CBS brings back Big Brother

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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CBS has given the green light to a fourth edition of Big Brother.

The show is expected to air this summer, but CBS has not determined a premiere
date.

The show is from Endemol USA and Sharpiro/Grodner Productions, with Arnold
Shapiro and Allison Grodner as executive producers and showrunners.

The Early Show's Julie Chen will return to host.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.