Will Big Brother 9 be cancelled?

Big Brother won't be shut down for one single thing said by an ignorant houseguest.

The word "retard" is simply a word, and I think that the way CBS handled the situation was very graceful. They not only showed that it's wrong to say what Adam said, but proved that the other contestants reacted negatively to what he said. If anything, such a reaction should be chalked up as a victory for Autism United, not a reason for canceling the show.

For crying out loud, you can't unring a bell. Sure, maybe they should have edited it out but it was part of showing the character of the guy. What would be the point in cancelling a show after the fact?

I am more concerned with the fact that all twists are off. There are no surprises anymore (though Sheila and Allison sure have cooked one up). Revealing the twists is a first in Big Brother history but there is something I have thought about. Because they are voted out as couples, this show is only going to last a few weeks. People are leaving two at a time. I wonder if that means we will still have a Big Brother in the summer as usual because this season will be really short.

But again, no cancellation. What's done is done. They bleep out all sorts of swearing and show some pretty heavy sexual scenes during prime time, but they don't get cancelled for that. Normally when the guests enter the house it is live and something like that wouldn't be able to be edited out, but this time they didn't do it live so it could have been edited but why? How can you show how upset Sheila is with Adam without showing why?

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Of course the show should not be cancelled! I'm sick and tired of people wanting to make reality TV non-realistic. People say stupid things and things that are out of line. If a TV show got cancelled everytime someone didn't appreciate something that was said by one of the people, we would only have the news and cartoons and even the news is questionable. The outrage that was expressed by the other people on the show showed that his terminology was totally inappropriate. If anything, Adam should lose his job because if he works with disabled children and then doesn't have any more respect than to speak derogatorily about them, he has no business being around these children.

this show has always gone too far. they need to dump it once & for all

I do not agree with the potentioal canceling of the show Big Brother 9. The show in questions has already been aired so what is the point in cencelling the rest of the shows once the tainted show has been aired? Also, people say inappropriate things online all the time! Why should a show be cancelled over someone saying something innapropriate? It was definatly innaproptiare but by no means the worst thing he could have said there were no profanaties involved. I am sure his actions were delt with in the house and with his partner. His job where he worked with 'fill in his innaproprate word here' probably had something to say to him also about his lack of respect for the children under his care. Not to mention the families of these people he is watching over were probably very very offended by his actions and his words.

I totally agree with you on that one. They should get over it. It is just a word. Sure words can hurt but if you let it bother you then it will hurt you even more. Try to at least lessen the pain of words if words bother you that is.

I have to agree with you on this. It just showed his character and it was good that the show also showed how the houseguests reacted to it. I don't think it will be canceled.

No it shouldn't be cancelled. Adam did make a bad remark about Autistic children, but rappers make bad remarks against all sorts of races and sexes, so should we ban rap music? Should we ban racism? White people are racists towards every other race just as blacks and Mexicans are racists towards other races as well.

Adam needs to apologize, but people apologize too much for petty stuff.

BB won't be cancelled. It's one of CBS's top rated reality shows.

I think that comment reflected on Adam, not the show. They already censor quite a bit visually and the audio as well. As you say "so what, get over it!"