The Glass House

A rip-off of the popular reality show Big Brother

Brodcast
ABC June 18, 2012-present

Format
14 contestants live in the house and compete in Double Dare-esqe physical stunts. There will be a weekly evicition, with the public deciding on who should be elimated (the 2 nominated contestants are usually the team captain and a teamate of the losing team). Once the bottom 2 contestants are decided, they are sent to limbo with the elimination happening the next week. Aside of that, the public decide on what they wear, what they eat, and so on. After that the contestants asks the home audience a question to try to change their stragedy of the game (called "fanswers"). The leader of the house is a female computer, with the public deciding on the name (the contestants regularly calling her Oracle with the public deciding on the name Ori).

Controversy
CBS, in which Brother airs, warned ABC not to air the show due to the strong similarities to their show. The network tried twice to prevent the show from airing, but was unsucessful. ABC tried to delay the premeire, but the show aired anyway.