Big Brother 9 USA – To air on E4
Ready for this news fans of Big Brother from the UK? The latest season of Big Brother USA which premiers on February 12th is going to air on UK channel E4 starting Thursday the 14th at 9pm, just 2 days behind America! What great news, E4 aired Big Brother USA 4 many moons ago (the one with the exes, remember it?) but never picked up any more seasons, so it is really surprising news to find that they are going to do this.
Further information for those of you who are new to Big Brother USA but have decided to give it a go on hearing this news. Big Brother USA is in it’s 9th season, and this is the first time the show has aired in the winter. This is essentially an extra season to make up for a lack of shows due to the writers strike in America. Big Brother USA is different from Big Brother UK in many ways, the main difference being the USA version is much more of a competition, than a popularity contest. 90% of the episodes are concentrated on game play, strategy and the houseguests are allowed to talk about nominations as much as they like. There’s lots of backstabbing, scheming and trickery – and because the public don’t get any say in the show that often means that the ‘bad guys’ make it a long way, or even go on to win the show. The show airs 3 times a week in America, rather than nightly and it looks like the E4 schedule is going to be two episodes on a Thursday night and one on a Tuesday night. If you have any other questions about the format, please feel free to ask.
I will of course still be posting it here at RealityTVFan.org for those of you who aren’t able to get E4 for whatever reason, and those of you outside either the UK or America however
Credit to Lumem over at the DigitalSpy forums who was the first to discover this exciting information and share it with us.
Enjoy.







