'Big Brother 7: All-Stars' News and Speculation

It's getting closer! Since the television premiere is only four days away, it's very possible that the houseguests are already in the house. They typically go in three or four days before the season starts so that producers have footage for the premiere.

So, who's going in the house? How do you get the feeds? Where do you get them? What's this about 14 houseguests instead of 12? What's the buzz...tell me what's a'happenin'...!

Once again, the 24/7 live feeds will be available through RealNetworks, for a price, of course. They'll be doing a two-week free promotion that you may want to give a try starting on July 6, although I'm not sure if the feeds will kick in after the show airs on the West Coast or during East Coast time. For the life of me, I can't recall when they started for real last year. I recall there were several most likely intentional "slips" after the feeds showed fishcam (video of the fishtank) last season a few days prior to the season debut.

CBS will place episodes the day after airing on their Innertube video site. The individual episodes will be archived and available to viewers throughout the season.

Despite the hype about America choosing the houseguests, only six (three male, three female) will be chosen by the votes at the CBS website. The other six, possibly eight, will be chosen by CBS producers. It's very evident that CBS wants big personalities and even bigger egos in the house this summer. So, it's likely that we'll see folks like Dr. Will, Jase, and Alison instead of people like Cowboy.

Fourteen houseguests? Didn't I mean twelve? Here's where there's a bit of speculation. In the house tour, there are fourteen frames on the Wall of Memories, not twelve. Does that mean two more houseguests? Or is it a red herring? Only time will tell, but I personally think we'll see the larger number with some sort of twist to kick off the season.

This season will debut the Big Brother Mobile Pack subscription -- Special producers will be monitoring the house supplying subscribers with video clips, photos, breaking news live house alerts, and daily insider summaries via their cell phones. Fans will also have access to exclusive video, photos, and text diaries of their favorite Houseguests. The service will be available on most major wireless carriers. Fans will be able to subscribe through the CBS website and on-air callouts during the shows. Cingular Wireless will be sponsoring America's Vote as well as a weekly "Who Gets Evicted" poll with a cash prize of $10,000 per eviction going out to a lucky viewer.

The popular Internet talk show House Calls will resume hosted by Gretchen Massey and available on the CBS website. Gee, there's no mention of her sidekick Marcellas. Could he be...in the house?

They've updated the schedule (thrice weekly) to drop the Saturday night show and air it on Sunday instead. I personally think that's a good move and less likely to be interfered with by baseball game pre-empts. So, the set weekly schedule wil be: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, 8 PM ET/PT.