Big Brother (USA)

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Big Brother

Premiere	July 5, 2000
Finale
Airs	Sundays and Thursdays at 8PM Tuesdays at 9PM
Creator	John de Mol Arnold Shapiro
Host	Julie Chen
Network	CBS
Style	60-minute reality competition
Company	Endemol USA
Episodes	320 (through season 9)
Seasons	10
Origin	USA

You have been evicted from the Big Brother house.

Big Brother (2000—) is a reality competition that airs on CBS. In it, a group of people enter a house and agree to live there for a predetermined amount of days with cameras following their every move. An homage to George Orwell's book, 1984, the nameless entity known only as "Big Brother" records every conversation and every action amongst these group of people, establishing a social microcosm of today's world.

However, beyond the voyeuristic aspect of it also lies a game. Every week, a houseguests is picked to be the Head of Household. This Head of Household then nominates two houseguests for nomination the following day. Starting with season three, a Power of Veto was added, which allows a houseguest to remove someone up for eviction. On Thursday, the houseguests, minus the Head of Household and the nominees, vote on who they want to evict. The houseguest with the most votes for eviction leaves the Big Brother house. Play continues until only two people are left, after which the evicted houseguests vote on who they want to win.

In season one, the show followed the conventional Big Brother method of having all houseguests nominate. The show was declared a failure, and, for the next season, CBS decided to integrate a larger strategy aspect into the game.

Season seven of the show will be an All-Stars edition.

For information on the Big Brother franchise, please refer to the Big Brother franchise page.

1 Cast
2 Seasons
3 In-Depth
4 DVD Releases
5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Person	Role	Duration
Main Cast
Julie Chen	Host	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
CBS
Season One	July 5, 2000	September 29, 2000	70
Season Two	July 5, 2001	September 20, 2001	29
Season Three	July 10, 2002	September 25, 2002	32
Season Four The X-Factor	July 8, 2003	September 24, 2003	33
Season Five Project DNA: Do Not Assume	July 6, 2004	September 21, 2004	31
Season Six Summer of Secrets	July 7, 2005	September 20, 2005	30
Season Seven All Stars	July 6, 2006	September 12, 2006	28 + 1
Season Eight	July 5, 2007	September 18, 2007	33
Season Nine 'Til Death Do You Part	February 12, 2008	April 27, 2008	33
Season Ten	July 13, 2008	September 17, 2008	30