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May is officially upon us and our favorite fall shows are signing off for the summer, which means our favorite summer shows will soon be dusted off the shelf and put back into the primetime lineup!
Of course, for CBS fans, no summer is complete without a new season of Big Brother. The long-running reality TV hit remains a guilty pleasure for viewers every summer, and this year will be no exception. Big Brother returns this summer for its twenty-seventh season on CBS, a season that is sure to find new ways to surprise fans all these years later.
Fans have been eagerly waiting for the official Big Brother season 27 release date to drop and it seems our wait is almost over!
Taking to Instagram, the Big Brother social media team had a little fun sharing a screen recording of a desktop filled with fun Big Brother Easter eggs for fans. Fans watched as a new BB27 folder was created, with a video labeled “BB Date Announcement” was then dragged to the folder. As the video came to a close, the words “Coming Soon” faded in as the video faded to black, teasing that an official release date for the season is coming our way and it seems we won’t have to wait long to know when exactly season 27 will begin.
The expectation is that season 27 will premiere sometime in July, which is when many of the more recent seasons of the show have kicked off their run. The question is how late into the month we’ll have to wait until Big Brother officially begins, as we’ve seen some seasons start at the top of the month while others have begun later in July.
Generally, the seasons kick off after the Fourth of July holiday and the new seasons also tend to premiere on Wednesday night. With that in mind, it’s looking likely that Big Brother season 27 will kick off on either Wednesday, July 9, or Wednesday, July 16, 2025. This would put us in line with the premiere dates for recent seasons – sans season 25 which was held back until August to help CBS fill its schedule during the 2024 actors and writers strikes – and ensure the season runs through the early part of the fall timed to when CBS begins to turn its lineup over to its returning fall shows.
Given ABC’s summer schedule just dropped, we imagine CBS will be unveiling its 2025 summer lineup sometime the week of May 5, which means we’re likely less than a week away from knowing when Big Brother season 27 will begin. In other words, buckle up Big Brother fans because the countdown to the new season is about to begin!