Big Brother: Why The Live Feeds Are Essential For Superfans

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Few reality shows share as much unfiltered content as Big Brother, which provides viewers the opportunity to watch 24/7 live feeds of its contestants, an essential component of the show's longevity and success. The American Big Brother format has incorporated the live feed element since its inception in 2000. The name of the show itself is a reference to «Big Brother,» the term from George Orwell's novel 1984 that describes a society in which the government spies on its citizens' every move. The Big Brother live feeds serve a similar purpose for fans of the game.

Over the many years Big Brother has been on the air, the format for accessing the live feeds has changed several times. With new technology and the advent of streaming services, it's now easier than ever to watch the houseguests interact live. In early seasons, the quality of the live feeds made the service a bit more frustrating. 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.

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The Big Brother live feeds are crucial to most superfans' enjoyment of the show. 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. 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. There's so much content left on the cutting room floor that some major events don't even make it onto the main