Report: Pivotal Big Brother Eviction Won't Air Live
Thursday's potentially crucial Big Brother 11 eviction will have at least one major difference: It will be taped instead of airing live.
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CBS is making the move to avoid a possibly volatile reaction from current Head of Household Chima, according to Entertainment Weekly. Chima, whose temper has been on display in recent shouting matches with Russell, has threatened to be unruly if the "mystery power" of coup d'etat is used on tonight's show.
Jeff, the houseguest who has the mystery power, has the ability to remove the two houseguests Chima has nominated for eviction (Lydia and Russell) and replace them with nominees of his choosing, thus erasing Chima's chief privilege as head of household. The houseguests have neither been told that Jeff holds the power nor do they know if it will even be used. Chima, however, has said she will turn the live ceremony into a train wreck if her nominations are voided.
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A rep for the show did not immediately return TVGuide.com's calls about the report.
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For the first time, the American version of '''' will not be airing their traditional "live eviction" episode Thursday night as normally scheduled. Instead, the show will be taped, with host  and the studio audience requested four hours earlier than normal.
The reason for the change is due to the expected use of the "Coup d'Etat" power, which allows America's chosen HouseGuest to remove the current nominations and place his own with no warning mere minutes before the final vote. Fan favorite Jeff Schroeder, who has ranked #1 in ''''s "power rankings" for the second week in a row, was given the power a week ago after a nationwide televote.

Fellow HouseGuest Chima Benson, who is currently the Head of Household, threatened to go "batcrap crazy" on the house's live feeds earlier this week, threatening the stability of the live show. In the first week's live eviction, she delivered an impromptu tirade against nominee Braden Bacha for his racist remarks against other HouseGuests, causing Benson to be placed on a time delay to censor her language.

''TV Guide'' did not receive any comment by press time about the scrapped live broadcast. ''Big Brother'', now in its eleventh season, is seeing a ratings resurgence, topping the ratings received from the same time last year, with over seven million people watching the three weekly episodes. The eviction in question airs Thursday at 8 p.m.  on .