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Big Brother

American TV reality competition show
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Summary

Big Brother is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,554 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: reality television[3], game show[4]
  • Based on: Big Brother[5]
  • Production company: Endemol Shine North America[6]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[7]
  • Presenter: Julie Chen Moonves[8], Jerry O'Connell[9]
  • Commons category: Big Brother (U.S. television program)[10]
  • Original broadcaster: CBS[11]
  • Country of origin: United States[12]
  • Has part(s): Big Brother 1[13], Big Brother 2[14], Big Brother 3[15], Big Brother 4[16], Big Brother 5[17], Big Brother 6[18], Big Brother 7[19], Big Brother 8[20], Big Brother 9[21], Big Brother 10[22], Big Brother 11[23], Big Brother 12[24], Big Brother 13[25], Big Brother 14[26]
  • Start time: July 5, 2000[27]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[28]
  • Official website: http://www.cbs.com/bigbrother[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Big Brother (American TV series)[30]
  • Filming location: Radford Studio Center[31]
  • Number of episodes: 975[32]
  • Title: Big Brother[33]
  • Number of seasons: 29[34], 27[35]
  • Has spin-off: Big Brother: Over the Top[36], Celebrity Big Brother[37], Big Brother Reindeer Games[38], Q140407977[39]
  • Social media followers: 856,118[40], 835,003[41], 855,452[42], 901,575[43]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Big Brother include it[44], a software[45], founded in 1996[46].

Why It Matters

Big Brother has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for it include it[44], a software[45], founded in 1996[46].

Related Entities

Jerry O'Connell Los Angeles United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Chimatronx · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'pt', 'simple', 'zh']
    Genre → reality television, game show
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Genre: game show"
  2. 8w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of seasons → {'amount': '+29'}, {'amount': '+27'}
    Tv maze series id → 1453
    Has part(s) → Big Brother 1, Big Brother 2, Big Brother 3 +25
    Number of episodes → {'amount': '+975'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Tv maze series id: 1453, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/311311484|Big Brother (#311311484)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8286|TV Maze series]] #mix'n"
  3. 14w ago · Pedanticwitch · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of seasons → {'amount': '+29'}, {'amount': '+27'}
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Number of seasons: 25"
  4. 14w ago · Chimatronx · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has spin-off → Big Brother: Over the Top, Celebrity Big Brother, Big Brother Reindeer Games +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has spin-off: Q140407977"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Has part(s) → Big Brother 1, Big Brother 2, Big Brother 3 +25
    Svkkl authority id → 0227566-Big-brother
    Production company → Endemol, Endemol Shine North America
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0227566-Big-brother, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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