CBS has spent the summer teasing a fall version of its popular reality series "Big Brother" called "Big Brother: Over The Top." The unique aspect is that this will air exclusively on its streaming service, CBS All Access.
The moniker "Over the Top" in an interesting one since television properties taking their services directly to consumers via streaming subscription is often referred to as "over the top."
The show will have a slightly different format than the broadcast version. It will feature a weekly episode with live eviction, weekday updates and recaps, and 24/7 live feeds with no scheduled blackouts (the current live feeds have blackouts when competitions are taking place -- to save the content for the broadcast episodes). Subscribers will also be able to access archived live feeds in this online-only version.
The show will once again be hosted by Julie Chen.
CBS All Access requires a monthly subscription to access all content. They offer a $5.99 per month flavor with "limited" commercial interruptions, and a $9.99 per month version that offer "commercial free" on-demand content.
We subscribe to the $5.99 per month plan (the $9.99 plan is a recent addition). Part of the reason is that we are loyal watchers of "Big Brother" (including the live feeds), "Survivor," and "The Amazing Race."
The service includes current programming and numerous catalog shows from the past.
More Streaming From CBS...
In addition to "Big Brother: Over the Top," CBS is unveiling two new scripted series that will be exclusive to the CBS All Access streaming service.
One is a new "Star Trek" property called "Star Trek: Discovery":
http://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-discovery/
Test footage of the show's new starship is featured in this video:
The other is a spinoff of the popular CBS series "The Good Wife":
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-good-wife-spinoff-coming-to-cbs-all-access/
Both shows will debut in 2017 on the streaming service.
WOWT to add New Channel "Cozi TV"
Omaha NBC affiliate WOWT has been running promos on its two subchannels this week (WOWT's weather channel and Antenna TV) advertising the addition of Cozi TV on Sept. 12.
Like many subchannels that local affiliates run (such as MeTV), Cozi TV is a collection of old TV shows. Cozi is owned by NBCUniversal and includes Universal produced shows like "Miami Vice," "Knight Rider," "Magnum, P.I.," "Baywatch," and "The A-Team."
The ads suggest it will air on over-the-air digital channel 6.2. No word on whether or not this is the end of WOWT's 24-hour weather offering.
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