Rich Meehan and Allison Grodner address possibly altering the longstanding element of the game.
Then, starting on season 16, the Head of Household would pick people to be Have-Nots.
Why did Have-Nots stop being a point of emphasis on the show?

Angela Murray on ‘Big Brother’ season 26.CBS
We asked executive producers Rich Meehan and Allison Grodner exactly that.
We talk about it every season, Meehan tellsEntertainment Weekly.
We always say, Oh, do we need it?

‘Big Brother’ 26 Have Not room.Monty Brinton/CBS
notes Grodner of keeping the Have-Nots element of the game.
And then something like that happens.
We do it when appropriate, Meehan says.

‘Big Brother’ season 26 cast photo.CBS
But we have talked about: Is there a new take?
I just don’t know.
In the end, it always comes down to choices and having to pick one thing over the other.
Will there be time to service stories about food currently in the way that they play the game?
Meehan wonders out loud.
It’s just so active.
It’s hard to find the time.
The stakes weren’t really that high, Meehan concedes.
And our goal is: We don’t want challenges that you just want to fast forward through.
With that in mind, maybe its time to change the twist to Charcuterie/Not-Charcuterie.