The classic winning formula “Big Brother” has implemented for years is getting a facelift this season — ’cause you won’t be able to hit rewind anymore … and fans are pissed.
Paramount+ dropped the news on their streaming site — noting archives and flashbacks won’t be available for the live feed on Season 26 of their long-running CBS reality show — but they’ve told fans they could still catch all the live feed action on four different cameras.
The only catch … they’ll have to do it in real time, so if you miss something — tough!
In other words … ‘BB’ diehards who usually rewind to catch up on what they missed or what might’ve happened inside the house, are out of luck now — ’cause they can’t do that anymore, and they can’t save clips either.
The notice was buried in a bunch of other Q&As about the ‘BB’ show’s live feeds … so it seems like Paramount+ didn’t want to make a big deal out of this — but viewers are already sounding off on the new pivot online, fuming that they can’t catch contestants in bad acts.
We know going through “Big Brother” archives is a favorite pastime of viewers of the show — so it’ll be interesting to see how this affects subscriptions, if at all, in the long run.
So far, there’s no official explanation for the sudden change — but the general feeling is that they probably wanted to keep fans from digging up problematic stuff cast members say live in the house — something that’s been a big problem for the show over the years.
AUGUST 2023
CBS
As we’ve reported … “Big Brother” has been home to loads of racially charged scandals over the years, like last year when white contestant Luke Valentine dropped the N-word while chatting with other houseguests.
There’s been other sorts of drama that’s been captured on the live feed — including some sexual stuff — but now … it sounds like if you don’t see it live, you might not see it at all.