Big Brother: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Big Brother follows a group of people living together in a house outfitted with dozens of high-definition cameras and microphones recording their every move, 24 hours a day. Each week, the Houseguests will vote someone out of the house. At the end, the last remaining Houseguest will receive the grand prize of $500,000.

Series details

• Title: Big Brother
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2000-07-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 63 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 1453

Cast and credited roles

• Julie Chen Moonves — Host
• Clayton A.S. Halsey — Announcer
• Ian O'Malley — Co-Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-07-05; final listed air date 2000-09-29; episode order: 70.
• Season 2: premiered 2001-07-05; final listed air date 2001-09-20; episode order: 30.
• Season 3: premiered 2002-07-10; final listed air date 2002-09-25; episode order: 33.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-07-08; final listed air date 2003-09-24; episode order: 33.
• Season 5: premiered 2004-07-06; final listed air date 2004-09-21; episode order: 31.
• Season 6: premiered 2005-07-07; final listed air date 2005-09-20; episode order: 30.
• Season 7: premiered 2006-07-06; final listed air date 2006-09-12; episode order: 28.
• Season 8: premiered 2007-07-05; final listed air date 2007-09-18; episode order: 33.
• Season 9: premiered 2008-02-12; final listed air date 2008-04-27; episode order: 33.
• Season 10: premiered 2008-07-13; final listed air date 2008-09-16; episode order: 29.
• Season 11: premiered 2009-07-09; final listed air date 2009-09-15; episode order: 30.
• Season 12: premiered 2010-07-08; final listed air date 2010-09-15; episode order: 30.
• Season 13: premiered 2011-07-07; final listed air date 2011-09-14; episode order: 29.
• Season 14: premiered 2012-07-12; final listed air date 2012-09-19; episode order: 30.
• Season 15: premiered 2013-06-26; final listed air date 2013-09-18; episode order: 36.
• Season 16: premiered 2014-06-25; final listed air date 2014-09-24; episode order: 40.
• Season 17: premiered 2015-06-24; final listed air date 2015-09-23; episode order: 40.
• Season 18: premiered 2016-06-22; final listed air date 2016-09-21; episode order: 42.
• Season 19: premiered 2017-06-28; final listed air date 2017-09-20; episode order: 39.
• Season 20: premiered 2018-06-27; final listed air date 2018-09-26; episode order: 40.
• Season 21: premiered 2019-06-25; final listed air date 2019-09-25; episode order: 40.
• Season 22: premiered 2020-08-05; final listed air date 2020-10-28; episode order: 37.
• Season 23: premiered 2021-07-07; final listed air date 2021-09-29; episode order: 37.
• Season 24: premiered 2022-07-06; final listed air date 2022-09-25; episode order: 34.
• Season 25: premiered 2023-08-02; final listed air date 2023-11-09; episode order: 42.
• Season 26: premiered 2024-07-17; final listed air date 2024-10-13; episode order: 39.
• Season 27: premiered 2025-07-10; final listed air date 2025-09-28; episode order: 34.
• Season 28: premiered 2026-07-09; final listed air date 2026-10-01; episode order: 36.

Source and licence

Adapted from Big Brother on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.