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Survivor

Stranded contestants compete for $1 million on the iconic and groundbreaking CBS reality show.

Aaron Meredith during the Survivor Island of the Idols episode 10 Tribal Council

Survivor players didn’t know what the producers’ meeting was about

November 23, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Survivor: Island of the Idols players Aaron and Missy both say they had no idea what the production meeting was about, even though it was a result of Kellee’s confessional about Dan.

Survivor: Island of the Idols logo

Jeff Probst’s insufficient apology and response, and more on Survivor’s failures from Kellee, Jamal, and Josh Wigler

November 21, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

In this story, two Jeff Probst responses, exit interviews with Kellee and Jamal, Josh Wigler’s exit from Survivor, but no recap. I’m done covering this season as entertainment, but will continue reporting on it.

Survivor host Jeff Probst on the Survivor: Island of the Idols Tribal Council set. He'll also host Survivor 40: Winners at War

Survivor fallout: responses from Kellee, Janet, Jamal, Probst; apologies from Aaron, Elizabeth, Missy

November 14, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Jeff Probst and Survivor: Island of the Idols cast members have responded to last night’s episode—which resulted in almost universally negative reaction.

Missy Byrd and Kellee Kim talk on the Survivor Island of the Idols merge episode

Survivor proves ‘there are always consequences for standing up’ in a bleak merge episode

November 14, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Survivor: Island of the Idols’ merge episode dealt directly with Dan’s unwanted touching and inappropriate behavior, and then started to gaslight us.

Jeff Probst on the premiere of Survivor Island of the Idols, standing next to a sign that reminds everyone what Survivor used to focus on.

Survivor season 40 will start earlier than usual

November 12, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Survivor: Winners at War will premiere in February, and have a two-hour premiere.

Kellee Kim on Survivor Island of the Idols episode 4

Survivor: a mid-confessional surprise, a discussion of sexism, a MeToo moment, and more

November 7, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Kellee started a conversation about sexism on Survivor and upended the game with her Island of the Idols immunity idol—and that was just the beginning.

The Tree on The Masked Singer episode 2 (left) and a statue that's supposed to look like Boston Rob Mariano (right), with Survivor Island of the Idols cast member Vince Moua walking in the foreground

Survivor has been CBS’s #1 show, even with Masked Singer beating it

November 6, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

How is Survivor doing competing directly against Fox’s Masked Singer? It’s losing—but it’s also become the highest-rated show on CBS among younger viewers this fall.

Rudy Boesch

Survivor’s Rudy Boesch has died at age 91

November 2, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Survivor Borneo and Survivor All Stars cast member Rudy Boesch died Friday. He had Alzheimer’s disease.

Jack Nichting during episode 5 of Survivor Island of the Idols, and Jamal Shipman during episode 4. In episode 6, they had a great conversation about race and privilege

Survivor: an honest, vulnerable discussion of race and privilege was just one part of an all-time-great episode

October 30, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The conversation between Jamal and Jack was not a tangent nor extraneous to Survivor’s game: this was the backbone that Survivor and CBS haven’t had for years.

We're in an Applebee's commercial? We thought we were on Survivor!

Survivor swaps tribes, and swaps Applebee’s for Rob and Sandra

October 24, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The tribes swapped, the Island of the Idols disappeared, and both reward challenges and product integration returned to Survivor.

Kellee Kim and Lauren Beck laughing the way everyone laughed at Noura Salman's attempt to lie about her Island of the Idols experience.

Survivor: Island of the Idols delivers one of the show’s best audience blindsides ever

October 17, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

A hilarious lie led to an unexpected moment, and that was before an actual blindside at Tribal Council.

Sandra and Rob on Survivor Island of the Idols episode three.

What a frustratingly stupid episode of Survivor: Island of the Idols

October 10, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

A visit to the Island of the Idols resulted in a comedic but dumb challenge, and also destroyed someone’s game. Meanwhile, a tribe completely ignored a stabbing.

Jeff Probst at Tribal Council on Survivor: Island of the Idols

CBS promos spoiled Survivor. Jeff Probst told fans to complain. Now it’s been ‘resolved.’

October 4, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

CBS spoiled Survivor, Jeff Probst reacted, and so did fans. Also: Why Survivor is now doing flash-forwards instead of a theme song or intro.

Molly Byman and Kellee Kim during Survivor: Island of the Idols episode 2, "YOLO: Let's play."

Survivor Island of the Idols lies, previews, promos, and insights into humanity

October 2, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

On Survivor Island of the Idols’ second episode, the editing pointed directly at an oncoming blindside, but that wasn’t as bad as spoiling the outcome of the immunity challenge, which a CBS promo did last week.

Elaine Stott and Elizabeth Beisel on Survivor: Island of the Idols episode 1

Survivor Island of the Idols’ premiere was so strong, it didn’t need the idols

September 26, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Rob and Sandra were on screen for almost one-fifth of the Survivor Island of the Idols premiere, though this strong cast proved their twist was unnecessary.

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