'Big Brother' Fall Season 2016: 'Over the Top' Title & Premiere Date Announced For Digital Edition [VIDEO]
More details have been revealed about Big Brother's upcoming fall season, which will be available exclusively on CBS All Access.
Big Brother's upcoming digital edition will be called Big Brother: Over the Top, according to a new video promo posted on MSN.com. The video teases that the fall season will only feature one episode per week (as opposed to the usual three) with the live eviction - presumably hosted by Julie Chen.
The live feeds will also be more open than ever, with "no scheduled blackouts" as is typical with regular seasons of Big Brother. That means fans will be able to see competitions play out live, in addition to Nomination and Veto ceremonies.
On top of everything else, the promo teases that the viewing audience will be able to vote, with "more influence over the game than ever before." It's not clear if this means viewers can vote in something as important as evictions or if it's as minor as voting for Have-Not foods.
This season will only be 10 weeks long, compared to the usual 12 or 13, and the grand prize will only be $250,000 instead of $500,000, according to a new TVGuide.com post.
So what type of houseguests should we expect? Big Brother executive producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan indicated that it probably won't feature former BB players in a recent Zap2it interview:
"We're in the thick of re-imagining [the show], so we haven't gotten to the point of 'should we bring back people yet?'" said Meehan, with Grodner adding, "It could happen, you never know ... [but] there's some legends that maybe you save for summer 'Big Brother' in the future, seeing as we just got picked up for two more [seasons]."
Big Brother: Over the Top is scheduled to premiere Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 10/9c on CBS All Access.