I think I'm done.
Not just because of this, but this is the straw that broke the camel's back.
Big Brother was about US, the audience, being akin to the entity "Big Brother", able to look in and see what is going on 24x7.
Now, it is no longer this at all, and by removing the last vestige of live coverage (such as it was), has all but killed the format for me.
I would religiously record NINE's broadcast, and at a later time, scrub through the day's programs for anything BB related that WASN'T getting uploaded by NINE. I really can't be bothered investing myself in that time anymore (sorry to my YT subscribers).
I had high hopes with the pre-season announcements of a more interactive website on jump-in this year, but that has been horribly dashed. I don't know if anybody is truly excited about the new "features" of the jump-in site, maybe there is a whole new viewership that believes it is an advancement, but I certainly don't.
I'm really in a quandary as to what to do. I haven't looked at nearly two days of footage - easily deleted at the push of a button - but I'm torn.
If this situation stays the way it is for the whole season (which I'm not interested in watching now), AND the ratings actually are on par with the last season, then even IF TEN picks it up I'm fearful that they'll take the format the way NINE have presented it this year and run it that way.
Sorry for my long post.
