Overview
- CBS will lead into the launch with a two-week encore event featuring 10 classic episodes starting February 9, with specific installments to be announced.
- The premiere airs from 8:00 to 11:00 pm ET, after which weekly episodes run 90 minutes.
- The season features 24 returning players spanning the show’s history, with two contestants from Season 49 to be revealed later.
- Production filmed in Fiji from June 6 to June 30, 2025, and Jeff Probst confirmed renewals for Seasons 51 and 52 in Fiji.
- The February encore block replaces Celebrity Big Brother as CBS’s Winter Olympics counterprogramming this year.