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Power Status

Current HOH, veto holder/status, twists in play, alliance charts will be posted here

Upcoming Events
Big Brother 28 premieres July 9

Feeds are expected to start July 10, 6pm PT/9pm ET

Usual CBS schedule is Sundays 8pm - Wednesdays 8pm (90 minutes) - Live Thursdays 8pm
Plus BB Unlocked alternate Fridays 8pm (more or less), starting July 10
Times are Eastern/local, deduct one hour for Central

Exceptions:
-Premiere Thursday, July 9, 8pm 90 minutes
-Sunday, July 12, 8pm 90 minutes
-Sunday, August 23 8pm two hours
-Thursday, August 27, 8pm 90 minutes
-Thursday, September 10, 8pm two hours
-Wednesday, September 16, 8pm two hours

-Finale is probably Sunday, September 20 or September 27, or Thursday, October 1 (sources vary)

BB Unlocked episodes:
-Friday, July 10, 8pm
-Friday, July 24, 8pm
-Friday, August 7, 8pm
-Sunday, August 23, 9pm
-Friday, September 4, 8pm
-Friday, September 18, 9pm

Daily Feeds Recaps

Pre-season continued - July 6, 2026
Pre-season still but not for long, for tomorrow is Day 1 of our new season.

We're almost there, Hamsterwatchers. Tomorrow they move in and we'll find out who they are - We're almost there, Hamsterwatchers. Tomorrow we'll get the cast - maybe all of them or maybe just the rookies, I don't know, but I'm Team Rookies all the way this season so I'm looking forward to seeing what we have to work with. I'm expecting thirteen (or fourteen) rookies, one BB vet, and three (or two) from other Paramount shows. That's not an official roster and it's subject to change, of course.

Today they announced the cast reveal is being called Broveal (what is wrong with them?!), and they said video intros will be exclusively on their newly revamped Youtube channel, along with Julie's house tour, starting at 9am PT/noon ET on Tuesday.

I've since learned RuPaul's Drag Race does their cast reveals on Youtube and calls them Queen Ruveals, so maybe it's a corporate strategy to associate all their reality properties together. Either way, Broveal just stinks of brojocks and meathead alliances and not too many people out here seemed to like it much.

And they announced that feeds will run on that Youtube channel "for limited periods after each episode throughout the summer," starting this Friday at 6pm PT/9pm ET after the first Unlocked. That will be interesting, especially on live Thursdays, when feeds often haven't come back after the shows for many hours in recent seasons. Plus it sounds like westies will have to juggle episodes with feeds, which is always a challenge, especially on Thursdays. Maybe the Youtube feed will only be after Unlocked episodes, but Mike Bloom of RHAP and Parade implied it'd be after Unlocked as well as the regular episodes. Today's press release stressed that feeds will remain on Paramount Plus and Pluto TV as always. They said "24/7" but we know that part's a fib.

So stock up the pantry and freezer, catch up what you've put off, rest up, and be ready to roll Tuesday morning when we find out who we'll be spending the next few months with. As always, THANK YOU for sticking with me and reading the site, and/or subscribing to my Patreon, and/or donating to my Ko-fi. I couldn't do this without you and I appreciate you so very much!

Season Stats
HOHs in order: TBA

Veto winners in order: TBA

Evictions in order: TBA

Ratings - TBA edition
Ratings will be based on entertainment value, usually - free neutrals for all until they earn otherwise.
I'll post official basic stats here when we get the cast.

Noms count: original/renom/twist

Lines and Links of the Day

Lines
Julie to Mike Bloom: I kind of want to see Chill Town back in there. Part of me feels like that was so long ago, if they can't recreate the magic of Chill Town, then I don't want it. They're dads now. They're probably very responsible. So... whatever.
@slothymcslothface.bsky.social: Julie doesnt really keep up with things, does she? #BB28 #BBSky

Links
Aaron's BB pool is back! Great fun all season, $15 buy-in - I vouch for him: winners get paid

Big Brother Hub at realityblurred - lots of good stuff there!

Big Brother Dictionary compiled by Slothy

Rancho Coastal Humane Society temporary home of our feeds anipals, including adoption updates - visit them or your local shelter to find your new best friend

Behind the Mirror Taran's book about BB is pretty great, available through Taran's site or from Amazon

Tally Items

Extracurricular Tally
Random tallies will be here

Production Goofs
1 Casting page had some issues
2 Date announcement said 'series premiere' rather than 'season'
3 Internal Paramount Chinese pitch to advertisers leaked season info
4 Mobile and TV apps using Celebs logo for main BB
5 Wrong premiere date on promo material
6 China advertiser pitch mixed up Derrick L with Derek X

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Big Brother 28 SEASON FAQ
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BB28 finalist prizes are likely the same: $750k for the winner, $75k for 2nd place, $10k for 3rd, $7.5k for 4th, $5k for 5th.
Stipend is probably still $1k per week for all except 1st and 2nd place, including pre-season sequester. Stuntcasts likely get more.

The habitat has 112 HD cameras (up 18) and 113 microphones (no change).

The recorded in-house announcements are the voice of producer Don Wollman. He and Julie Chen are the only senior staffers who have been there since Big Brother 1.

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