Celebrity Survivor

CBS announced Beyond the Edge and its celebrity cast. The competition will not, alas, be the long-awaited celebrity version of Survivor.

The season ended with a strong winner and some additional surprises, including Survivor confronting some of its problems during the final Tribal Council and live reunion.

Actor Neil Patrick Harris is in for a celebrity season of Survivor, and now Jeff Probst is actively challenging other celebrities to sign on, convinced that CBS will say yes if they can assemble a strong cast. (I think a celebrity season is a great idea.) Probst floated this idea a year ago, though then …

Jeff Probst appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, and floated the idea of a week-long celebrity edition of Survivor, and it sounded like a concept he wasn’t just making up while he talked. And he’s now actively soliciting ideas and recruiting celebrities, including Neil Patrick Harris and Ryan Seacrest. Last night, Jimmy …

During a conference call with reporters last week, Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett answered a question about a possible celebrity Survivor by saying he’d consider it. He should, because it’s a fantastic idea, and a way to stop having to bring back previous contestants once a year or otherwise manufacture a twist. Here’s what Burnett …