This year’s crop of “Big Brother” contestants include a pro wrestler, a college student, a grad student, a dentist, a server, a supermarket cashier, a poker dealer, a poker player who’s won more than $4.5 million in tournaments, an adorable young woman born with a male genitalia, and of course a personal trainer.
The show did not bother casting any token oldsters this year. The oldest contestant is superhot blonde 33-year-old interior designer Shelli Poole. Ten of the 14 contestants fall between the ages of 22 and 27.
For all you WWE fans, 6’5” Austin Matelson used to wrestle under the name Judas Devlin until sidelined by injury. He has a lit degree and has been an avid “Big Brother” live-feeder since age 13.
This season, two “surprise guests” will enter the house each week to reveal some manner of “new twist.”
Premiering or returning tonight:
Big Brother (8pm CBS)
Car Matchmaker (9pm Esquire)
Country Bucks (10pm A&E)
Duck Dynasty (9:30pm A&E)
Fantomworks (9pm Velocity)
Mr. Robot (10pm USA)
Rogue (9pm DirecTV)
Suits (9pm USA)
“MasterChef” squeaked by a repeat of “American Ninja Warrior” to dominate all last Wednesday. But tonight all current reality shows will cower before the might of CBS’ “Big Brother.”
Wednesdays, May 27-June 17, 2015
(adults 18-49; older weeks in parentheses; repeats in gray)
1.5 (1.5) (1.5) (1.6) MasterChef
1.3 (1.0) (---) (---) American Ninja
1.0 (1.0) (1.1) (1.1) Bullseye
1.0 (1.2) (1.2) (1.1) Modern Family
0.9 (1.1) (1.1) (0.9) black-ish
0.9 (1.0) (0.9) (1.4) The Briefcase
0.9 (1.0) (1.0) (1.2) Criminal Minds
0.9 (1.1) (0.9) (---) The Middle
0.8 (1.1) (0.9) (---) The Goldbergs
0.8 (0.6) (---) (0.7) I Can Do That
0.8 (1.2) (1.0) (1.1) Wife Swap
0.7 (---) (---) (---) Brother Vs. Brother
0.7 (0.8) (0.9) (1.0) CSI Cyber
0.6 (0.7) (0.7) (---) The Game
0.5 (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) The Daily Show
0.5 (0.4) (0.6) (0.5) House Hunters
0.4 (0.5) (0.5) (0.6) American Pickers
0.4 (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) House Hunters Intl
0.4 (0.3) (---) (---) Melissa & Joey
0.4 (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) Million $ Listing
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) Mystery Diners
0.3 (0.3) (0.3) (0.2) Arrow
0.3 (---) (0.3) (---) Baby Daddy
0.3 (0.3) (---) (0.4) Conan
0.3 (---) (---) (---) Craziest Restaurants
0.3 (---) (0.4) (---) Frankie & Neffe
0.2 (0.3) (0.3) (0.2) Supernatural
