Big Brother Over The Top: It Starts Tonight!

by Lisa Marie Bowman on September 28, 2016

Hi y’all:

Just a quick reminder: Big Brother Over The Top starts tonight! The feeds come on at 10:00 Eastern, 7:00 Pacific Time with the new batch of HGs moving into the house and meeting each other for the first time!

Yes, I will be covering the show on the site. I may not have time to do 7 posts a week but I’ll at least do three or four. To be honest, it depends on how many of y’all are watching the show and commenting on it.

Big Brother Over The Top is kind of an experiment so we’ll see what happens! If it’s a success, I’m sure that there will be future online editions of Big Brother as well. If no one watches than it’ll probably be remembered as just being an oddity, like Big Brother 9.

Anyway, if you’re watching the feeds tonight, please feel free to comment below and let us know what you think! Today is my sister Melissa’s birthday so I might not be around until very late tonight but I’ll post my thoughts tomorrow.

And, of course, my Survivor coverage continues at RealtyTVChatBlog.Wordpress.com!

Lisa Marie

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 1:48 pm

Lisa …. so glad to see you back. When this post came in I was just having a look at the new house photos. Pretty cool. Thanks for blogging for us!

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Barb diaz September 28, 2016 at 9:17 pm: Can’t figure out how to watch. I signed up and see all the camera videos with the new people but don’t see how to stream the series.

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Sammi September 28, 2016 at 1:49 pm

No. Not excited about BBOTT. I do want to know which J got voted back into the house. I really hope it’s not both of them. That would be a cruel waste of time.

Jolee September 28, 2016 at 1:57 pm

Thank you Lisa. I will definitely be checking in here. Still undecided about getting All Access. Happy Birthday to Melissa!

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 2:02 pm

Has anyone looked at the new photos of the house? If so, can you explain to me if the exercise room is a new room we haven’t seen before. I thought at first that it was the Safari room but no they have one of those also. It looks as if it is off of the bathroom in that same location.

Kit September 28, 2016 at 2:04 pm

How do we get to watch it? Online? Where? Or is it on TV like usual?

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 2:08 pm: Kit ….. it’s on the live feeds only. All Access.

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Wisteria77 September 28, 2016 at 2:08 pm

Hello and I’m happy to see Lisa blogging and others checking in. I am going to give the show a try. If it’s awful I’ll just cancel the feeds. I’m optimistic and hope for the best.

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 2:09 pm

Hey Jolee!

Jolee September 29, 2016 at 12:51 am: Hi Margie! Good to see you here! I really miss everyone!

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dom September 28, 2016 at 2:12 pm

Sounds good, Happy Birthday to your sister Melissa.

Marla Jo September 28, 2016 at 2:17 pm

I gave in and got CBS All Acess, but with limited commercials. And there is a girl from Eastern Kentucky on the show, so I’ll be rooting for her for sure. 🙂

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 2:23 pm

I don’t even want to think about how those white sofas are going to look in a couple of weeks!

Purpleflower September 28, 2016 at 2:24 pm

Can’t wait for tonight. Thanks for all your updates

sherry September 28, 2016 at 2:28 pm

So glad you’ll be over the blogging site, Lisa. Looking forward
to your write-ups. I got the month of Oct. and a free week (the
one with no commercials) and will see if I like it or not. I can
always change my mind if it doesn’t measure up. I go in with mixed
emotions. I don’t think this is a good idea, but in the end am too
much of a fan to not at least try it.
Margie: sent you the e-mails you missed and hope you get them.
When you read them, you may wish I hadn’t sent them!!!
Hi, Jolee and Marla Jo and dom and Wisteria77 and Kit and Sammi.
It’s old home week!

Sammi September 29, 2016 at 12:09 am: Hi Sherry!

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Jolee September 29, 2016 at 12:53 am: Hi Sherry, I just answered your e-mail! 😊

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MargieP September 29, 2016 at 1:13 am: Sherry …. did you get logged in?

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Rose September 28, 2016 at 2:39 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA SHOUTING FROM HOUSTON TEXAS, I WILL REMEMBER BECUASE I ALSO MY SON BIRTHDAY. ENJOY CAKE DAY!

migrane September 28, 2016 at 2:42 pm

there is no way on earth this will last. One and done….

FLJulie September 28, 2016 at 2:52 pm

I don’t post much on here but I do read your posts faithfully and a lot of the posts other people enter. I will be watching BBOTT and am looking forward to what I picture it will be from all of the info I’ve been able to read leading up to this premiere. Enjoy your sister’s celebration and thank you again for your time and energy.

Diane Smith September 28, 2016 at 3:07 pm

Thank you Lisa..I read your posts everyday and your always so informative..thank you for all you do for us fans..Looking forward to this new format..hope it’s a great one..and surprise us all..
Have a great day honey

Keith September 28, 2016 at 3:53 pm

I don’t think this will be long term at all. It’s just a way to get people to check out All Access and get them as subscribers for revenue stream. I’m sure they’re hoping that you check out the other services that the All Access provides.

squeekie September 28, 2016 at 4:16 pm

HI LISA
THINK I WILL GO AHEAD AND WATCH THIS ONE ALSO.
HOPE YOUR SISTER HAVE A BLESS AND GOOD BIRTDAY
ENJOY IT OKAY
THANKS
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND FAMILY

Star September 28, 2016 at 4:39 pm

Hey everyone!!!!! Sheesh….didn’t know you all had been blogging so much since the show ended!! I feel late to the party!! lol

I am really conflicted about watching this but as someone said above…sorry, forgot who, I am too big a fan to not at least check in.
My biggest peeve is that they are trying to insert a show induring a busy TV time of year! All the new Fall shows are on and I am a huge red Wings fan and even they started their pre-game last nite! This is obviously more for teh west coast and for younger people who don’t have or watch TV!!
Tonight alone I have 4 shows to try to tape at 10:oo!!! If you are in BBT, the show is on at a pretty decent time. Here it’s like 10:30 and comps aren’t until midnight here and can go on for hours.

Here’s some info on the show …….
More Details On BBOTT Season From Executive Producers

Posted: 28 Sep 2016 11:00 AM PDT

We’ve already learned about some of the new twists and changes for Big Brother Over the Top but now we’ve got more details from executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan on just how this BBOTT season will work.

Big Brother Over The Top premieres Sept 28, 2016

One of the things we’ve seen in the BBOTT schedule and wondered about was the “Safety Ceremony” which starts a day before the nominations are revealed and now we have more details on that. The EPs also discuss how live competitions will work, picking the two wildcards, and cleaning out that disgusting house in a few short days.

With the focus of the series shifting away from hour to fit things down to three hours of CBS TV and now becoming how to fill 7 days of Feeds there were going to be some changes. One of the first is how the nominations are played out, or rather how they’re drawn out. Speaking with Yahoo! TV, Grodner and Meehan shared some insight there.

So the safety ceremony is a play on nomination that plays out over a longer period of time so that people can tune in more often to find out who is safe over the course of a couple days. As opposed to everything happening in one moment at the nomination ceremony, which is over really quickly, this is something that’s going to play out over a couple days — ending with the two people that will be nominated for eviction.

Remember how HGs would lose the backyard for days at a time? Well that’s gone, or at least it’ll be greatly reduced for BBOTT:

We anticipate there being more access to the yard on a daily basis — whereas on the broadcast version sometimes they would get locked down for four days at a time while we build these big, epic challenges in the backyard, and it kind of can mess their clock up because they’re never outside.

We think with them being able to have more access outside, hopefully they can keep a more normal schedule so they are awake when people are watching the feeds and they aren’t sleeping all day.

If the comps aren’t going to be those massive, backyard takeovers then this could be a significant change from what we’re used to seeing. And remember there are no blackouts this season on the Live Feeds so we’ll see things happen in the moment instead of airing four days later on CBS. Meehan explains:

Because everything is live you know things can play out over a longer period of time, so we can have competitions that you can watch hour by hour. And because [the competitions] are live, when we develop those challenges they have to be able to stand on their own and have the Head of Household be able to host, so they’re going to be less complicated. They’re going to play out longer and they’re going to be different.

While I love the idea of no more blackouts, the idea that these comps which will be held at MIDNIGHT (!) ET will “play out… longer” and “you can watch hour by hour” sounds awful. If they’re going to have these things run so long why bury them in the middle of the night? Why not hold evictions live on Wednesday night and HoH comps the next day when people are awake to see it? Blerg.

So I will try to check in but I may do a lot of going back later and watching when more convenient. But it just feels right now like it never will be convenient for me and I may not stick with it!

Here’s some info on the new Safety Ceremony…..

I also read that the house was cleaned and change a little but not much. The only thing not changed at all were the mattresses!!! I sure hope no one gets stuck with PAULIE’S!!!lol

I haven’t really done a lotof investigating until today. I did hear that almost ALL of the HGS were Southern!!! Sounds pretty lazy on castings part! I wonder how in advance this was thought of or planned for ? Two weeks???LOL

@Margie…..what did you do to see the cast interviews. just google Youtube????

Sorry so long. Just trying to impart nd leaern info and catch up with all of y’all!!!! I think we should all start using that now since we’ll fit right in with the HGs!! lol

@ Lisa….thanks for doing this. I know you feel kinda BLAH about it like most of us, so it’s so nice of you to take time out of your busy schedule for us!!!

Hugs to all. Even if I don’t watch everything I’ll still pop on to chat!!! ♥♥♥

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 4:55 pm

Star ….. I just googled BBOTT cast and up it came. I also saw it on http://bigbrothernetwork.com/. I’m not sure I can post that. Sorry if not Lisa. They also showed photos of the new house. There is a new workout room that looks like a new room that we haven’t seen before. I think it’s across from the Safari room.

Star September 28, 2016 at 4:59 pm: Thanks Margie!! I get their email so it may be in there too. I did see some pics of the house and looked up the cast members once but didn’t watch any vids.

What’s across from the Safari room?? And I wonder why they put a workout room inside? It was always in the BY and they aren’t going to be locking them down this time, so they shouldn’t really need one inside.

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Star September 28, 2016 at 4:55 pm

Oh and Happy Birthday to your sister Melissa, Lisa!! 🎁🎈🎉💞💓💞💓 Go have fun and take the night off!! We’ll be fine!!! 🙂 Have a drink for me!!! lol

bobovnvet September 30, 2016 at 6:39 pm

Wow you are making up for some lost time……….

meggles September 28, 2016 at 5:12 pm

I will be watching through your posts.

macy September 28, 2016 at 6:19 pm

LISA thanks so much for the write up!

STAR – agree – all of these fall shows! and esp comps at midnight!
Holy scamollians!

ANITICIPATION! going into this with POSITIVE attitute and hope for the best.

Star September 28, 2016 at 9:47 pm: Hey Macy. Same here. 😊But I just skipped all my shows….but there are DVRed……to watch BB and it’s been on 45mins and only 5 Hgs in the house!! Thus is going to be very time consuming I think. They are live 24/7 and have no time restrictions. But WE do!! Lol. I may end up doing flashbacks a lot. Or trying to watch Wed when possible, pop into Lfs when I can and reading Jokers. Hope they are covering it. Ain’t nobody got time for this slow shit! Lol

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MargieP September 28, 2016 at 6:34 pm

Star … they said the reason for the inside exercise room was because of the winter season with the changing climates. It looks like it’s across from the Safari room. I don’t ever remember a room there, do you?

Star September 28, 2016 at 9:50 pm

Margie. No I don’t. Guess We wait and see.
I move think and talk fast. Is it just me or is this show taking forever??? They need to do HOH and what else tonight? At this rate it’ll be 4:00 am!! Lol

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 9:55 pm: Star …. I think is dragging also! It seems a little forced. They need to speed this crap up! The girl Morgan has the habit of ending her words like the twins!!!!! Uh uh uh. Isn’t HOH supposed to be midnight?

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Star September 28, 2016 at 10:14 pm: Margie. If they have everybody in by then! Lol. It’s over an hr and we are only in #8. Also it sounds line a party in there. You can’t really hear anything they are saying after like the first four! I think the Hgs seem kind of cool but the presentation and format so far is a hot mess!!!
How many HGs are there? 12 or 13? The last one is us going to be Jason. Or Jozea but I can’t see that happening!! Lol
If I make it thru this I am done for the night. Lol

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pam September 28, 2016 at 9:19 pm

dont even know hwo to sign up for it but will be watching your email

Star September 28, 2016 at 9:52 pm: Pam. Just go to CBS. Com and look for all access . you’ll need a PW and a charge card. Then you’re in. 😊

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MargieP September 28, 2016 at 9:59 pm

Jolee ….. I haven’t heard any swear words yet!!!!!

Jolee September 29, 2016 at 1:04 am: Yay, Margie! 😊😊😊

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MargieP September 28, 2016 at 10:02 pm

So far this is a lot like they do in Australia. Also the voting and diary rooms are like Australia.

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 10:11 pm

OMG. Whitney is going to drive me nuts with her accent!!!!!!

Star September 28, 2016 at 11:30 pm

I don’t know if anyone is still watching this mess, but it’s been 2.5 hrs, Jason is there now so that’s it. 13 HGS. An they are sitting around BSing and drinking!! It wouldn’t be a bad BBAD thing but I thot they were going to do comps tonite. I kind of expected Julie to come on the screen at 12 and give them some direction. Plus they have all been talking at once in the same room all night and you can’t really pick out individual chats and it’s giving me a headache. It really feels like no one is driving the bus!!! lol

macy September 28, 2016 at 11:31 pm

you know – im a hen too- but this hackeling – hell no

Star September 28, 2016 at 11:40 pm: macy…….I know, right??? there are 7 girls and 6 guys…….so there ya go!!! ;D

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Star September 28, 2016 at 11:38 pm

Ok..julie just came on altho all I got was her voice! She kind of explained about no jury and America voting for the winner and all comps etc changing. then she said the 1st HOH would be tomorrow. Would have been nice if she would have told us the time!!!
This is way too unorganized. Oh well. think Im out for the nite. Unless something earth shaking happens. Which i highly doubt….lol

MargieP September 28, 2016 at 11:45 pm

Star ….Jason was the one who made it. Did you notice it was so loud in there they had to announce that the storage room was open several times before anyone heard it also when Julie came on to talk to the crew about when HOH comp is.

I think I like the guys best. I like the guy from New Orleans. Can’t remember his name. Did you notice when he went to the bathroom and was there by himself he was telling his Mother how much he loves her!! I like that.

I can’t take anymore tonight. I’ll check back in after they have got over some of the first night excitement!

Good night all. I think I’m going to like this cast. None of them are really unbearable except for Jason. Lol

Star September 29, 2016 at 12:04 am

Margie..yeah I said tht a bout Jason upthread.. And the NOISE!!
I still have he it onjut keep lowering the sound!!! 😉

the guys all seem pretty cool and laid back . Kind of shy even. I think they are out numbered by the girls and can’t get a word in much less hear each other!!!lol

I was trying to remember all the names but now I can’t remember more than a few. I do like the cast tho. And I always liked Jason. But the format is all over the place!!!!

They called Scott in to the DR but haven’t showed it. I tot everything was live!!??

Have a good nite. I don’t usually watch the LFS that much so let me know what is going on and WHEN!! lol

MargieP September 29, 2016 at 1:11 am: Star …. we only get to see Diary Rooms one night a week.

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MargieP September 28, 2016 at 11:49 pm

Star… One more thing. On that other web site I posted earlier they gave the times of the comps, evictions, diary rooms, etc. I’ll have to see if I can find it again. There is something going on every day. If I remember correctly the HOH. Comp is Round 12:00 not sure if that is noon or midnight but I think it’s midnight.

Star September 29, 2016 at 12:10 am: Margie………Cool! If you see a schedule , post it!! Ill print it out!!!
And I hope it is midnight. Noon doesn’t work for me!!!
I didn’t really use the flashback much before. Something tells me I am going to get very familiar with it….;)

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macy September 28, 2016 at 11:49 pm

kris girl with flower in her hair looks like kirsten vangness from criminal minds.

MP – i was referring to renny in season 10 for the ‘dress up’ aspect.

MargieP September 29, 2016 at 1:10 am: I loved Renny!

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Astra Kelly September 28, 2016 at 11:53 pm

Hi Lisa, Star, and all the rest…..I will be “watching” through all of you and your comments…was feeling a blog withdrawal so I’m happy to see you all! If I have dumb questions, since I am not seeing the show, I’ll try and keep them to a minimum. Thanks everyone!

Star September 29, 2016 at 12:07 am

Hey Astra!!! Not sure if any of us are going to see a SHOW!! they already blew the format for tonight. I’m busy. I need a schedule..lol
But as I said,between the blog and hopefully Jokers if I need to get on the LFS I hoe someone says so!!!! SMH

Have a good nite/morning…lol

Astra Kelly September 29, 2016 at 6:52 pm: Yeah Star..I guess not a “show”….but whatever it is, I am so grateful you all will be watching and blogging <3 I get to enjoy all of you for 10 more weeks, and thru you all can see this on line mess..LOL

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MargieP September 29, 2016 at 1:08 am

Hi everyone…. here is the schedule every week for BBOTT.

Wednesday:
-weekly full episode @ 10pm ET
-live eviction @ 11pm ET
-HOH comp @ 12am ET (*that’s super late, eek!)

Thursday:
-Julie Chen Q&A with evicted HG and cast

Friday:
-Live Diary Room Sessions @ 10:30pm ET

Saturday:
-Have Nots Revealed @ 4pm ET
-Safety Ceremony @ 10pm ET

Sunday:
-Nominations @ 10pm ET
-Safety Ceremony @ 10pm ET

Monday:
-Veto Comp @ 4pm ET

Tuesday:
-Veto Ceremony @ 4pm ET
-Live Diary Rooms @ 10:30pm ET

Star September 29, 2016 at 1:44 am: Thanks Margie!!!! 🙂 I copied it and sent to my email. Not too many 4 PMs so it shouldn’t be too bad.

I need a break. lol may or may not be back. Nite!

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Jolee September 29, 2016 at 1:14 am

Wow! Thank you all for your comments. Star, thank you for all of the in-depth information. I am clueless as,far as the live feeds go. Can they be seen on my flat screen tv with WiFi? Can you record the show to watch later?? I really don’t know if I want to commit to the crazy schedule. I am so involved with Murdoch Mysteries right now, I have a crush on Barnaby!! 😊😊😊😊
Goodnight for now. It is so great seeing all of you. I will definitely be checking in here often.

Star September 29, 2016 at 1:42 am

Hey Jolee……..Yes you can get it on your TV. If you have Netflix do you have others like Roku too?? Mike did it from our puter to the TV with no cords, altho you can do that too. Just a mess! He’s gone to Cleveland til Fri, but if you are interested I can get the info how he set it up. It wasn’t hard. BUT..I didn’t mess with it for tonight. I just watched on my puter. I thot I could watch some TV too but that didn’t work..lol You can’t listen and concentraet on two thing s like that at once!! 😉

You can’t record anything on TV as it really isn’t ON TV. It’s just a bigger screen for your puter. So you have to use the Flashback on the LFS if you need to go back. Unless Mike is here and wants to watch with me, I will prolly just use my cell and puter for now.

I am not prolly going to be able to do much of the schedule either unless it’s at nite. I am usually too busy during the day. SO if I miss something, I miss it. Or I can go back and find it. It’s going to be a lot looser and way different than the regular one. I do like the cast tho. Much better than BB18!! But I kept trying to turn it off tonight and it was like I was afraid to. I’d miss something BIG…lol

Scott……nerdy guy from Maine….. was the 1st one in the Dr and he was in quite awhile. Then he came out and told them the BY was open and everyone flooded out there!!! Morgan was next. Cute blonde from Texas and her sister is on there too but no one knows. they said the DRS would be live but if they are only going to be on once a week, how can they be???
I did finally shut it off. Like I said, like the HGs, not so sure yet about the format. Time will tell!

Sweet dreams Jolee!!! ♥♥♥

Jolee September 29, 2016 at 2:45 am: Thank you Star! I have Roku. I will check it out tomorrow. I wonder if I can get it on my Kindle Fire? 😊😊
Goodnight my shining Star!!

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MargieP September 29, 2016 at 1:36 am

Another thing I like about this season is they will not be allowed to sleep all the time. They will have to be up at a certain time and they will have a curfew.

Jolee September 29, 2016 at 2:46 am

Sweet dreams to you too Star!

Lisa Marie Bowman September 29, 2016 at 2:53 am

new post! http://www.big-brother-blog.com/big-brother-over-the-top/big-brother-over-the-top-first-impressions/

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