I love JOKER'S. My parents and I would refresh that page EVERY few seconds during those POV challenges those weeks Janey was nominated. Every time she had little V on her face we FREAKED OUT! Lucky for us it was like every week! And she needed it every time too. Ah, Janey! Love ya!

CBS plans 'Big Brother' spinoff

Reality hit spawns new series for cable

By JOSEF ADALIAN

It's Showtime for "Big Brother." The CBS summer staple is expanding in a big way for its eighth season, with the Eye planning to launch a spinoff series on one of its cable nets.

"Big Brother: After Dark" will feature a live, unedited feed from the "Big Brother" house. Skein will run three hours nightly from midnight until 3 a.m. ET/PT on ShoToo, Showtime's widely available companion net.

Because there are so many cameras in the house capturing multiple storylines, an online producer will decide which cameras auds will see. Profanity and nudity will be allowed, but the feed will be interrupted if houseguests say anything slanderous or that violates music copyrights.

Because "Big Brother" originates from Los Angeles, the feed viewers see will feature activity taking place between 9 p.m. and midnight.

"That's primetime for the 'Big Brother' house," said exec producer-showrunner Allison Grodner. "It's when our houseguests are most wide awake and having fun, talking about strategy and playing the game. People are going to see quite a bit."

New extension of "Big Brother" will premiere July 5, the same night as the CBS version of the skein. CBS will once again run "Brother" three nights a week: Thursdays and Sundays at 8 p.m. and Tuesdays at 9.

Scheduling means the Eye's new low-rated "Pirate Master" will move to a new timeslot. "Pirate Master" will receive a special one-night airing after the "Big Brother" bow, then shift on July 10 to Tuesdays at 10 (where it once again will benefit from a "Big" lead-in).

Addition of "After Dark" continues the Eye's efforts to turn the "Big Brother" brand into as much of a multiplatform experience as possible:

• Live feeds from inside the house will continue to be streamed via the Internet. Eye is partnering again with RealNetworks, which will charge $14.99 per month for the feed.
• "House Calls," the Internet talk strip devoted to "Big Brother" will be back for its fourth season. Gretchen Massey will host.
• Full-length episodes of the show will be streamed via the CBS Audience Network to multiple Web sites. Eye will also let users post selected clips to blogs.
• Eye will offer several mobile-phone packages packed with "Big Brother" content, including one in which subscribers can get breaking news of major developments inside the house.

Grodner and Rich Meehan are the exec producers of "Big Brother" and produce in association with Endemol USA.

Edited June 11, 200718 yr by Kennylicious

OMG OMG OMG!! YESSSSSSS!!!! I actually HAVE Showtoo!!!!!!!!!

THANKS, KENNY! I'M SO HAPPY I COULD BLOWWWWWWWW YOU!

interesting .. thanks for posting.

there are a lot of websites that have people that transcribe. Jokers is one, right? I always went to TV roadhouse. I will continue to do that

I tried googling TV Roadhouse and couldn't find anything........

OMG OMG OMG!! YESSSSSSS!!!! I actually HAVE Showtoo!!!!!!!!!

I have it, too! I literally shrieked out loud when I read this! LoL

I tried googling TV Roadhouse and couldn't find anything........

I will have to get the right name, I have to have it wrong. But I find it more organized than Jokers

I use a lot of different sites to get a full rundown.

RealityBBQ, Jokers, Morty's TV, Hamsterwatch ... lol

WTF is ShoToo. I never even heard of it? Is it just Showtime 2 with a fancy little name?

I'm not gonna lose much sleep over not having it, cause we all know most of it will end up transcribed, capped and on youtube, lol.

I love JOKER'S. My parents and I would refresh that page EVERY few seconds during those POV challenges those weeks Janey was nominated. Every time she had little V on her face we FREAKED OUT! Lucky for us it was like every week! And she needed it every time too. Ah, Janey! Love ya!

You and me both! LOL! I would freak out so much when she won veto after veto after veto. Ahhh ... good times! I hope they have Janey back to host a challenge or something this year.

It's TV Clubhouse. It took me a bit to find it.

Man I wasnt going to buy the feeds this summer but that preview in the first minute got me tempted

Man I wasnt going to buy the feeds this summer but that preview in the first minute got me tempted

ME TOo!!!

Nothing on the feeds yet, are noms today or tomorrow?

For those who watch BB: After Dark and or want recaps.