CBS will be offering an alternative to the Winter Olympics this year: celebrities stuck in a house fighting for power. Celebrity Big Brother, the abbreviated edition of the network’s summer reality show, will premiere Wednesday, February 7 at 8/7c on CBS, just two days before the Winter games begin.
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The celebrity version of Big Brother will be much shorter than a regular season, lasting less than a month. CBB will have a two-hour finale on Sunday, February 25 at 8/7c, but the show will air almost every day throughout February. The regular schedule for Celebrity Big Brother will be one-hour episodes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays at 8/7c and two-hour episodes on Fridays at 8/7c. There will be additional episodes the days after the premiere and before the finale.
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In addition, The Amazing Race will airs its 30th season (featuring Big Brother 19 couple Cody and Jessica) at the start of 2018 with a very condensed schedule. The race begins Wednesday, January 3 at 8/7c, but moves to 9/8c when CBB begins in February. TAR will also include many two-hour episodes, leading to a season finale on Wednesday, February 21 at 9/8c.
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CBB and TAR will serve as counter-programming to NBC’s Winter Olympics. When both of those reality shows are done, season 36 of Survivor will begin Wednesday, February 28 at 8/7c with a two-hour premiere.
CBS also set premiere dates for two new scripted mid-season shows. Living Biblically, a comedy about a man who decides to strictly follow the rules in the Bible, premieres Monday, February 26 at 9:30/8:30c, taking over once new comedy 9JKL ends its first season.
Instinct, a new drama starring Alan Cumming, will premiere Sunday, March 11 at 8/7c. The show centers on an author, professor and former CIA operative who teams up with an NYPD detective to track down a serial killer.
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