‘Big Brother’ is back — and closing in on 1,000 episodes

(KREX) — The house is open. The alliances are already forming. And somewhere, someone is about to make the first terrible decision of the summer.

Welcome to Season 28 of Big Brother.

But this isn’t just another summer of backdoors, blindsides and house meetings. This season, the reality TV giant is about to pull off something unheard of in primetime television: 1,000 episodes. Even Julie Chen Moonves still has a hard time wrapping her head around it.

“Season one — midseason — they almost cancelled us. There was chatter,” she told us.

Ahead of the season’s first live eviction, Julie Chen Moonves sat down with us to reflect on the show’s historic milestone, weigh in on Season 28’s instant showmance and even reveal what she thinks would make the ultimate Big Brother drinking game. Watch the full interview above.