Big Brother: All-Stars (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The twenty-second season of the television reality program Big Brother is scheduled to premiere on August 5, 2020. The season will be broadcast on CBS in the United States and Global in Canada. The show chronicles a group of former contestants, known as HouseGuests, as they compete to be the last competitor remaining to win a grand prize of . Julie Chen Moonves will host the season. For the first time since the first season the program will feature a live televised premiere.

CBS renewed Big Brother for an additional season on September 5, 2019 before the twenty-first season concluded. On the same day Julie Chen Moonves was confirmed to return as host. Due to the impacts of COVID-19 CBS placed the upcoming seasons for Big Brother and Love Island on an indefinite hold with the network hoping to air both programs sometime during the summer of 2020.

Episodes

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Production

Impacts of COVID-19

Dates for open casting calls were announced on February 28 and were due to start on March 7. All open casting calls were cancelled on March 10 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic however potential applicants were urged to continue submitting online applications. An article from The Hollywood Reporter on April 7 noted that CBS would be without new seasons of Big Brother and Love Island during the summer. Unnamed sources to the publication said the network would rely on repeats of their scripted shows that "have historically repeated well." Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment, said the network was "optimistic" about airing both shows during the summer "a little later than usual" in an interview with Deadline on May 19, 2020.

Pre-production began on July 2, 2020 with the crew starting construction on the house located in Los Angeles. Deadline reported the crew was following strict health and safety guidelines which including being tested for COVID-19, wearing personal protective equipment and observing social distancing during construction. Fly on the Wall Entertainment and Endemol Shine North America are waiting for approval from unions to officially begin filming.

CBS revealed several changes to the program to ensure the health and safety of the HouseGuests, staff and production crew. Prior to the season premiere the HouseGuests will be placed in quarantine and tested for COVID-19 multiple times. Once inside the House the HouseGuests would be tested weekly and have no contact with the production crew and any supplies delivered to the House would be disinfected. The production crew and staff would also be tested regularly and screened for symptoms, provided personal protective equipment, and work in socially distant pods. A COVID-19 compliance offer will be on staff to ensure the implementation of the safety policies. Additionally, the live shows would not have a studio audience.

Development

CBS announced Big Brother had been renewed for a twenty-second season on September 5, 2019. Chen Moonves confirmed to return as host on the same day after signing a one season contract extension with the network. Merchandise for the upcoming season briefly appeared on CBS' online store on July 20, 2020 featuring the title Big Brother: All-Stars with a redesigned logo. Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan will return as executive producers for the series which will be produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment, in association with Endemol Shine North America. CBS announced the season would have a live two-hour premiere on August 5, 2020. For the first time since Big Brother: Over the Top this season will feature the HouseGuests moving into the House during live premiere. New episodes will air on Sunday/Wednesday/Thursday schedule as in previous seasons except all episodes will air in the 8:00 p.m. timeslot. Global will air the season in Canada in simulcast with CBS.

Casting

Kassting, Inc. returned to provide casting services for a twenty-first consecutive season since Big Brother 2, with Robyn Kass serving as the casting director. Casting for the season opened on September 22, 2019 and closed on April 3, 2020. On July 23, CBS confirmed the season would be an All-Stars edition with former winners, finalists and memorable HouseGuests taking part. This is the second All-Stars edition in the history of the program after the seventh season in 2006.

Filming

As with previous seasons, the program is filmed at CBS Studios, soundstage 18 in Studio City, California in a custom-built two-story house. The House is equipped with 94 high-definition cameras and over 113 microphones to monitor and record the HouseGuests.

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