re: Big Brother 19 - Season Long Thread

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1. Jessica
2. Christmas
3. Elena

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Sorry, but I gotta add Alex to that list.. did you see that body? And Raven when she isn't doing this whole nerdy character thing is pretty hot.

The only other seasons where they haven't released a group swimsuit photo before the premiere were seasons we had returnees... just saying.

she initially reminds me of this chick

Go Inside the 'Big Brother' Control Room as Producers Reveal Season 19 Secrets

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While the houseguests are trapped inside the house as they fight for half a million dollars, Grodner, Meehan and a staff of over 400 are locked away outside of it, in a compound with several floors, multiple rooms and hundreds of monitors.

In Grodner's main office, there's a flat screen mounted on the wall to keep an eye on what they still refer to as the human zoo. (She says the houseguests often compare themselves to being dolphins at Sea World.)

Next door to Grodner's office is Meehan's, both located on the "story" floor where they have just finished editing the season premiere episode. Upstairs, it's the control room where a team sits intensely focused on logging the cast's every single move. Next to that, it's the audio crew who are tasked with listening to what the houseguests are saying. To the left of both rooms is the operating station that connects directly to the famous diary room, where a houseguest is currently discussing religion and how another player's story made them cry on night one.

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Your first all-online version of the series, Big Brother: Over the Top was also the first series for CBS All Access. Will it come back?

Grodner: CBS and CBS All Access were really happy with how it did. It's just a matter of what's going on with CBS All Access, which we don't know yet.

Meehan: Star Trek: Discovery is coming out and that's their next thing. I don't know what their strategy is.

Grodner: We all learned a lot. It was fun to try and re-imagine this series and how to do something in a live 24/7 format as it's primary outlet. We learned what works with the audience and what doesn't.

Last year it premiered a week after season 18's finale wrapped. If it does come back do you want it to air immediately following this season again?

Grodner: Well, personally... (Laughs.)

Meehan: The big thing is, what is that time frame? How soon after the summer? But you also have to keep it away from the next summer. What is that perfect time period in the middle? I'm not sure.

Grodner: You want them to be separate. Part of the reason we have survived as long as we have is that it's a summer event. Other shows do multiple seasons. With Big Brother it's that one-time special event. You don't want to infringe on that.

Meehan: We don't want to burn it out so it gets over saturated.

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What were the conversations like ahead of this season and deciding on the twist?

Meehan: [We decided on the temptation twist] in March. We had multiple concepts that we really liked and we presented them to CBS. We landed on this as the one we were going with. We walked them through the basic strokes of it.

Grodner: Temptation has always been a theme throughout the show. It's something that happens. Are you tempted to get into a showmance? Are you tempted to go against a group because of something is being offered to you? If we made that the theme of this whole summer we thought we could make it bigger and better.

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Throughout the years, the cast of Big Brother is diverse in terms of their backgrounds, religious values and political views, but usually politics doesn't come into play. With the current political climate, how do you see that changing this season?

Meehan: There's definitely different political views in the house.

Have they been talked about yet?

Meehan: I have not heard it. People are smart enough to know it's a hot button issue. But they're still getting comfortable in there.

Grodner: They haven't been in there long enough to see the differences. We absolutely are representing the country and have a cross-section of voters, supporters and non-supporters of our current president. But I don't know if that will become a big topic in the house. Even though we are representing that cross-section here, I really hope that Big Brother becomes an escape from what we are all being bombarded with.

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As it stands now, who are the early stand outs who have a real shot at winning?

Grodner: [Looks at the live monitor of all the houseguests.] If Megan [Lowder, the 28-year-old dog walker who once worked in a prison in the Middle East] doesn't burn herself out early it's very possible because she is smart and a leader. Do you know who is playing a great social game right now? Dominique [Cooper.]

Are there any showmances already blossoming in the house?

Grodner: There's certainly attraction for sure. Mark, who is a romantic, is already smitten with Jessica [Graf.]

Meehan: He hangs out with Christmas a lot too.

Grodner: There are a lot. You just saw as we were walking through Christmas and Matt [she was sitting on his lap.] But earlier I saw Raven [Walton] and Matt!

What have the past few days looked like in the house?

Grodner: Right now, we're in the only time of Big Brother where we're not live. But already within the first 48 hours we have seen flirting, lines drawn, alliances and our first big fight!

Who are the likely suspects for that fight?

Groder: Strong personalities.

Meehan: It was a man and a woman, and a temptation played into it.

Grodner: It's in the Thursday night show. There are temptations everywhere and when you take a temptation, there's a consequence. It's bound to spark drama if someone takes a temptation.

Meehan: In night two, there was a temptation in the head of household competition that someone took. It shocked people and caused a bit of an argument.

On premiere night, how are the first temptations presented to them?

Meehan: They were tempted by money, safety and power. The first one was a large cash temptation.

The show has already been renewed for season 20 and the online speculation is that you will focus on the all-stars. Any truth to those rumors?

Meehan: I've heard those rumors too! (Laughs.) We haven't talked about it. It would be interesting to do with 20.

Grodner: But we haven't talked about it yet. Is it even possible? Is that something the audience really wants to see? Do you really want to see all returners now? I don't know.

Meehan: Also, I don't know if we could get all the people we want.

Grodner: It's been a long time.

Meehan: A lot of them are married with kids and they've evolved so much. They're different people now.

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solid info to build up tonights show

thanks!

The ONLY silver lining to LSU losing last night, no conflict with the premiere tonight.

If something happened to the structure of the house at least everyone could stay under the tent pink dude is pitching

I guess the apples represent temptation.

Clever

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CLEAR photoshopped. The background of Cameron's apples should be black like Kevin's shirt not green. #BB19

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