CBS Orders More ‘Big Brother’

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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CBS has ordered season 22 of Big Brother, to air in the summer of 2020. Julie Chen Moonves returns as host.

Big Brother follows a group of people living in a house outfitted with 94 HD cameras and more than 113 microphones, recording their every move 24 hours a day. Each week, someone will be voted out of the house, with the last remaining Houseguest receiving $500,000.

The show premiered in the summer of 2000.

Big Brother airs on CBS Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

It is produced by Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan for Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol Shine North America.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.