‘Big Brother’ Season 19 Week 11 Betting Odds
–CBS has renewed the long running ‘Big Brother’ reality show for a 19th and 20th season.
–’Big Brother’ is a spin-off of a Dutch TV series of the same name.
–’Big Brother’ airs Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday on CBS TV.
Matthew Clines became the latest contestant eliminated from Season 19 of ‘Big Brother’ when he got the boot on last Thursday’s live elimination show. His departure was a bit of a surprise based on the SPORTS BETTING EXPERTS odds. Clines was the #2 choice to win the entire competition, priced at +350 right behind favorite Paul Abrahamian (+250). This Thursday’s live elimination show will see *two* contestants get their walking papers as the Season 19 competition heads into the stretch run.
Depending on who you talk to, this has been one of the most entertaining seasons of ‘Big Brother’ or alternately a disgrace to the..uh…’good name’ of the reality show genre. The New York Daily News posted a somewhat ridiculous ‘man on the street’ story this past weekend about how fans are ‘disgusted’ with the Season 19 cast and don’t think anyone should win the $500 grand top prize. Well, it’s that’s not *really* a serious suggestion–here’s the ‘moneyshot’ from the article:
Several people have suggested not paying any of the house guests and instead donating the money to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
The story also detailed examples of admittedly contemptible behavior from several contestants. Here’s the ‘reality check’–contemptible behavior is good for ratings. Besides, people who worry about the ‘ethics’ and ‘moral examples’ set by reality show contestants are likely the same type of people who would get up in arms about the quality of officiating in pro wrestling. When you don’t understand why people watch the circus you become one of the clowns.
An equally ridiculous story concerned a group of ‘Big Brother veterans’ who ‘blasted’ the current group of contestants for their poor gameplay. Alas, this story repeats the ridiculous trope that there’s an uprising among the Big Brother cognoscenti:
Many longtime Big Brother superfans have said that no one from the current cast deserves the show’s $500,000 grand prize, and some have called for CBS to donate the money to victims of Hurricane Harvey instead of giving it to the undeserving Big Brother 19 houseguests.
The story was largely the same narrative as the New York Post article, griping about the self absorbed and repugnant behavior from the cast. To the extent that there’s any significance to any of this it once again misses the point–CBS *wants* people to hate the ‘Big Brother’ cast members much in the same way that the WWE *wants* people to ‘hate’ their ‘bad guy’ heel wrestlers. A house full of likable people replete with redeeming qualities would be brutally boring and a ratings disaster. If anyone is concerned about the level of game play and/or the overall character of ‘Big Brother’ contestants it doesn’t bode well for the future of network TV and their lowest common denominator programming.
RATINGS UPS AND DOWNS
The “Big Brother’ ratings were fairly solid last week–at least for the Sunday and Wednesday shows. Sunday did a 1.8 rating with a 7 share and attracted 6.28 million viewers. Wednesday did a 1.8/7 with 6.20 million viewers. Thursday’s numbers were awful though there was a reason for that. Thursday did a 1.5 rating with a 6 share and only 4.91 million viewers. They were up against college football on cable and suffered from a number of CBS affiliates pre-empting the show for preseason NFL football. Sunday and Wendesday’s shows were #2 in both timeslot and for the night–Sunday’s ratings winner was NFL Preseason Football with Wednesday going to NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ juggernaut.
In any case, here’s the latest odds update for Season 19:
‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19 WEEK 11 PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
TO BE ELIMINATED IN WEEK 11
Jason Dent: +125
Kevin Schlehuber: +175
Raven Walton: +300
Alex Ow: +300
Christmas Abbott +900
Josh Martinez: +900
Paul Abrahamian: +1150
No One Eliminated: +1150
Two eliminations are scheduled. All bets are action regardless of final number of contestants eliminated
HOW MANY CONTESTANTS WILL LEAVE THE HOUSE DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 4–SEPTEMBER 10, 2017?
Over 1.5: -150
Under 1.5: +130
Includes eliminations, withdrawals, disqualification or ejection for any other reason
TO BE NAMED ‘HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD’ IN WEEK 11
Alex Ow: +200
Paul Abrahamian: +300
Kevin Schlehuber: +300
Christmas Abbott +700
Raven Walton: +700
No One Named ‘HOH’: +900
Jason Dent: +2500
Josh Martinez: +2500
FINAL RATING FOR THE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODE AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Over 1.7: -130
Under 1.7: +110
FINAL RATING FOR THE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODE AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Over 1.7: -130
Under 1.7: +110
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EPISODES OF ‘BIG BROTHER’ WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST TOTAL VIEWERSHIP AS REPORTED AT ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Sunday, September 3: +210
Wednesday, September 6: -135
Thursday, September 7: +175
COMBINED VIEWERSHIP OF SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY’S ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODES?
Over 18.25 million: -150
Under 18.25 million: +130
Combined viewership for the 9/3, 9/6 and 9/7 ‘Big Brother’ episodes. All bets are action regardless of preemption or rescheduling. Grading based on final ratings figures reported on the ‘TV By The Numbers‘ website.
WILL THE SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY’S ‘BIG BROTHER’ EPISODES EACH HAVE THE TOP NETWORK TV RATING FOR BOTH THE TIMESLOT AND NIGHT PER ‘TV BY THE NUMBERS‘
Yes, ‘Big Brother’ will win timeslot/night on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday: +500
No, ‘Big Brother’ will not win timeslot/night on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday: -650
‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19 PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
TO WIN ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Paul Abrahamian: -105
Alex Ow: +450
Christmas Abbott: +450
Kevin Schlehuber: +700
Jason Dent: +900
Josh Martinez: +1150
Raven Walton: +1150
TO FINISH SECOND ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Alex Ow: +150
Paul Abrahamian: +300
Kevin Schlehuber: +300
Christmas Abbott +600
Raven Walton: +600
Jason Dent: +2500
Josh Martinez: +2500
TO FINISH THIRD ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Christmas Abbott +150
Paul Abrahamian: +250
Alex Ow: +350
Kevin Schlehuber: +500
Raven Walton: +1500
Jason Dent: +1500
Josh Martinez: +1500
TO FINISH FOURTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Kevin Schlehuber: +215
Raven Walton: +225
Christmas Abbott +450
Jason Dent: +450
Alex Ow: +950
Josh Martinez: +1100
Paul Abrahamian: +1100
TO FINISH FIFTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Christmas Abbott +215
Raven Walton: +350
Paul Abrahamian: +350
Kevin Schlehuber: +600
Josh Martinez: +750
Alex Ow: +750
Jason Dent: +750
TO FINISH SIXTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Kevin Schlehuber: +215
Josh Martinez: +350
Raven Walton: +350
Christmas Abbott +450
Jason Dent: +450
Paul Abrahamian: +1500
Alex Ow: +1500
TO FINISH SEVENTH ‘BIG BROTHER’ SEASON 19
Jason Dent: +200
Kevin Schlehuber: +250
Raven Walton: +450
Christmas Abbott +450
Josh Martinez: +750
Alex Ow: +950
Paul Abrahamian: +1500
EIGHTH PLACE: Matthew Clines
NINTH PLACE: Mark Jansen
TENTH PLACE: Elena Davies
ELEVENTH PLACE: Cody Nickson
TWELFTH PLACE: Jessica Graf
THIRTEENTH PLACE: Ramses Soto
FOURTEENTH PLACE: Dominique Cooper
FIFTEENTH PLACE: Jillian Parker
SIXTEENTH PLACE: Megan Lowder
SEVENTEENTH PLACE: Cameron Heard