One of the rooms in the Big Brother Canada house (Handout)
Big Brother Canada is about the "where" and the "who."
At least, that's the case from a production standpoint, as the elaborate series debuts Wednesday on Slice and Global.
"We have never in our 30-some years of being in business ever come across a show quite like Big Brother Canada," says John Brunton, the chairman, CEO and executive producer of Insight Productions, whose reality-competition resume includes Battle of the Blades, Top Chef Canada, Canada's Got Talent, Canada Sings, Canadian Idol, Project Runway Canada and forthcoming The Amazing Race Canada.
"We have 80 cameras in the Big Brother Canada house," Brunton continues. "Building that house was like building a house on an empty lot in the real world.
"It has to have working bathrooms, working showers, working kitchens, air conditioning, temperature control, swimming pools, hot tubs, you name it. And all of it has to be inside a studio."
Once Mel Brooks began to "make a noise," thankfully he never shut up There’s an apt evaluation in the first minute of the documentary Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. "Mel was not interested in the little laugh," observes writer/director Barry Levinson. "He literally wanted you to collapse and fall on the ground and can’t ... Read more
'SNL' season finale full of goodbyes As Stefon would say: This Saturday Night Live had everything. Kanye West, Jennifer Garner, Anderson Cooper, a musical super group, a surprise guest appearance from Amy Poehler and what looks like the departure of not one, but three cast members. Bill ... Read more
Reporter congratulates Matthew Perry on sitcom axe In what could be one of the biggest live celebrity interview fails of all time, a Fox sports reporter congratulated Matthew Perry on the cancellation of his show “Go On” (which lasted one season) during an NHL game. The impromptu interview ... Read more
More blog postings
