CBS announces that “Big Brother” returns for Season 28 with a July 9 premiere at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Both outlets report that Julie Chen Moonves is set to return as host. The season begins with a special 90-minute opening episode. Following the premiere, “Big Brother: Unlocked,” the show’s companion series, returns the next day and airs in the same time slot, according to CBS’s schedule. After the initial launch, the main series continues with additional episodes airing Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Deadline also notes that the schedule includes a Sunday episode on July 12, while live eviction programming continues as part of the regular format. Overall, the reported timetable details how CBS spaces the season’s episodes across multiple days beginning with the July 9 Thursday premiere and adding “Big Brother: Unlocked” starting July 10.