'Big Brother 6' producer: The show's old house "stunk... it was awful"

Big Brother, CBS's summer replacement reality show, is getting a new house in Los Angeles for its sixth season.

Zap2it.com reports the old house, a series of interlocking trailers in the San Fernando Valley, was torn down to make way for a CBS office building. The new home for the show -- and the contestants who compete for a $500,000 prize in a living-together exercise -- was constructed inside a sound stage on the same lot.

Allison Grodner, one of the show's executive producers, told zap2it.com she does not miss the old house.

"I can tell ya, after five years, that house that was torn down stunk. It was awful," she said. "No one wanted to go in."

In addition to being new and sweet-smelling, the new loft-style house has two stories and high ceilings. Grodner said she used to worry about tall contestants, who would have to duck under camera booms.

The show premieres Thursday. Live episodes air Thursdays with taped ones shown Tuesdays and Saturdays.