01The take
The Pilot.
The pilot, and a strange piece of television to revisit. Ten strangers in a Studio City soundstage, cameras everywhere, and an eviction model lifted from the European original — the public voted, not the houseguests. CBS aired it nearly every weeknight, a pace the show would never try again. The cast plays it earnest. Julie Chen reads as a host inventing her job in real time. The franchise hadn't yet learned what it was.
03Where it sits in the canon
The #09 slot.
Slot #09 of 10 in the Big Brother Editor's Canon. The neighbors below frame what we ranked above and below it.
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06Also appears in
Cross-references.
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