To be replaced by THIS?

Big Brother to be hosted by Kyle and Jackie O?

I know I wound my clock forward, but I didn't wind it to April Fool's Day did I?

This has to be the the worst decision by TEN all year.

Removing Gretel Killeen is one thing. But THIS?

I can see some logic in moving on from Gretel. The show has been tired and woefully miscast its housemates for years. It clearly needed the axe or a major re-vamp. This will be a last-ditched attempt to revive its form. Sadly for Killeen she too closely represents the show as we know it. TEN had to cut her in order to say to the audience BB 2008 is not the show as you know it. And in truth it has probably served Killeen as much as it could ever deliver her. Where else is there for her to go with the show?

But Kyle and Jackie O?

To assume the BB viewing audience are all the Austereo generation is to underestimate the show's capacity. One of the problems has been its stubborn refusal to move beyond housemates who are all under the age of 30. Here is a chance to show that the social experiment that was BB can be so much more. Installing these two does not give me any faith TEN can move beyond this demographic. Other reality shows from Survivor to The Biggest Loser all cast beyond the tweens with considerable success.

Unless you count the Logies Red Carpet Arrivals, Jackie O is yet to host a hit TV show, although Kyle has managed to make something of his Idol inclusion. But judging isn't hosting, which requires an enormous degree of likability.

But like her or not, Killeen has set the benchmark for intelligent questions on Big Brother.

I'll leave it at that.....