The Big Brother 23 live feeds will be available on Paramount+ on night one, right after the season 23 premiere airs on CBS on Wednesday, July 7. For many years, the Big Brother live feeds wouldn't go on the air for a few days into a new season. The fans long clamored for live feeds on night one, but that didn't actually happen until Big Brother 22: All-Stars last year, which featured a live move-in premiere episode and live feeds starting on day one.
To be fair, the first week of live feeds on Big Brother 22: All-Stars was extremely uneventful, and actually just really boring. On the other hand, the fans didn't realize back then that this was due to the fact that the season and the cast as a whole were just generally boring. In hindsight, most of the big moves that set the tone for BB22 did take place in the first week, so getting these early live feeds for BB23 is very important, even if they seem uneventful at first.
According to recent tweets from the reputable BB fansite Hamsterwatch, the Big Brother 23 live feeds will indeed start immediately after the season premieres on TV on the west coast. This means that the BB23 feeds will reportedly be live on Paramount+ starting at 12:30 am ET and 9:30 pm PT. This would be the same schedule that CBS had in place for Big Brother: All-Stars last year, so the fans are optimistic that night-one live feeds is just the new normal for the series.
On the other hand, Hamsterwatch also reported that, unlike BB22, the premiere episode of Big Brother 23 should not feature a "live move-in," as this season premiere is just being billed as a "live premiere" instead. As noted by Hamsterwatch, this means that Julie Chen will most likely speak to the houseguests live during the first episode, but they will already have moved in beforehand. This will certainly make a few fans upset given that most of the fandom loved the live move-in last year, but it's still great news that we'd get the live feeds from the start.
It's a new Big Brother season that is upon us. Let's hope that BB23 will have legitimate power struggles, captivating heroes and villains, surprising comp beasts, and no dominant alliance being able to rule the game from start to finish. Expect the unexpected!
Big Brother 23 premieres on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 8pm ET on CBS.
Sources: @hamsterwatch on Twitter