There's so much content left on the cutting room floor that some major events don't even make it onto the main show. Like all reality shows, the television component of Big Brother is heavily edited, the show having to cut 80-100 days' worth of content into a season that's usually only about 25 hours long. They provide viewers the opportunity to watch the game unfold in real time and to get to know the houseguests on a deeper level than the edited episodes allow. The Big Brother live feeds are crucial to most superfans' enjoyment of the show. Related: Big Brother: How The Power Of Veto Format Can Be Improved As the live feeds transitioned from the SuperPass service to the now-defunct CBS All Access to their current home on Paramount+, they have become increasingly more accessible and are arguably more vital to Big Brother than ever before. In early seasons, the quality of the live feeds made the service a bit more frustrating. With new technology and the advent of streaming services, it's now easier than ever to watch the houseguests interact live. Newsweek has contacted Big Brother for comment.īig Brother continues Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays on CBS.Over the many years Big Brother has been on the air, the format for accessing the live feeds has changed several times. The live feed appears to be functioning at time of writing.

I'm not sure how they thought that was a good idea.'

Ibbi_Wyxx added: 'I wouldn't be so annoyed with the feeds being down if the episode wasn't all filler and commercials ending in not letting us find out who the teams were. 'Tonight's episode and feed outage might be the biggest FU to superfans in BBUS history,' said mqg1999. Itsjessrabbit wrote: 'We sat through that entire episode just to also be sitting here and expecting CBS to throw us a bone, we are so weak.' Reddit user Seeyounextbearimy posted: 'First few hours of these groups are probably the most fun and setting the vibe for the week and we are missing it all.' CBS What Have Fans Said About the 'Big Brother' Live Feeds Being Down?īig Brother viewers have called out the show for taking down the live feeds, leaving them unable to see who Michael and Terrance picked for their teams.

Michael Bruner and Terrance Higgins will both be Heads of Households thanks to the new 'Big Brother' twist.

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