There’s good and bad news from Fiji about season 41. Also: Jeff Probst seems tired of trying “really hard to try to reinvent the show every single” season. I have an idea!
Stranded contestants compete for $1 million on the iconic and groundbreaking CBS reality show.
The Survivor episode that led to a lawsuit claiming the show was rigged
“Quest for Food,” episode 3 of Survivor Borneo, focuses mostly on the tribes’ attempts to find things to eat, but it’s what happened off-camera that led Stacey Stillman to sue.
Survivor Borneo’s ‘Generation Gap’ manifests in two very different ways
My summer re-watch of Survivor Borneo continues with an episode that includes Rudy connecting with Rich, and B.B. alienating himself from his tribe.
Survivor Borneo: revisiting Survivor’s first season, 20 years later
Survivor: Borneo premiered 20 years ago. I’m going to spend the summer rewatching and doing what I didn’t do back in 2000: writing recaps analyzing the reality show that changed everything.
Labor of Love: Marcus Lehman on how Survivor prepared him for dating reality TV
Survivor Gabon cast member Marcus Lehman is one of the men former Bachelor contestant Kirsty Katzmann is choosing from on Fox’s new dating reality show Labor of Love. I interviewed him about his experience.
A bonus Survivor: Winners at War episode, and 3 other recommendations
Four reality TV recommendations from the past week, including Survivor: Winners at War’s Ponderosa videos, plus a special episode of Hollywood Game Night and last week’s Celebrity Drag Race.
Survivor Winners at War: a great finale, but not the greatest season
Survivor: Winners at War’s emotional and dramatic finale ended with a deserving winner (and final three), and closed a chapter in the show’s early history.
Survivor: 7 of the best things about 40 seasons of outstanding TV
Survivor is still one of the best shows on television, scripted or unscripted. Here are seven reasons—and in-depth stories—that explain why.
CBS or Netflix: please bring Australian Survivor to the U.S. this year
It’s time for American Survivor fans to finally have legal access to other versions of the show we’ve loved for 20 years. Instead of missing Survivor, let’s see what we’ve been missing.
Survivor: Will the ‘100 percent together’ alliance be the final three?
Survivor: Winners at War’s penultimate episode was pretty padded, despite having two Tribal Councils, an Edge challenge, and several extended recaps and previews.
15 of Survivor’s highest highs and lowest lows
Over Survivor’s 20 years and 40 seasons, the CBS show has provided an incredible amount of joyous, surprising entertainment—and shown us outrageous behavior and regrettable choices.
Why are voted-out Survivor winners playing harder than those in the game?
Faced with challenges, one group of Survivor winners gave up, and the other pushed through. It was a disappointing turn of events.
21 burning Survivor questions, answered
Answers to questions about various aspects of Survivor, from its rules to its production, visiting its original location to attending the reunion.
Survivor becomes The Tony Vlachos show, for better and worse
A roller coaster of Tony took us on a wild ride, and made it easy to forget one of the worst ideas to make its way into Survivor.
Survivor behind the scenes: 13 facts and secrets
13 deep dives into how Survivor works behind the scenes, from casting to The theme song, the rule book to Jeff Probst’s shirts.