House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show
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| Genre | Reality/Talk Show |
| Starring |
Gretchen Massey Marcellas Reynolds (2004-2006) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Alison Gronder |
| Running time | 30–40 minutes |
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| Original network | CBS.com |
| Original release | July 7, 2004 – September 17, 2008 |
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| Related shows |
Big Brother (U.S.) Big Brother: After Dark |
House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show (also known as House Calls) is a spin-off of the American reality television series Big Brother. The program is a live Internet talk show hosted by Gretchen Massey and focuses on events in the Big Brother house as well as taking phone calls from viewers. The show started in 2004 during Big Brother 5 with Marcellas Reynolds as host/co-host, and became quite popular. House Calls aired during the fifth through tenth seasons of Big Brother.
In each show Gretchen and a guest host talk and answer viewer questions about events in the "Big Brother" household. Viewers are also able to send in emails to the show which are read on air and subscribers of the live Internet feed are able to submit questions to be chosen as the "SuperPass Question of the Week" which is discussed by the hosts. After each eviction, the evicted HouseGuest would join the hosts and answer viewer questions.
During Big Brother: All-Stars the format was changed to include special guest hosts. This was due to former regular host Marcellas Reynolds being a HouseGuest that season. Marcellas didn't return for subsequent seasons, citing budget cuts at CBS Interactive. For Big Brother 8 a new feature called "Time Capsule" was introduced. The "Time Capsule" was where the HouseGuest leaves a message for him/herself prior to start of the season. "Time Capsule" was previously used in the Internet talk show Survivor Live.
Due to controversial behavior and remarks expressed by certain HouseGuests during Big Brother 8, evicted HouseGuests that were part of the Big Brother Jury could no longer be interviewed by the press or appear on House Calls and The Early Show while being sequestered. A statement from Big Brother was released and was read by Gretchen on air:
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