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.
Stranded contestants compete for $1 million on the iconic and groundbreaking CBS reality show.
Jeff Probst’s insufficient apology and response, and more on Survivor’s failures from Kellee, Jamal, and Josh Wigler
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 fallout: responses from Kellee, Janet, Jamal, Probst; apologies from Aaron, Elizabeth, Missy
Jeff Probst and Survivor: Island of the Idols cast members have responded to last night’s episode—which resulted in almost universally negative reaction.
Survivor proves ‘there are always consequences for standing up’ in a bleak merge episode
Survivor: Island of the Idols’ merge episode dealt directly with Dan’s unwanted touching and inappropriate behavior, and then started to gaslight us.
Survivor season 40 will start earlier than usual
Survivor: Winners at War will premiere in February, and have a two-hour premiere.
Survivor: a mid-confessional surprise, a discussion of sexism, a MeToo moment, and more
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.
Survivor has been CBS’s #1 show, even with Masked Singer beating it
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.
Survivor’s Rudy Boesch has died at age 91
Survivor Borneo and Survivor All Stars cast member Rudy Boesch died Friday. He had Alzheimer’s disease.
Survivor: an honest, vulnerable discussion of race and privilege was just one part of an all-time-great episode
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.
Survivor swaps tribes, and swaps Applebee’s for Rob and Sandra
The tribes swapped, the Island of the Idols disappeared, and both reward challenges and product integration returned to Survivor.
Survivor: Island of the Idols delivers one of the show’s best audience blindsides ever
A hilarious lie led to an unexpected moment, and that was before an actual blindside at Tribal Council.
What a frustratingly stupid episode of Survivor: Island of the Idols
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.
CBS promos spoiled Survivor. Jeff Probst told fans to complain. Now it’s been ‘resolved.’
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.
Survivor Island of the Idols lies, previews, promos, and insights into humanity
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.
Survivor Island of the Idols’ premiere was so strong, it didn’t need the idols
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.