to create the illusion of an active household, but when glimpses are all you get... Vote results seem to be extra-public. The stones (best touch in the game) were different shapes and those shapes appeared under the names of the people balloted for. You not only know how many, but there's a good chance you know who as well. Which means Steinymo is working on the presumption that the emotional and mental age of the viewing public is exactly the same as his, because the other guinea pigs are going to put him back into Limbo every week and he needs what he sees as America to save him time after time. He should have brought a guitar.
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06-19-12, 02:04 PM (EST)
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12. "Ratings." |
4.2m for the first episode. This represents a dropoff of three million from the lead-in, with a loss of 700k during the premiere itself. So all publicity isn't effective publicity.
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06-20-12, 11:52 AM (EST)
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15. "RE: Ratings." |
I just started a thread in Spoilers, but I don't know what's going to be lower: post count or total episodes aired. ABC has pulled reality shows prior to completion before this. 4.2m isn't a disaster number by any means -- but if it slips...
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06-26-12, 02:36 PM (EST)
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18. "Episode #2." |
Also the number of viewers.* Ye gawds, did that challenge look cheap. At least BB dresses up the backyard a bit. This crew admittedly has the advantage of an actual ceiling to hang things from, but they're not doing enough with it. (Note that the contestants can go outside when challenges aren't on.) * Pick-'em, huh? That could get dangerous. * I did appreciate Alex's entrance/exit. He rises. He falls. He doesn't get to say a word in between. * Oh, so that's how captains work. The two least popular have to lead the teams (and you find out just who was in at the absolute bottom later) and only one of them is saved while the loser drags someone down with them. It's really reality show as popularity contest, which means Idol sues next. Alliances? Talent? Skills? They all mean nothing here. It's just how many viewers like you. Which means Holly, despite the exposure on her lies, should come back up next week. It's hard to see Apollo as having picked up any fans last night. * The previews seem to be promising that unlike the CBS counterpart, this show will not hide the stupidity of its contestants. More when we get to it. If I can be bothered to watch. * A map of the house would be helpful. We can navigate the hamster cage in our sleep, but this place is still a mystery.
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06-26-12, 05:38 PM (EST)
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20. "RE: Episode #2." |
* The welcome return of the sixteenth chapel* Name an artist, any artist * OK so you actually studied psychology, name a psychologist. Dr Phil Epic fail
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07-18-12, 08:37 AM (EST)
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26. "RE: Selective blindness." |
Reality television can be a forum and launching point for discussion of issues like any other, although the only issue which usually comes up is whether it's really a good idea to try and date twenty-five people at the same time. So as far as using this for a springboard, your milage varies: mine says fine and sans humanitae for half the house because the Righteous People are bringing back memories of Maggie's happy little cult, which is never a way to get on my good side. And yes, Jeffrey is hardly perfect, but he has every right to make some poor man miserable for the rest of their lives.That came out wrong. But as far as the topic being brought into the game in the first place -- blame the producers. They decided the crew was getting along too well. ABC's reality shows center around manufactured drama: for details, see Chris Harrison and as long as you're that close, please punch him in the face and tell him it's from me. So how do we get a fight going? Bring in one of the hot button issues currently dividing the country. If this hadn't started the fights, they would have moved on to abortion, elections, the Dallas Cowboys, and Direct TV vs. Dish Network, possibly in that order. As-was, the first cheap stunt paid for all. The topic is in the house and cannot be removed until one side of the issue is gone. (And for the viewership, it'll never be that easy.) I just find it amusing that the anti-side can't conceive of the thought that the outside majority could be against them. American political disease #2: only those who agree with me actually exist. Of course, most of the television watcher pool is starting to agree that this show doesn't exist. Wonder when ABC will start to agree with them.
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