Big Brother 28 Episode 26 — Sunday Start Time and What the Sunday Show Covers

Results are in — Barrett won HOH and nominated all three Icons. See the Week 9 nominations, the veto news and who is left.

Quick answer — Big Brother Season 28, Episode 26 airs Sunday, September 6 at 8:00 PM ET on CBS. This is a pre-taped episode, not a live eviction. No spoilers below.

What does a Sunday Big Brother episode actually show?

Big Brother runs three nights a week, and each night has a job. Sunday is the setup night. If you want the dates rather than the pattern, our schedule through the finale lists every remaining night and the three that CBS has already moved.

• Sunday — fallout from Thursday's vote, the new Head of Household competition result, and nominations
• Wednesday — the Power of Veto competition and the veto ceremony
• Thursday — the live eviction vote

What time is Big Brother on where you live?

Sunday episodes are edited ahead of air, so the West Coast delay carries no spoiler risk the way a Thursday live show does.

Why is the episode number already 26?

Because the count runs by episode, not by week. Three airings a week add up fast — a season that started in July is well past twenty by early September.

That also means "Episode 26" tells you almost nothing about how far into the game the house is. Week number is the useful unit; episode number is just a file label. The most recent vote was the September 3 live eviction, which is the result Sunday picks up from.

How can you watch Big Brother without cable?

• Paramount+ carries the CBS live feed in most markets, plus next-day on demand
• Live TV streaming packages that include your local CBS affiliate
• An over-the-air antenna, if you are inside an affiliate's range

Do the live feeds spoil Sunday before it airs?

Feed watchers already know the competition results before Sunday airs, which is why comment sections on Sunday nights read like they are from a different show.

If you are broadcast-only and want to stay clean, the safe window is roughly Friday through Sunday 9 PM ET. That is when the gap between feeds and broadcast is widest. The Unlocked companion show sits inside that window too, and it talks about the week openly.

Questions people ask

Q. Is Sunday ever a live episode?
Not in the normal run of a season. Live episodes are the Thursday eviction shows.

Q. Do I need to watch Wednesday to follow Thursday?
It helps a lot. The veto ceremony can replace a nominee, so Thursday's ballot is often not the pair named on Sunday.

Q. Where does the companion show fit?
Big Brother: Unlocked airs separately from the three main nights and covers the week's events in a talk format.

Q. What else is on this weekend?
Sunday is the busy half — the weekend rundown has the full Saturday and Sunday grid with networks and ET times.

Bottom line

Sunday, 8:00 PM ET, CBS. Setup night — HOH and nominations. Watch it and the rest of the week reads itself.

We will post a recap of the week once Thursday's vote is official. For everything else premiering around it this autumn, see our fall 2026 reality TV guide.

Schedule data via TVmaze. Air times are set by the network and can change.