ABC rejects 'Big Brother' successorControversial 'Golden Cage' thought too costlyMay 8, 2008, 07:24 AM
AMSTERDAM -- U.S. broadcaster ABC has declined the option to
acquire the successor to "Big Brother" -- the controversial "Golden
Cage" -- from John de Mol's company Talpa.
According to a Talpa spokesperson, ABC was put off by the costs involved in producing the program. Broadcast in the Netherlands by RTL, "The Golden Cage" has contestants living together in a luxurious house with one goal: to irritate the other inhabitants into submission. The winner gets the house. ABC rejects 'Big Brother' successorControversial 'Golden Cage' thought too costlyMay 8, 2008, 07:24 AM
AMSTERDAM -- U.S. broadcaster ABC has declined the option to acquire the successor to "Big Brother" -- the controversial "Golden Cage" -- from John de Mol's company Talpa.
According to a Talpa spokesperson, ABC was put off by the costs involved in producing the program. Broadcast in the Netherlands by RTL, "The Golden Cage" has contestants living together in a luxurious house with one goal: to irritate the other inhabitants into submission. The winner gets the house.
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