• Former BB2 contestant Krista suing CBS over 'The Knife Incident'

  July 3, 2002
  The Daily Advertiser is reporting that former 'Big Brother 2' contestant Krista Stegall has sued CBS over an incident in which another contestant held a knife to her throat last year.

• CBS.com to offer 'Big Brother 3' fantasy game

  July 2, 2002
  Zap2It.com reports that starting Monday, July 8, 'Big Brother 3' viewers will be able to play "Fantasy Big Brother," a variation on fantasy sports games in which players score points based on what they do inside the 'Big Brother 3' house.

• CBS to release 'Big Brother 3' live stream pricing this week

  July 1, 2002
  'Big Brother 3' producer Arnold Shapiro has told Jam! Showbiz that CBS and Real Networks will once again be providing 24-hour Web feeds to the 'Big Brother' house (for a fee of course -- the "free Internet" days are long gone.)

• BB3 producer threatens to expel houseguests who look at banners

  July 1, 2002
  The NY Post reports that 'Big Brother 3' will have several "plane-spotters" on staff this summer to keep an eye out for small airplanes dragging large banners with personal messages to the show's contestants.

• 'Big Brother 3' to feature "a few surprises"

  June 30, 2002
  According to Zap2It.com, Big Brother executive producer Arnold Shapiro, who helped revamp the show last summer along with producer Allison Grodner, has some new tricks up his sleeve this time around. While retaining most of the features from last time, they "have thrown in just a few twists and turns, just a few new roadblocks in terms of our rules and format so that the people coming into the house who have worked out a perfect strategy -- and believe me, all of them think they have -- are in for a few surprises."

• 'Big Brother 3' cast to be revealed on July 5th 'The Early Show'

  June 30, 2002
  CBS has announced that the 'Big Brother 3' cast members will be announced on the Friday, July 5, 'The Early Show' CBS morning news prorgam. But don't fret folks, because according to executive producer Arnold Shapiro "they're like hungry dogs just waiting to be released from their cages before the contest begins."

• 'Big Brother 3' to premiere on July 10th

  May 31, 2002
  CBS will send 12 more people into isolation this July, when the third installment of its unscripted series "Big Brother" premieres.

• CBS Announces 'Big Brother 3,' Begins Taking Applications

  April 14, 2002
  CBS announced today that it is taking applications for "Big Brother 3."

• CBS Releases New Airtimes for Final BB2 Episodes

  September 14, 2001
  CBS has announced that the last three episodes of Big Brother -- originally scheduled for this past Tuesday, Thursday, (both preempted) and Thursday September 20th -- have been rescheduled.

• Thursday's 'Big Brother' Episode To Be Preempted

  September 13, 2001
  Late this afternoon CBS Affiliate Relations announced that the CBS prime time lineup of "48 Hours," "Big Brother," and "CSI" as well as "Late Show With David Letterman" and "Late, Late Show With Craig Kilborn" will be preempted this evening on the full network.

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