"Celebrity Big Brother" is coming to CBS.
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CBS has announced it will air its first celebrity edition of the reality series "Big Brother" this winter.
"Big Brother" host Julie Chen will also preside over the star-studded version of the show, which places numerous people together in a house filled with cameras, challenging them to play games and perform various tasks to get ahead in the competition.
Additional details regarding scheduling and casting will be announced at a later date, the network said.
"'Big Brother' has been dominating pop culture throughout its 19 seasons, and it is exciting to grow the franchise with the first-ever celebrity edition in the U.S.," executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan said in a joint statement Thursday.
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"Celebrities will be under the watchful eye of the 'Big Brother' cameras, facing the classic game elements, and, of course, new twists in this special winter event."
A celebrity version of "Big Brother" has been broadcast in the United Kingdom since 2001.