The Saturday 'rest day'

[the Theorist]

I don't see the issue with rest days (feat. no daily show filming) because it allows the crew to take a break and drives viewers to the livestreams.

Echoing @UnderTheRadar, the problem is the live stream’s almost unwatchable this weekend, presumably due to having a “lite” crew on hand to run the house and feeds properly.

 

[dasnico]

Given that we aren’t seeing any credits it’s only safe to assume the producers for this season are likely from other copycat shows such as love island, married at first sight, survivor, et al. They’re just bringing this nonsense “modern” reality format with them from their prior experience. I know one producer did the early 10 days, but I’m led to believe they either don’t have much say or their attitude shifted during their career.

At this point I think it’s wise for 10 to contract producers such as Peter Abbott, Kris Noble (if he’s still alive), Nick Colquhoun, or even Alex Mavroidakis back to breathe some life back into the format. Say what you will about their respective seasons, but they were a step above some of the nonsense we’re seeing currently.

 

[samv]

Echoing @UnderTheRadar, the problem is the live stream’s almost unwatchable this weekend, presumably due to having a “lite” crew on hand to run the house and feeds properly.

And to this point, this is when most people would be able to watch the live stream. At least let them be organic so the stream is watchable.

 

[Rison]

It seems batshit crazy to make the livestream dull to watch over the weekend when its going be when most people are off work and are going to tune in.

 

[Rison]

Even the HMs are complaining about the rest day on the livestream.

 

[Lightning McQueen]

Yeah it was very much like that on the show I was on too. We had successive days of not being able to do anything except watch Netflix, eat, read and sleep as we couldn’t have our phones/internet nor access to any live tv or radio. Got so boring at times! At least Big Brother doesn’t seem THAT bad.

Were you on Drag Race?

 

[Brekkie]

The “rest day” is still in effect as of Sunday morning, with some HMs told to “hold the chat” when having a conversation with each other, even though Pete!BB is back. It’s almost like they’re directing the HMs in the Diary Room to do and say things to people later on.

And that just doesn't work in OG BB. I know BBUSA prohibits game and strategy chats at certatimes (I e. Lockdowns) but that works within that format and actually gives HMs the chance to focus on non-game conversations, but when the entire format is just based around life what can you talk about?

As Tim says you can have chill days without telling them - just let them sleep in, do the cleaning, laundry etc. Probably the time to do weekly psych checks too. But don't direct them how to talk to each other - the cameras are still working even if the staff are not.