Celebrity Big Brother 3 (American season)

Celebrity Big Brother 3 is the upcoming third season of the American reality television series Celebrity Big Brother. The series is a spin-off of the American version of Big Brother and is also the American version of Celebrity Big Brother. It features a group of celebrities, known as "HouseGuests," who will move into a house together; with no contact from outside the game, the contestants must compete against each other for power and safety and then vote to eliminate, or "evict," one of their fellow contestants. At the end of the season, previous contestants vote on who they think they should win.

Celebrity Big Brother 3
Promotional photo for the season
Presented byJulie Chen Moonves
Country of originUnited States
Release
Original networkCBS
Season chronology

The season was announced in September 2021 after a two-year hiatus and is set air 15 episodes on CBS from February 2, through February 23, 2022, as counterprogramming to the 2022 Winter Olympics. Additional content related to the season will release on Paramount+. Julie Chen Moonves is set to return as host while Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan are expected to return as executive producers.

Episodes
See also: List of Celebrity Big Brother (American TV series) episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDay(s)Original air date [1]U.S. viewers
(millions)		Rating (18–49)
Week 1
271"Episode 1"TBAFebruary 2, 2022 (2022-02-02)TBDTBA
282"Episode 2"TBAFebruary 3, 2022 (2022-02-03)TBDTBA
293"Episode 3"TBAFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-02-04)TBDTBA
Week 2
304"Episode 4"TBAFebruary 6, 2022 (2022-02-06)TBDTBA
315"Episode 5"TBAFebruary 7, 2022 (2022-02-07)TBDTBA
326"Episode 6"TBAFebruary 9, 2022 (2022-02-09)TBDTBA
337"Episode 7"TBAFebruary 11, 2022 (2022-02-11)TBDTBA
Week 3
348"Episode 8"TBAFebruary 13, 2022 (2022-02-13)TBDTBA
359"Episode 9"TBAFebruary 14, 2022 (2022-02-14)TBDTBA
3610"Episode 10"TBAFebruary 16, 2022 (2022-02-16)TBDTBA
3711"Episode 11"TBAFebruary 18, 2022 (2022-02-18)TBDTBA
3812"Episode 12"TBAFebruary 19, 2022 (2022-02-19)TBDTBA
Week 4
3913"Episode 13"TBAFebruary 20, 2022 (2022-02-20)TBDTBA
4014"Episode 14"TBAFebruary 21, 2022 (2022-02-21)TBDTBA
4115"Episode 15"TBAFebruary 23, 2022 (2022-02-23)TBDTBA

Production

Development

The first season of the American version of Celebrity Big Brother aired on CBS in February of the 2017-18 television season as counterprogramming to NBC's coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] Due to the success of the series a second season was later ordered that aired in the second half of the 2018-19 television season.[3] Ahead of the twenty-first season of the civilian version in 2019 CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl stated that future editions of Celebrity Big Brother were uncertain.[4] In addition, future contracts of host Julie Chen Moonves did not include any mention of Celebrity Big Brother.[5] In December 2020, following the conclusion of the parent series twenty-second season Chen Moonves mentioned in an interview that she and numerous producers encouraged the network to order a third season, believing that then was the time to do it due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Chen Moonves stated that they declined to order a third season at the time but continued to leave the possibility open for a later time.[6] On September 9, 2021, during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Thom Sherman, Senior Executive Vice President of CBS programming, announced that Celebrity Big Brother would return for a third season.[7][8] Chen Moonves is confirmed to be returning as host.[9] Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan will return as executive producers while Fly On The Wall Entertainment and Endemol Shine North America will continue to serve as production companies.[10]

Casting

Compared to previous seasons at least half of the contracted celebrities must be black, indigenous, (and) people of color.[11] The requirement comes from a CBS effort that began in 2020 to bring diversity to reality television series.[12]

Filming

In August 2021 it was reported that ViacomCBS was looking to sell CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California where the Big Brother house is located.[13][14] When the season was announced it was confirmed that the Big Brother house will feature 94 high definition cameras and 113 microphones although the official location of the studio was not mentioned.[15]

Broadcast

At the time of its announcement it was reported that the season would air in February 2022, during the 2021-22 television season, this time as counterprogramming to the 2022 Winter Olympics.[16][17] 24/7 Live feeds and additional exclusive content will stream on Paramount+, previously CBS All Access, throughout the season.[18] It was later announced that the season would premiere on February 2 and air through February 23, 2022.[19]

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