{"id":11232,"date":"2020-07-07T12:10:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T17:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=11232"},"modified":"2020-07-15T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T04:16:00","slug":"tmz-says-big-brother-is-coming-back-this-summer-with-an-all-star-cast-for-season-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/07\/tmz-says-big-brother-is-coming-back-this-summer-with-an-all-star-cast-for-season-22\/","title":{"rendered":"TMZ Says&#8221; &#8220;Big Brother&#8221; is Coming Back this Summer with an All-Star Cast for Season 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10646\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/big-brother-all-stars-mortys-tv-stars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/big-brother-all-stars-mortys-tv-stars.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/big-brother-all-stars-mortys-tv-stars-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/big-brother-all-stars-mortys-tv-stars-260x157.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/big-brother-all-stars-mortys-tv-stars-160x97.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Production sources tell TMZ &#8230; &#8220;<strong><em>Big Brother<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; was in the middle of casting for its next season when the coronavirus outbreak hit. 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