Big Brother‘s brand of unrelenting reality will be around for at least two more seasons, CBS announced Wednesday.
The houseguest-vs.-houseguest competition has been renewed for a 17th and 18th season, to air on the Eye Network in the summer of 2015 and 2016, respectively.
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Julie Chen will return as host.
The companion series Big Brother After Dark also has been renewed for next summer; it will air on POP (now called TVGN), which will launch in 2015.
The current season’s 90-minute finale — in which remaining houseguests Derrick, Cody and Victoria vie for a $500,000 prize — will air tonight at 9:30/8:30c on CBS.