James Garner: “I’d have killed them all.” The actor says he couldn’t have handled being on Survivor, but his “Space Cowboys” co-star, Clint Eastwood, says “I could survive all right.”

Gervase: rumor was “great, because everybody believed it.” Gervase talks about the rumor/spoiler that he was the winner. And the new Jeep he’s been driving around in? A rumor too. Also in the interview, he says that the producers “have it about 90 percent accurate” with their editing of the events on the island. + …

“Survivor whips GOP”; Big Brother overshadows American High. Wednesday night’s Survivor drew an all-time high of more than 27 million viewers, easily beating the other three networks, which were showing the Republican National Convention. American High‘s 4.24 million viewers was easily trounced by Big Brother‘s 17.44 million viewers, making the decision to put the new …

“American High is to [other reality TV shows] as a zoo is to a wildlife preserve.” Feed’s Lisa Levy praises American High for showing kids–“pimples and all”–in an enlightening, non-sensational way.

George W. Bush’s brother knows B.B. An interview with CBS turned into a conversation about Survivor, and during it, Marvin Bush revealed he is “a big … fan” and that he once met B.B. at a Republican convention.

Swedish Survivor creator: reality TV will “eat itself up.” The creator of the Swedish show that inspired Survivor was threatened and called a “facist” after the show debuted there, but her 1997 idea has now become a worldwide phenomenon.

Big Brother camera operator: as boring as the houseguests. Christopher Lowe, one of the behind-the-glass camera operators, offers his thoughts about the show, and they aren’t much more interesting than what happens on the other side of the glass.