Big Brother 7 debut loses viewers from previous seasons

Familiar faces inside the Big Brother 7 house have not resulted in an increased audience for the show; instead, they’ve actually repelled viewers.

The premiere episode was watched by 7.54 million viewers, which allowed CBS to win the hour on Thursday. But last year, 8.7 million viewers watched the first episode. And a year earlier, for the fifth season, 9.8 million viewers were watching by the show’s second week.

Worse, Big Brother 7’s debut was “down 18% from last year in 18-49 (3.4/11), according to Nielsen. It was also off 24% from two years ago (3.7/13),” Variety reports. Apparently both young people and viewers overall don’t share our obsessive love for the Chenbot and the kingdom she presides over.

From RealityBlurred.com

It’s summer time and that means it’s time for my favorite reality show, Big Brother. This year it’s BB All Stars and so far it’s off to a running start with Danielle opening her big yap and getting herself nominated.

A great site for BB info and spoilers is http://www.hamsterwatch.com/.

Downloading tonights ECW episode, I need to see Big Show vs. Ric Flair for the ECW title. (My heart weeps at the very thought.

Anyway, it’s very late so I am going to try and sleep…..

-Kenta Kobashi underwent successful surgery on Friday to remove a right kidney tumor. The doctors performing the surgery stated that they did not see the tumor spread to any other organs in the body, which is a very good sign. The surgery took 5 1/2 hours and was a success.

-Today is the one-year anniversary of Shin’ya Hashimoto’s death.

Getting ready to sit down and watch RAW… I will comment if there is anything comment-worthy.

One point… One measely fucking point is what we lost by tonight. I blame Monica Lewinsky for not wearing a black dress when Clinton spunked on her…. Or Stallone for Judge Dredd… Just because.

Good thing there is a reply of RAW tonight at 10 because I can’t turn off Hell’s Kitchen. An unexpectedly great reality show.

It’s raining, hard. I went outside for a quick stroll through the parking lot because I like walking in the rain sometimes and there was a huge river of water running down the middle of the road behind my parking lot. It was kind of cool.

Finished watching ECW Ultra Clash ’93 this morning after a walk to the bank. It was a very frenzied show, the kind that really put ECW on the map back in those days. The show went something like this:

Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeated Jason Knight and Ian Rotten….
Pennsylvania Heavyweight Title Match: Tony Stetson defeated Tommy Cairo to retain the title….
Mask Versus Mask Match: Super Destroyer #1 defeated Super Destroyer #2 in a “mask vs. mask” match….
Scaffold Match: The Dark Patriot defeated JT Smith in a “scaffold” match…. (This was surprisingly good for a scaffold match.)
Bunkhouse Match: Terry Funk and Stan Hansen defeated Kevin Sullivan and Abdullah the Butcher by Disqualification in a “bunkhouse” match…. (How do you lose a bunkhouse match by dq?)
Battle Royal: Tigra won a “battle royal.”….
Strap Match: Sal Bellomo defeated Richard Michaels in a “strap” match….
ECW Heavyweight Title Match: Shane Douglas defeated Sandman to retain the title…. (I love oldschool wetsuit Sandman)
Baseball Bat Match: The Headhunters (A and B) defeated Miguelito Perez and Crash the Terminator in a “baseball bat” match. (This was a really fun brawl all over the place… With those involved I felt like I was watching a W*ing show, but this was obviously waaaay better then W*ing)

I guess I should comment on the boxing match from Saturday… After I reviewed the video it is plain to see Sorochan loaded his glove to knock me out… and it just so happens no one was there from the commission so there was nothing I could do. I have no idea how all the idiot fans in that building could condone and cheer that but as usual Kurt screwed me and you stupid fans loved it.

Big props to Marky Mark and Phoenix Taylor for the match they put on at Night of Champions. It was every bit as good and crazy as I thought it would be. And just as I told Drew Dalby on Team 1260, Phoenix came out on top… Of course that part was edited out of the broadcast in just another example of BBBoris being censored.

Anyway, I digress… Going to make a triumphant return to trivia tonight, should be fun. Just trying to keep busy right now, too much on my mind.

Watching Intervention on A&E and it makes me realize what a great life I have, and how I have to quit fucking it up.

Did the ref jump in early? You decide.

WWE investigating Rob Van Dam and Sabu charges
By Ed Williams
III
July 3, 2006
In the wake of being faced with five violations,
including drug possession, by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, WWE.com reports
that Rob Van Dam and Sabu arrived at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia at 1:30
p.m. today and immediately went into a meeting with Vice President of Talent
Relations John Laurinaitis.
Following the meeting, Mr. Laurinaitis told
WWE.com that Rob Van Dam and Sabu will be eligible to compete tonight on RAW and tomorrow night
at ECW on Sci Fi
while an ongoing investigation is being conducted by World Wrestling
Entertainment. The two men will be appearing in court Thursday morning at
Ironton Municipal Court.

According to the Ironton Tribune, Rob Van Dam and Sabu were pulled over
on U.S. 52, near Patrick Street in Hanging Rock, Ohio at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday
night. The two were apparently driving from their performances at the Big Sandy
Superstore Arena earlier in the evening.

According to the Ohio State Police, as reported by the Ironton Tribune,
Van Dam was initially stopped for speeding. When troopers approached his
vehicle, they smelled marijuana and performed a search. Troopers found RVD in
possession of 18 grams of marijuana and five Vicodin, prescription pain pills.
Sabu was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and also had nine pills
that were not immediately identifiable, but were known to be controlled
substances, according to the OSHP. Both were cited and posted bond at the scene.

From WWE.com. I’m surprised they are talking so matter of factly about this but knowing WWE they will turn this into an angle.

Not feeling so well so I’m just relaxing at home tonight so maybe I’ll throw out a comment or 2 on RAW.