Big Brother 9 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Big Brother 9 is the ninth edition of the American reality television series Big Brother, scheduled to air on the CBS television network on February 12th, 2008. This is the first season of Big Brother to air during an official television season. Julie Chen will return as host, and Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan are the executive producers. The show is produced by Endemol USA and Alison Grodner Productions.

The season was announced on November 15, 2007 with open casting calls being held from November 17, 2007 to December 8, 2007. The finalists for the season were chosen on December 27, 2007. Showtime and CBS announced the companion show, Big Brother: After Dark would return this year on Showtime 2.

Production

Following the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the trade magazine Variety reported that CBS, in response, was considering airing a winter edition of Big Brother, and that the network was beginning to cast auditions. Several sites speculated that the winter edition could have been an American version of Celebrity Big Brother but this was untrue as CBS released a statement that the next edition of Big Brother would be a regular season following the format of past editions.

Broadcasts

CBS announced on December 3, 2007 that Big Brother 9 would premiere Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 9/8c. Subsequent episodes would begin airing on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 8/7c and Sunday, February 17, 2008.

On January 8, 2008 Showtime announced it was teaming up again with CBS to air Big Brother: After Dark. It would return to Showtime 2 for Big Brother 9. Big Brother: After Dark would begin airing on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 12 AM and end at 3 AM and would air seven nights a week.

The series will also be shown in the United Kingdom on E4 airing two one-hour episodes on Thursday nights and one one-hour episode on Tuesday nights, the first will be shown on February 14.

HouseGuests

For the first time 16 HouseGuests will enter the House and compete for the grand prize. This is the first time since Big Brother 5 that there has been an increase in HouseGuests.

A twist this year is each HouseGuest will be paired with a soul mate and the pairs will share Head of Household and Power of Veto wins and be evicted together.

Adam

Adam (born April 30, 1978) is a public relations manager from Del Ray Beach, Florida. Adam has a master's degree in fashion design/marketing and has attended Camden County College in New Jersey, Parson's School of Design in New York and Fashion Art Italy in Italy.

Alex

Alex (born August 16, 1983) is a DJ company owner from Staten Island, New York. Alex has a younger brother and was raised by his mother. His father entered his life during high school and lost him in World Trade Center 2 on 9/11. Alex has dedicated his life to make his father proud. He also has various bachelor's degree in business, marketing and advertising and recently is working on his second master's degree in childhood education at St. John's University.

Allison

Allison (born July 24, 1979) is a pharmaceutical sales representative from Boston, Massachusetts. She also has a bachelor of arts/psychology degree from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. In the spring of 2002 she spent a semester at sea.

Amanda

Amanda (born August 17, 1984) is a paralegal from Fridley, Minnesota. She attended Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota and has a bachelor's degree in paralegal studies/political science.

Chelsia

Chelsia (born November 9, 1986)is a college student from Cedar Falls, Iowa. She is currently attending the University of Northern Iowa and is a German major. She has lived in Germany and this September she will begin studying in Austria for a year.

Jacob

Jacob (born May 15, 1984) is a electrician from Dallas, Georgia. Jacob is an ex-Marine and has lived all over the world. He has attended elementary school in San Diego, California and Okinawa, Japan prior to moving to Maryland, then Jacksonville, North Carolina.

James

James Zinkand (born November 21, 1986) is a high school graduate originally from Sarasota, Florida and is currently biking around the world with no money. He as also dressed mannequins for a living while living in Buenos Aires.

Jen

Jen (born October 18, 1981) is a bartender from Columbus, Ohio. She has attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio where she received her bachelor's degree in education. She is also certified in Special Education K-12 and was a special education teacher after she graduated from Bowling Green State University.

Joshuah

Joshuah Welch (born June 3, 1982) is an advertising media buyer from Dallas, Texas. Joshuah has a bachelor's degree in advertising, with a business minor, from the University of Texas at Austin. He is openly gay and came out to his family when he was 18 years old.

Matt

Matt (born April 7, 1984) is a roofing foreman from Charleston, Massachusetts. He is an only child and is extremely close with his mother. He lost his father when he was 9 years old.

Natalie

Natalie (born November 7, 1979) is a bikini barista from Salem, Oregon. As a kid she moved around a lot, during high school she lived in Alameda, California, Salem, Oregon and Mililani, Hawaii. She attended Chemeketa Community College in Salem as well as the Art Institute of Las Vegas in Nevada. She is very religious and is proud of her figure and enters bikini contests. She previously won the title of Miss Hawaiian Tropic Oregon.

Neil

Neil Garcia (born September 16, 1978) is a realtor from Los Angeles, California. He has studied criminology, criminal justice, political science and business management in college but did not earn a degree. He is currently working as a real estate agent and is openly gay.

Parker

Parker (born April 6, 1981) is a paparazzo from Northridge, California. He attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale where he received a bachelor's degree in radio/television. Parker works as a member of the paparazzi for TMZ and served in the Air Force from 1999-2002 and received a general discharge.

Ryan

Ryan (born September 16, 1980) is a college student from Columbus, Ohio. Ryan currently attends Ohio State University and is majoring in economics and business.

Sharon

Sharon (born June 24, 1984) is a realtor from Olathe, Kansas. She attended Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas and received an associate's degree. She is currently working as a realtor and restaurant hostess.

Sheila

Sheila Kennedy (born April 12, 1962) is a former model from Reseda, California. She has a 16 year old son named Mikhail and a dog named Kitty.

Ratings

U.S. television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of the United States version of Big Brother on CBS.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Normally Big Brother airs in the summer and does not have ranks for past seasons. This is the first Big Brother to air during an official network television season.

Program	Season Premiere		Season Finale		TV Season	Timeslot	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
	Date	Viewers (in millions)	Date	Viewers (in millions)
Big Brother 9	February 12, 2008		TBA, 2008		2007-2008	Tuesday 9:00PM
						Wednesday 8:00PM
						Sunday 8:00PM

Episode ratings

Along with seasonal ratings, episode ratings are critical in determining success and act as viewer feedback. Episode rankings are taken from Nielsen using third party sites such as Zap2it.

	Week 0 (Launch)	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
Sunday	no show
Tuesday
Wednesday
Weekly average
Running average
Series average

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