Behind the Screen: CBS and Viacom Are Merging

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it would be amazing if survivor and big brother contestants come in and replace the UK and other randoms but we all know mtv cant make good decisionsBringing in people from all over the world gave thi...

— RMD1

it would be amazing if survivor and big brother contestants come in and replace the UK and other randoms but we all know mtv cant make good decisionsBringing in people from all over the world gave thi...

— badladjj

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Discussion thread about CBS and Viacom Are Merging with 6 replies from the Vevmo community.

CBS and Viacom Are Merging

RMD1 ·

it would be amazing if survivor and big brother contestants come in and replace the UK and other randoms but we all know mtv cant make good decisions 

Bringing in people from all over the world gave this show life again. Love them or hate them, the international challengers bring fun, drama, insanity, thick accents, subtitles, and halarity  

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RMD1#32

it would be amazing if survivor and big brother contestants come in and replace the UK and other randoms but we all know mtv cant make good decisions 

Bringing in people from all over the world gave this show life again. Love them or hate them, the international challengers bring fun, drama, insanity, thick accents, subtitles, and halarity  

badladjj#33

it would be amazing if survivor and big brother contestants come in and replace the UK and other randoms but we all know mtv cant make good decisions 

Bringing in people from all over the world gave this show life again. Love them or hate them, the international challengers bring fun, drama, insanity, thick accents, subtitles, and halarity  

The US ones could have bought this had they choose the right ones and not the same 15 ones each and every season. And tbh the UK thing should have started with USA vs. UK as season 31 and then did whatever after that. Would have been a better intro to whatever they are trying to accomplish now lol 

anon11231231231#34

Whatever changes could occur with this merger wouldn’t happen immediately. I just hope something does happen now that they have more money to play with. Most Viacom networks need a rebrand ASAP

*cough MTV, MTV2, Logo, BET cough*

no real reason why BET should be the dribble it is right now especially in the current climate. Their programming should be poppin 24/7 

kvm1977#35
it would be amazing if survivor and big brother contestants come in and replace the UK and other randoms but we all know mtv cant make good decisions 

Bringing in people from all over the world gave this show life again. Love them or hate them, the international challengers bring fun, drama, insanity, thick accents, subtitles, and halarity  

They could have acheived the same thing by simply using the entire pool of people they had from The RW, RR, FM, Bloodings, EotB, AYTO, etc.   Big Brother, Survivor, the UK, etc wouldn't have been needed if they didn't just cast the same dozen people over and over again.  Georgia, Theo, Turbo and arguably Kyle are the only international people that have added much IMO

LucciVee#36
 

Whatever changes could occur with this merger wouldn’t happen immediately. I just hope something does happen now that they have more money to play with. Most Viacom networks need a rebrand ASAP

*cough MTV, MTV2, Logo, BET cough*

no real reason why BET should be the dribble it is right now especially in the current climate. Their programming should be poppin 24/7 

LucciVee#37
 

Whatever changes could occur with this merger wouldn’t happen immediately. I just hope something does happen now that they have more money to play with. Most Viacom networks need a rebrand ASAP

*cough MTV, MTV2, Logo, BET cough*

no real reason why BET should be the dribble it is right now especially in the current climate. Their programming should be poppin 24/7 

That’s what I’m saying! They could have better programming if they actually put black minds behind their network. Children programming, cooking shows, HGTV style shows, late night shows along with some messy shows for the adults. No way a show like RHOA should be on Bravo when BET sitting over here. 

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