Celebrity Big Brother 2 (US)

, is the second edition of Celebrity Big Brother in Big Brother U.S.

Development
After the first season of Celebrity Big Brother premiered in the United States, it was declared a success after it was the number one show after the 2018 Winter Olympics. The series premiere was the number one program for CBS attracting 7.27 million viewers with a 1.8/7 rating in the 18-49 demographic and the highest rated season premiere since season 13. The season finale pulled in 5.21 million viewers and a 1.4/5 rating in the 18-49 demographic. CBS ordered a second season of Celebrity Big Brother on May 12, 2018 then confirmed it would return for a mid-season run four days later when the network reveled its 2018–19 fall prime-time schedule.

Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan will continue to serve as executive producers for the second season. Their production company Fly on the Wall Entertainment will produce the season for CBS in association with Endemol Shine North America.

Air Schedule
The main television coverage of the second season will be screened on CBS during the winter of 2019. The season premiere is scheduled for January 21, 2019 with the season finale on February 13, 2019. CBS officially released their schedule on November 27, 2018 and later January 10, 2019.

House
The house will feature 94 high-definition cameras and over 113 microphones in order to monitor and record the contestants.

On January 15th, CBS released house pictures as hints around the different social media's for the show, Julie Chen, and executive producer Allison Grodner.

A house tour would be released later that day on Youtube.

Casting
Similar to the previous season, various fake lists were circulated around the internet. Some rumors turned out to be true.

It was initially rumored that Dina Lohan, mother of actress Lindsay Lohan would be competing after receiving a large sum. Days before the cast announcement, Natalie Eva Marie was leaked to participate after a video was shown on Twitter revealing producers asking her questions during her promo for the premiere episode. The following day, former Celebrity Big Brother 15 (UK) contestant and pop journalist Perez Hilton released an article stating that Joey Lawrence would be entering the house followed by other celebrities that participated in Dancing With The Stars, similar to the previous season. Finally Kato Kaelin would accidentally reveal himself as a houseguest on Twitter after stating starting January 12th, he would be off all social media.

Perez Hilton would go on to leak that musician Todrick Hall was asked to participate, but declined. In addition, he spoiled that Wilson Phillips singer, Carnie Wilson had initially signed to compete in the show, but had to back out a week prior due to health conditions.

The cast enter sequester on Saturday, January 12th and later enter the house on Tuesday, January 15th.

The cast would be revealed during a commercial break between the first and second quarter of the NFL Divisional Round playoff game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers. It was revealed that former White House communication's director Anthony Scaramucci was included in the cast after declining the season prior.

Julie Chen Hosting
The media speculated that Julie Chen Moonves might not continue hosting the series after her husband Les Moonves' departure from the CBS Corporation on September 9, 2018 because of multiple sexual misconduct allegations. Chen-Moonves has been the host of the American adaption of the format since the debut of Big Brother in the United States. She subsequently stepped down as a co-host of The Talk on September 18, 2018 while continuing to host season 20. CBS confirmed on November 27, 2018 that Chen-Moonves would host the second season of Celebrity Big Brother. She later confirmed her own involvement on Twitter and Instagram on January 10, 2018, almost a month after CBS announced that they were not giving Les a severance pay.