What Time Is Big Brother on Tonight? Time, Channel & Episode 20 Preview

Kamu walked into Week 5 as a dead man walking — blamed for a blindside he didn’t orchestrate, distrusted by his own allies, ranked 11th in our power rankings. He’s walking out of it ranked No. 3, with new alliances in every direction and a completely reshaped game around him. The Icons wanted to keep Haley alive as a weapon. Chuk is gone. And now a new HOH takes power in a house that looks nothing like it did two weeks ago.

Here’s everything to know about Sunday’s episode, including the air time, how to watch and what to expect.

What happened last time on Big Brother Season 28?

Haley won the BB Blockbuster, taking herself off the block and leaving Chuk and Barrett as the final nominees. Chuk was evicted by a vote of 9-1, with only Haley voting to save him.

But the eviction wasn’t the most revealing part of Thursday’s episode.

Before the Blockbuster, Devens openly questioned whether letting Haley leave was actually the best move for his game. He pitched Drew and Barrett on keeping her, and Barrett admitted he’d prefer Haley to stay because she has so many enemies. Then Barrett earned himself the “Bar-rat” nickname by running to Dee with information from a conversation where LaLa outlined plans to target at least two of the Icons before jury. He stretched the truth to protect Drew, telling the Icons that LaLa called Devens the most dangerous player in the game. That was enough for Dee — she was ready to flip the vote to keep Haley as a weapon aimed at LaLa. Haley winning the Blockbuster made the flip unnecessary, but the intent was already there. The Icons wanted her in the house regardless.

Chuk left the game still convinced he’d been playing well, telling Julie that LaLa was “dazed and confused” — an assessment that did nothing to challenge his reputation as the player with the worst instincts this season.

Check out our Big Brother power rankings after Week 5!

What time is Big Brother on tonight?

Big Brother Season 28 Episode 20 airs Sunday, August 16, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. The episode will be available to stream the next day on Paramount+.

Big Brother Season 28 Episode 20 at a Glance

Big Brother Season 28 Theme	Time Trip
Big Brother Season 28 Episode 20 Air Date	Sunday, August 16
Time	8 p.m. ET
Where To Watch	CBS, Paramount+ (streaming next day)
Host	Julie Chen Moonves

How can I watch Big Brother tonight?

Viewers can watch Big Brother Season 28 Episode 20 live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET. The episode will also be available to stream the following day on Paramount+. Live Feeds are available on Pluto TV and Paramount+, and for a limited time after the live Thursday episode on the Big Brother YouTube channel.

What to expect on Big Brother tonight

The HOH competition

Twelve houseguests remain and the power structure is more fluid than it’s been all season. The Toolshed is dead. The Red Corner is dead. Kamu is a free agent aligned with basically everyone. The Icons are still running things but haven’t touched the block. And Haley is alone with a target list and no allies to help her execute it.

Who wins HOH this week matters enormously. A Haley win would be chaotic and likely targeted at LaLa or the Icons. A Kamu win would consolidate the new power structure. An Icon win keeps the status quo humming. And a For The American People win (Drew, Melody, Mallory, Barrett) could be the first real challenge to Dee and Devens’ dominance.

Kamu’s reinvention

Our power rankings tell the story: Kamu jumped from No. 11 to No. 3 in a single week. He went from being blamed for a blindside and fighting with Haley to winning the veto, refusing to use it on his former allies, and positioning himself as someone everyone wants in their corner.

He’s now in the Wolfpack (Dee, Devens, Yash), the Tethers (Taylor, Devens, Yash), the Bermuda Triangle (Devens, Yash), and an unnamed alliance with Taylor, LaLa and Yash. That’s an absurd number of connections for someone who looked to be on the verge of going home seven days ago. The question going forward is whether Kamu is building a genuine path to the end or whether he’s become a useful number for the Icons the same way the Red Corner was — expendable once he’s no longer needed.

The Icons are playing everyone

Dee and Devens have held the top two power ranking spots for weeks, and Thursday only reinforced why. Dee was prepared to flip the vote for the second consecutive week — not because she cares about Haley, but because Barrett’s intel told her LaLa was coming for the Icons. Having Haley around as someone who would target LaLa first was simply good business. Devens still has the Diamond Power of Veto. Dee still has the BB Bribe that almost nobody in the house knows about.

LaLa’s HOH exposed something important, though: the non-Icon players are starting to talk about targeting them. LaLa said at least two Icons need to go before jury. Barrett ran that information straight to Dee, but the sentiment exists in the house whether Barrett reports it or not. The Icons have been playing from a position of power all season without facing real adversity. At some point, the rest of the house has to act on what they’re saying behind closed doors — or it’ll be too late.

Barrett’s rat problem

Barrett dropped three spots in the power rankings despite surviving the block, and the reason is simple: he’s reverting to the same behavior that kept him at the bottom of the Toolshed all season. He ran information from LaLa’s anti-Icon conversation directly to Dee and the Icons — the exact alliance he’s been saying he wants to blow up for weeks.

Barrett is in For The American People with Drew, Melody and Mallory. That alliance represents an actual alternative power base in this game. But Barrett keeps choosing the Icons’ approval over building something independent. He’s positioning himself to accept scraps from the top of the Crossovers again rather than leveraging his position with the people who might actually take him to the end. At some point, his alliance mates are going to notice that everything they say around Barrett ends up in Dee’s ear.

Haley: useful to the wrong people

Haley is ranked dead last, but she’s still in the game — and not just because she won the Blockbuster. Dee and Devens were actively working to keep her before she even saved herself. They see a player with enemies in every direction and no allies, which makes her a weapon they can aim at their own targets. Haley isn’t surviving on comp wins; she’s surviving because the people running the game have decided she’s more useful alive than dead.

That’s a dangerous position to be in without realizing it. Haley won the Blockbuster, which proves she competes when desperate. She apparently thinks she’s getting voted into the BB Time Capsule (which is laughable). But if she wins HOH, the nominations would be chaos — LaLa for putting her on the block? Kamu for abandoning her? The Icons for the blindside? She has enemies in every direction. The question is whether Haley is swinging for herself or unknowingly swinging for Dee.

For The American People’s missed opportunity

The power rankings dinged Mallory and her entire alliance for taking the week off. Mallory’s Adam and Eve punishment with Melody sidelined her early, and the alliance as a whole got too comfortable while others (Kamu, Taylor, Dee) were making moves around them.

Drew and Melody’s slow-burn showmance makes them likely candidates for the BB Time Capsule, which could give them a power. But the alliance needs to start playing proactively rather than reactively. They’ve survived five weeks of being on the wrong side of the numbers. Now the numbers are shifting — the Toolshed is dead, the Red Corner is gone — and FTAP has a window to position themselves as a real force. If they coast through another week while Dee and Devens consolidate, that window closes.

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Big Brother Season 28 FAQ

What is the theme for Big Brother Season 28?

Big Brother Season 28 will feature a “Time Trip” theme, as revealed on July 1. We wrote about this in more detail in our complete Big Brother Season 28 theme and house breakdown.

When do new episodes of Big Brother Season 28 drop?

Big Brother Season 28 will air on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET, while companion show Big Brother: Unlocked will air on select Fridays at 8 p.m. ET, with actor Jerry O’Connell joining returning hosts and past Big Brother champions Taylor Hale and Derrick Levasseur. Episodes will be available to stream the next day on Paramount+.

Where can I watch the Live Feeds for Big Brother Season 28?

Big Brother is unique in that it allows you to watch the houseguests at almost all times of the day, except for when they are in active competitions. The Live Feeds can be watched either on Pluto TV or Paramount+. It has also been announced that live feeds will for the first time be available for a limited time after Big Brother live Thursday episodes and Big Brother: Unlocked episodes on the Big Brother YouTube channel.

Who hosts Big Brother?

Big Brother is hosted by Julie Chen Moonves. She has hosted the show since its inception in 2000.

What is the grand prize of Big Brother?

The grand prize for Big Brother is $750,000.

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