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2000, TV Show

Adam Lambert Splits From Boyfriend

Saul Koskinen and Adam Lambert

Adam Lambert and his boyfriend Sauli Koskinen have broken up, the American Idol alum announced to the South Florida Gay News. read more

A Day Out With The Talk's Julie Chen and Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne and Julie Chen

On paper, Julie Chen and Sharon Osbourne — the queen bees of CBS' girly gabfest The Talk — couldn't be more different. Chen, a pedigreed journalist, spent years rising up the ranks at The Early Show and hosting Big Brother. Osbourne, meanwhile, has passed the last decade-plus morphing from music manager to reality-TV pioneer and variety-show judge. (Heck, even their husbands are practically from different planets: Chen is married to Leslie Moonves, the power-suited president and CEO of CBS; Osbourne has a 30-year union with rock icon Ozzy.) And yet... read more

CBS Drops Lawsuit Against ABC Over Glass House-Big Brother Similarities

The Glass House

CBS has dropped its lawsuit against ABC over its claims that The Glass House is a direct rip-off of its long-running hit Big Brother, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

The Glass House, which premiered in... read more

Big Brother 14 Cast Revealed — But There's a Twist!

Willie Hantz

Every summer, Big Brother host Julie Chen warns viewers to expect the unexpected, but this year the game will really be turned upside down as 12 brand-new houseguests move in with four returning all-stars who aren't necessarily after the $500,000 grand prize.

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CBS Mocks ABC by "Developing" Fake Dancing on the Stars Series

After a judge denied CBS' request to prevent the airing of ABC's new reality program The Glass House -- which CBS believes to be a direct rip-off of its long-running hit Big Brother -- the network fired back Wednesday with a mock press release announcing the development of a new show called Dancing on the Stars, a blatant play on ABC's hit competition series Dancing with the Stars.

Judge denies CBS' restraining order request against Glass House

"Subsequent to recent developments... read more

Ratings: The Glass House Has Low Debut; The Killing Finale Down

The Glass House

CBS may have lost the legal battle (for now), but it's won the ratings war.

ABC's Big Brother-like new series The Glass House opened to a soft 4.18 million viewers and a 1.6 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic Monday, down 33 percent ...
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Big Brother vs. The Glass House: How Similar Are They Really?

The Glass House

Despite the legal battle brought on by CBS (read more about that here), ABC's Big Brother-style reality competition show The Glass House made its debut Monday night.

If you've been following the courtroom drama, or if you're a Big Brother loyalist (like myself), you were probably pretty curious to see just how similar the two shows are to one another. read more

Judge Denies CBS' Restraining Order Request Against Glass House

The Glass House

It seems ABC has won this round.

A judge has denied CBS' request for a temporary restraining order that would've prevented ABC's The Glass House from premiering next week, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

To refresh... read more

CBS Continues Its Fight Against ABC in Glass House vs. Big Brother Smackdown

The Glass House

The Glass House vs. Big Brother continues.

To refresh, CBS believes... read more

ABC Files Counterclaim Against CBS in The Glass House vs. Big Brother Smackdown

ABC logo

The ABC/CBS legal saga continues. In response to CBS' temporary restraining order last week — which attempted to prevent ABC from airing The Glass House — ABC retaliated with a counterclaim in court Monday.
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Premiered: July 05, 2000, on CBS
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Premise: The lives of disparate housemates are captured on-camera 24/7 over a three-month period, with one person getting the boot every week (originally it was every two weeks). The last to leave wins $500,000. The intrusive Orwellian premise drew its share of critical barbs, but the series was popular enough to spawn a number of sequels.

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