http://www.realitytvworld.com/bigbrother4/ 120 Big Brother 4 news from Reality TV World en-us Copyright 2012 Reality TV World Big Brother 4 News 117 115 http://www.realitytvworld.com/bigbrother4/ http://cdn.realitytvworld.com/images/RTVWLogoSquare.gif CBS has released the full roster of former Big Brother contestants, as well as an episode airdate, for their previously announced special Big Brother-themed episode of the network's Yes, Dear, Monday night comedy. Airing on Monday, October 20 at 8PM ET, the Yes, Dear, episode will see Jimmy (played by Mike O'Malley) disqualified as contestant from the "Big Brother" house as a result of Greg’s (Anthony Clark) shenanigans.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/eleven-former-big-brother-houseguests-guest-star-on-cbs-yes-dear-on-monday-october-20-1861.php rtvw-news-eleven-former-big-brother-houseguests-guest-star-on-cbs-yes-dear-on-monday-october-20-1861 Daily Variety (subscription required) reports that several contestants from past seasons of CBS's Big Brother will appear on an upcoming episode of the network's Monday-night comedy Yes, Dear.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/former-big-brother-contestants-appear-on-cbs-yes-dear-1821.php rtvw-news-former-big-brother-contestants-appear-on-cbs-yes-dear-1821 Our episode summary for the season finale episode of CBS's Big Brother 4, entitled "The Lesser of Two Evils" and written by AMAI, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---finale-episode-summary-1809.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---finale-episode-summary-1809 In a battle between perhaps the two most reviled finalists ever in the short history of reality-competition shows, Jun Song, a 27-year-old investment manager from New York City, defeated Alison Irwin, a 22-year-old retail manager from Meadville, Pennsylvania, by a 6-1 vote to win $500,000 in the finale of CBS's U.S. Big Brother 4 on Sept. 24.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/jun-song-wins-500000-but-no-one-respect-in-cbs-big-brother-4-finale-1798.php rtvw-news-jun-song-wins-500000-but-no-one-respect-in-cbs-big-brother-4-finale-1798 Our episode summary for Episode 3 (Friday) of Week 11 of CBS's Big Brother 4, entitled "The Recrap from H-E-Double Hockey Sticks" and written by strid333, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-11-episode-3-summary-1791.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-11-episode-3-summary-1791 Protecting its franchise? Or protecting its ratings? One of those appears to be what CBS is trying to do in its careful editing of its weekly broadcasts of Big Brother 4, as it hides the bigoted and offensive comments by the final two contestants from the mass TV audience.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/is-cbs-deliberately-skewing-big-brother-4-make-final-2-look-less-offensive-1770.php rtvw-news-is-cbs-deliberately-skewing-big-brother-4-make-final-2-look-less-offensive-1770 Our episode summary for Episode 2 (Wednesday) of Week 11 of CBS's Big Brother 4, entitled "Why Can't Julie Just Shut Up?" and written by strid333, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-11-episode-2-summary-1769.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-11-episode-2-summary-1769 The Big Brother 4 house is down to its final two houseguests following last night's eviction of Robert, which was witnessed by a record audience of 11 million viewers, according to final Nielsen ratings for Wednesday, Sept. 17.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/record-big-brother-4-audience-watches-robert-roman-be-booted-from-final-3-1766.php rtvw-news-record-big-brother-4-audience-watches-robert-roman-be-booted-from-final-3-1766 After winning the third leg of the three-part Head of Household competition, Alison Irwin chose to evict the last member of the Dream Team, Robert Roman, from the Big Brother 4 house, bringing Jun Song to the finals with her.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/robert-roman-becomes-tenth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1772.php rtvw-news-robert-roman-becomes-tenth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1772 Our episode summary for Episode 1 (Tuesday) of Week 11 of CBS's Big Brother 4, entitled "A Mime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" and written by strid333, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-11-episode-1-summary-1762.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-11-episode-1-summary-1762 "Jun's tiny bikini will blind us all!" is the title given by Canada Girl to our episode summary for Week 10 of CBS's Big Brother 4. Check it out (the summary, not Jun's tiny bikini) by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-10-summary-1759.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-10-summary-1759 Jam! Showbiz reports that two of the three finalists in CBS's 'Big Brother 4' spent much of their time during Monday night's live Internet broadcast making racist comments about the third contestant and insulting his young daughter, leading many viewers of the show to protest that one of the two is likely to emerge from the house as the victor.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/racism-and-anger-fill-net-feeds-from-us-big-brother-4-house-1756.php rtvw-news-racism-and-anger-fill-net-feeds-from-us-big-brother-4-house-1756 According to the final Nielsen ratings for the evening of September 10, CBS's "Big Brother 4 Wednesday" was the night's highest rated program in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. The live broadcast, which saw the eviction of pilates instructor Erika Landin, matched its second largest audience of the summer.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/wednesday-big-brother-4-episode-wins--adults-18-49-demo-draws-over-10-million-viewers-1745.php rtvw-news-wednesday-big-brother-4-episode-wins--adults-18-49-demo-draws-over-10-million-viewers-1745 As host Julie Chen mentioned last evening, with the final Head of Household competition underway and the "Big Brother 4" household down to only three houseguests, the "Big Brother 4" broadcast schedule will be changing slightly -- starting with the preemption of the Friday, September 12 show.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-announces-remaining-big-brother-4-broadcast-schedule-1722.php rtvw-news-cbs-announces-remaining-big-brother-4-broadcast-schedule-1722 After being nominated for eviction by Robert Roman, the ninth Head of Household, polka dot bikini-wearing Erika Landin was evicted from the "Big Brother 4" house by Alison Irwin, the one remaining Houseguest who was able to vote. Alison, who was originally on the nomination block, was able to save herself when she won the last Power of Veto competition. Robert’s only choice was to put his ex, Erika, on the block with Jun Song.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/erika-landin-becomes-ninth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1721.php rtvw-news-erika-landin-becomes-ninth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1721 The final weekly national Nielsen ratings for the week ending September 7, 2003, and "Big Brother 4" has continued its Adult 18-49 winning streak as all three editions won their time periods.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-continues-its-adults-18-49-ratings-winning-streak-as-all-three-editions-win-their-time-periods-1706.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-continues-its-adults-18-49-ratings-winning-streak-as-all-three-editions-win-their-time-periods-1706 Our episode summary for the Friday episode (episode 3) of Week 9 of CBS's Big Brother 4, entitled "Show Them You Care, Give Them a Whack!" and written by drawde236, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-9-episode-3-summary-1696.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-9-episode-3-summary-1696 Add another strike against the theory that the popularity of reality television is waning. The September 5th issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine is reporting that the surprisingly strong ratings for this summer's "Big Brother 4" have caused CBS to pick up the show for another three years, taking the program's CBS run through 2006.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-extends-big-brother-through-2006-1681.php rtvw-news-cbs-extends-big-brother-through-2006-1681 Our episode summary for the Wednesday episode (episode 2) of Week 9 of CBS's Big Brother 4, entitled "Gee, Jee Goes Bye-Bye" and written by drawde236, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-9-episode-2-summary-1675.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-9-episode-2-summary-1675 Our episode summary for the Tuesday episode (episode 1) of Week 9 of CBS's Big Brother 4, entitled "What A Drag!" and written by drawde236, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-9-episode-1-summary-1674.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-9-episode-1-summary-1674 After being nominated for eviction by Jun Song, the eighth Head of Household, Jee Choe, received more votes than fellow nominee Robert Roman. Alison Irwin, who was originally on the nomination block, was able to save herself when she won the Power of Veto. Jun chose to replace Alison with Robert.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/jee-choe-becomes-eighth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1672.php rtvw-news-jee-choe-becomes-eighth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1672 Our episode summary for the three episodes (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) comprising Week 8 of CBS's Big Brother 4, entitled "Julie Chen's X-Ceptionally Boring Adventure," authored by GuessItRains, has been posted. Check it out by clicking here.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-8-summary-1673.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-8-summary-1673 This week's Head of Household Jun Song, an investment manager from New York, selected Jee Choe and Alison Irwin for eviction in the eighth round of "Big Brother 4" nominations on the episode that was broadcast Tuesday, September 2 on the CBS Television Network.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-head-of-household-jun-song-nominates-jee-choe-and-alison-irwin-for-eviction-1671.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-head-of-household-jun-song-nominates-jee-choe-and-alison-irwin-for-eviction-1671 CBS's "Big Brother 4" keeps getting bigger, attracting 10.29 million viewers, its largest audience of the summer as well as its highest rating among adults 18-49, according to final Nielsen ratings for Wednesday, August 27.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-draws-highest-its-ratings-of-season-as-jack-owens-jr-is-evicted-1645.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-draws-highest-its-ratings-of-season-as-jack-owens-jr-is-evicted-1645 After being nominated for eviction by Jee Choe, the seventh Head of Household, former FBI agent Jack Owens, received more votes than fellow nominee Erika Landin. Jee also won the Power of Veto and chose not to use it.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/jack-owens-jr-becomes-seventh-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1644.php rtvw-news-jack-owens-jr-becomes-seventh-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1644 Jam! Showbiz reports that CBS has added two additional episodes of its summer hit Big Brother 4, which will delay the final vote by one week. The finale will now air on Wednesday, September 24, not the prior Wednesday.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-adds-two-episodes-of-big-brother-4-delaying-finale-by-week-1635.php rtvw-news-cbs-adds-two-episodes-of-big-brother-4-delaying-finale-by-week-1635 Our episode summary for Big Brother 4, Week 7, "Seven Hamsters Left," authored by Swami has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-7-summary-1649.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-7-summary-1649 This week's Head of Household, Jee Choe, a bookkeeper from Queens, N.Y., selected Jack Owens Jr. and Erika Landin for eviction in the seventh round of "Big Brother 4" nominations on the episode that was broadcast Saturday, August 23 on the CBS Television Network.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-head-of-household-jee-choe-nominates-jack-owens-jr-and-erika-landin--for-eviction-1630.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-head-of-household-jee-choe-nominates-jack-owens-jr-and-erika-landin--for-eviction-1630 After being nominated for eviction by Erika Landin, the sixth Head of Household, Justin Giovinco, was evicted last night from the "Big Brother 4" house based on the votes of his fellow HouseGuests. Justin received more votes than fellow nominee Robert Roman. Jun Song won the Power of Veto and chose not to use it.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/justin-giovinco-becomes-sixth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1605.php rtvw-news-justin-giovinco-becomes-sixth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1605 Our episode summary for Big Brother 4, Week 6, "Goodbye to Golly Gee, Goodbye to Stooges Three?," authored by Bucky Katt has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-6-summary-1617.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-6-summary-1617 This week's Head of Household, Erika Landin, a pilates instructor from Los Angeles, selected Robert Roman and Justin Giovinco for eviction in the sixth round of "Big Brother 4" nominations on the episode that was broadcast Saturday, Aug. 16 on the CBS Television Network.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-head-of-household-erika-landin-nominates-robert-roman-and-justin-giovinco-for-eviction-1586.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-head-of-household-erika-landin-nominates-robert-roman-and-justin-giovinco-for-eviction-1586 After being nominated for eviction by Justin Giovinco, the fifth Head of Household, Nathan Marlow was unanimously evicted last night from the "Big Brother 4" house based on the votes of his fellow HouseGuests. Nathan received five votes and Jack Owens received none. Robert Roman won the Power of Veto and chose not to use it.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nathan-marlow-becomes-fifth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1570.php rtvw-news-nathan-marlow-becomes-fifth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1570 According to the final Nielsen ratings, the Wednesday, August 6 episode of "Big Brother 4" posted the program's highest adult 18-49 and adult 25-54 ratings of the series run and was most watched "Big Brother 4" episode on any night this summer.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/wednesday-episode-of-big-brother-4-draws-highest-ratings-of-season-1552.php rtvw-news-wednesday-episode-of-big-brother-4-draws-highest-ratings-of-season-1552 This week's Head of Household, Justin Giovinco, a headhunter from Pittsburgh, selected Nathan Marlow and Jack Owens, Jr. for eviction in the fifth round of "Big Brother 4" nominations on the episode that was broadcast Friday, August 8 on the CBS Television Network.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-head-of-household-justin-giovinco-nominates-nathan-marlow-and-jack-owens-jr-for-eviction-1551.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-head-of-household-justin-giovinco-nominates-nathan-marlow-and-jack-owens-jr-for-eviction-1551 Our episode summary for Big Brother 4, Week 5, "As The Table Shrinks," authored by AMAI has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-5-summary-1539.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-5-summary-1539 After being nominated for eviction by Alison Irwin, the fourth Head of Household, Dana Varela was evicted last night from the "Big Brother 4" house based on the votes of her fellow Houseguests. Dana received more votes than fellow nominee Jun Song. Robert Roman won the Power of Veto and chose not to use it.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/dana-varela-becomes-fourth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1544.php rtvw-news-dana-varela-becomes-fourth-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1544 Our episode summary for Big Brother 4, Week 4, "The Week of Balls and EX-treme Luck," authored by Ahtumbreez has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-4-summary-1528.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-4-summary-1528 This week's Head of Household, Alison Irwin, a retail sales manager from Pittsburgh, nominated Dana Varela and Jun Song for eviction in the fourth round of "Big Brother 4" nominations on the episode that was broadcast Friday, August 1 on the CBS Television Network.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-head-of-household-alison-irwin-nominates-dana-varela-and-jun-song-for-eviction-1511.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-head-of-household-alison-irwin-nominates-dana-varela-and-jun-song-for-eviction-1511 After being nominated for eviction by Dana Varela, the third Head of Household, David Lane was evicted last night from the "Big Brother 4" house based on the votes of his fellow HouseGuests. David received more votes than fellow nominee Jack Owens. Nathan Marlow won the Power of Veto and chose to remove Alison Irwin from the block which forced Dana to nominate David in her place.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/david-lane-becomes-third-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1498.php rtvw-news-david-lane-becomes-third-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1498 Our episode summary for Big Brother 4, Week 3, "Duck Ball vs. Boxing," authored by buckeyegirl has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-3-summary-1496.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-3-summary-1496 CBS has announced that "Big Brother 4" won all three of its time periods in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the week ending July 27, 2003.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/all-three-big-brother-4-episodes-win-timeslots-in-adults-18-49-and-adults-25-54-ratings-1480.php rtvw-news-all-three-big-brother-4-episodes-win-timeslots-in-adults-18-49-and-adults-25-54-ratings-1480 Week 3's Head of Household, Dana Varela, a karate school manager from Queens, N.Y., nominated Alison Irwin and Jack Owens, Jr.for eviction in the third round of "Big Brother 4" nominations on the episode that was broadcast Friday, July 25 on the CBS Television Network.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-head-of-household-dana-varela-nominates-alison-irwin-and-jack-owens-jr-for-eviction-1475.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-head-of-household-dana-varela-nominates-alison-irwin-and-jack-owens-jr-for-eviction-1475 The St. Petersburg Times reports that, during last week's network press tour, CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves denied that Big Brother 4 houseguest Scott Weintraub was removed from the house (and the show) because of the fact that he had a previously-undisclosed sexually-transmitted disease, HPV (human papilloma virus, also known as genital warts). Instead, Moonves, like the show's producers, emphasized that Weintraub's temper tantrum was the reason for his removal.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cbs-denies-big-brother-4-houseguest-scott-weintraub-was-removed-for-std-instead-of-misbehavior-1454.php rtvw-news-cbs-denies-big-brother-4-houseguest-scott-weintraub-was-removed-for-std-instead-of-misbehavior-1454 After being nominated for eviction by Jee Choe, the second Head of Household, Michelle Maradie was evicted last night from the "Big Brother 4" house based on the votes of her fellow HouseGuests. Michele received more votes than fellow nominee Erika Landin. David Lane won the Power of Veto and chose to leave the nominations as they stood.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/michelle-maradie-second-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1457.php rtvw-news-michelle-maradie-second-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1457 Our episode summary for Big Brother 4, Week 2, "X2 – X’s Uninvited," authored by Bebo has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-2-summary-1461.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-2-summary-1461 Week 2's Head of Household, Jee, a bookkeeper from Elmhurst, N.Y., nominated Erika and Michelle for eviction in the second round of "Big Brother 4" nominations on the episode that was broadcast Friday, July 18 on the CBS Television Network.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-head-of-household-jee-choe-nominates-erika-landin-and-michelle-maradie-for-eviction-1443.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-head-of-household-jee-choe-nominates-erika-landin-and-michelle-maradie-for-eviction-1443 According to final National Nielsen ratings, the second CBS 9PM Wednesday broadcast of "Big Brother 4" once again significantly defeated FOX's "Paradise" Hotel" in the head-to-head battle of caged human hamster programs.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4-bests-paradise-hotel-in-reality-houseguest-ratings-showdown-1419.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4-bests-paradise-hotel-in-reality-houseguest-ratings-showdown-1419 After being nominated for eviction by Nathan Marlow, the first Head of Household, Amanda Craig was evicted last night from the "Big Brother 4" house based on the votes of her fellow HouseGuests. Amanda received more votes than fellow nominee Jee Choe. Dana Varela won the Power of Veto and chose to leave the nominations as they stood.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/amanda-craig-first-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1442.php rtvw-news-amanda-craig-first-houseguest-be-evicted-from-big-brother-4-house-1442 Well, it was bound to happen eventually, and after the "Big Brother 4" producers stacked the deck in filling the house not only exclusively with singles, but with ten singles who have previous romantic relationships, the odds were pretty high it'd happen this season. Frankly, the only mild surprise is that it didn't involve one of the former couples.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/historic-firsts-july-16-2003---first-sex-in-an-american-big-brother-house-1413.php rtvw-news-historic-firsts-july-16-2003---first-sex-in-an-american-big-brother-house-1413 Our episode summary for Big Brother 4, Week 1, "The League of X-ordinary Houseguests," authored by LadyT has been posted. Check it out by clicking HERE]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/big-brother-4---week-1-summary-1412.php rtvw-news-big-brother-4---week-1-summary-1412