Comments on: Bigg Loss?

By: blaiq

blaiq — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:27:32 +0000

Of course, by continuing this conversation I stand to expose my total devotion to watching Bigg Boss. But, so what?

Whatever the channel’s version, the artist strike had little to do with the non-broadcast of Aakhri Salaam – the strike came into play only later.

The AS episode for Sambhavna was totally missing – with no explanations from the channel. The AS episode for Diana Hayden was recorded and a promos were also shown the previous day. But strangely the episode was never telecast. Bits of this episode made it to the second Monica AS episode.

By: manuscrypts

manuscrypts — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:15:53 +0000

yup, know that.. was only talking of top of mind recall.. i thought Aakhri Salaam’s problem had to do with the artist strikes.. agree on Bigg Boss’ push (involvement) towards the end, was quite obvious, and yes, not a good sign..

By: blaiq

blaiq — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:41:48 +0000

Tang wasn’t an official product tie-in last year. It was just one of the things available in the budget – obviously one that the housemates wanted badly enough to make a fuss over it.

@Manu: Might be – but I suspect not. Towards the end, there were a lot of other shows that were coming up and eating into Bigg Boss’s time – Indian Idol, etc. Plus in the second half, Pooja’s Aakhri Salaam show became quite irregular – not a good sign.

And a final point was the greater – and unfair – involvement of Bigg Boss in the house affairs; therefore some outside interference in the outcome became quite apparent. Again not a good sign – those kind of things happen when the TRPs are dropping.

But that’s just my version.

By: manuscrypts

manuscrypts — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:27:33 +0000

Reetesh: yes, Tang was absolute top-of-the-mind from last year.. samsung was this year or last? i thought it was lg this time

By: manuscrypts

manuscrypts — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:25:48 +0000

jayesh: ah yes, quite visible when ‘shilpa channel’ was on…thanks 🙂

abhishek: thanks 🙂

By: manuscrypts

manuscrypts — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:24:50 +0000

arby: might, since auctioning off is quite common in bollywood too

kavi: haha, thats quite some weaving in 🙂 i remember Tang the most, from last time

By: manuscrypts

manuscrypts — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:21:30 +0000

iq: or possibly the show garnering enough TRPs to make the brands buckle. in terms of content, the first half was more entertaining, i’d say..so i’m really not sure..

purnima: thank you 🙂

By: Reeteshinator

Reeteshinator — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:56:46 +0000

The best thing that came out of the brand placements in the first one was “Tang” my mom has gone crazy for that stuff ever since she saw that in the first season.

And there was the Samsung LCD tv on which they showed the recap to the final three.

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:59:01 +0000

Very interesting read. However I hardly ever watched it, so can’t say about other brands. But it was really interesting reading about placement strategies!

By: Kavi

Kavi — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:17:02 +0000

The last time around Neutrogena made an appearance i think. This time around, the faces were beyond Neutrogena..i think !

What next..springboards to cart over compound walls ? Gabriel shock absorbers to bear shocks, Axe deo to hide the stink..!

And what else..?