CBS’s summer reality shows Love Island and Big Brother both appear ready to go into production soon, with a major change for Love Island season 2.
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Will BB22 and Love Island be on this summer? Here’s what CBS says
For Big Brother 22 and Love Island 2, CBS says “we anticipate having those shows on this summer.” But there’s a question about when that is.
Has Big Brother 22 been cancelled? And Love Island?
Two stories published this week about BB22 have opposite information about this summer’s version of Big Brother. Will the CBS reality show be back? What about Love Island season 2?
Love Island season 2 will start months earlier, and add a weekly recap show
CBS announced the premiere date for Love Island USA’s second season, which will air in late spring/early summer, long before Big Brother premieres.
Love Island: ‘coming this spring on CBS’!
CBS surprised me by airing a teaser in the middle of the Grammy Awards that said the summer reality show would be returning “this spring.”
All Love Island USA episodes are now streaming, free
All Love Island USA episodes are now streaming for free, and the cast—plus narrator Matthew Hoffman—are reuniting.
One couple won Love Island, and so did viewers, who finally got a truly decent CBS summer reality show
CBS’ version of Love Island has ended its first season, revealing which couple viewers chose and who got or split $100,000. But that was the least-interesting part.
CBS renewed Love Island, which will return for season two in 2020
Love Island hasn’t been a hit, but it has helped bring CBS younger female viewers, and also is the network’s most-streamed show.
Why you should watch the Love Island marathon on Saturday
All 14 episodes of Love Island will be on Pop on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m.—just like the weekend marathons of Real World on MTV in the 1990s!
All I want from Love Island is its meta-commentary on itself and reality TV
The drama is fine, but had a tendency to drag a little. The solution: More narrator, please!
Love Island sunk in the ratings. What now?
Love Island premiered to very low ratings. But CBS executives seem hopeful it will grow over time, as the UK version did.
Love Island: CBS’ version starts brilliantly
From the exceptionally well-chosen soundtrack to the cheeky, self-aware narration, Love Island had a lot of fun, something we don’t get too often from network reality TV.
Before Love Island’s premiere, here are some things you should know
Why is Love Island such a phenomenon in the UK? How has it affected its contestants? Will there be alcohol? Answers are in these must-read, pre-Love Island stories.
Love Island’s cast: CBS’ first Islanders are all in their 20s
Meet the first 11 cast members—er, “Islanders”—who will be on the CBS version of Love Island.
When Love Island premieres on CBS, it’ll have more episodes per week than Big Brother
CBS said its “fun, light-hearted” version of Love Island will have 22 episodes airing over five weeks.