While Big Brother Season 26 was streaming on Paramount Plus on Monday, July 22, several viewers experienced issues with the streaming service and reported it on social media. This has made people wonder if Paramount Plus is down.
Here is what we have learned on whether the streaming service is not working or if it has been fixed by now.
Is Paramount Plus down and not working?
On July 22, multiple social media users reported that they were having issues with Paramount Plus when a Big Brother Season 26 episode was streaming.
An X user, with the handle @Epers, posted, “Looks like @paramountplus is down. AGAIN. How is one streaming service this consistently shit? Never any problems [with] any other service but Paramount Plus is garbage all the time.”
@SarahJPrimo wondered if others are facing a similar issue with the streaming service. “Anyone else’s Paramount Plus just crash and not coming back up? #BB26,” their post read.
Several fans of Big Brother admitted that they opened X to confirm that it was happening to a wider group of people. “I came to Twitter to see if I was going crazy or not. Mine won’t load on my TV or phone,” @alyshaelmore wrote.
“Can’t even remove the app and reinstall… no option for it,” wrote @AmplitudeUSA.
While the streaming service was not working, an image of Spongebob Squarepants appeared on the screen for several viewers. On X, @AllThatDavin asked, “Is @paramountplus just a frozen image of SpongeBob for anyone else?”
However, by all indications, Paramount Plus seems to be working now. There hasn’t been any new report of the platform not working on social media in the last few hours.
What happened to Paramount Plus during the Big Brother 26 episode?
Paramount Plus hasn’t released an official statement about what really happened to the platform while Big Brother 26 was streaming, but given that thousands of people reported the issue on social media, the issue was likely a major one.
Several viewers received an automated response from the platform’s official customer support handle. However, details about what exactly happened remain unclear.
