Big Brother becomes first US primetime entertainment series to air 1,000 episodes

CBS's Big Brother airs its 1,000th episode on 27 August 2026, a 90-minute live special, making it the first US primetime entertainment series to reach the milestone. Now in its 28th season, the show averaged 5.21 million viewers per episode with seven days of multi-platform viewing through 9 August, up 10 percent year over year, per The Hollywood Reporter.