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
Survivor season 40—the spring 2020, 20th anniversary season, which is titled Survivor: Winners at War—will feature 20 Survivor winners competing for $2 million.
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: 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.
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.
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 winners’ war paused for family visits, then fast-forwards into an insane Tribal Council
Survivor spent half of its episode on a super-sized loved ones visit, leaving a lot of game play—and advantage playing—for the very end of the episode.
Amazing Race 32 will finally air, after Survivor 40’s finale and virtual reunion
CBS has finally announced a premiere date for a season of The Amazing Race filmed in 2018, and also announced a date for Survivor: Winners at War’s finale, which will be very different this year.
Survivor’s ‘most chaotic day ever’ ends with one of Survivor’s funniest moments ever
There was high comedy at Tribal Council, and a lot of chaos. Plus: an actual reward challenge! With fortune cookies!
Why were Survivor winners warned to stop talking about Survivor?
Survivor has told Survivor: Winners at War contestants to not talk about anything that isn’t shown on screen. What are they trying to protect or hide?
Survivor winners merge and one voted-out player returns
As far as Survivor merge episodes go, Survivor: Winners at War’s merge was relatively uneventful, even with a challenge bringing back a player from the Edge.
Sandra didn’t quit Survivor. Stop saying she did.
Even Jeff Probst is defending Sandra, saying, “I don’t think it changes her legacy in any way. Sandra is a legend.”
The Survivor queen has one final power move before the last pre-merge vote
Survivor: Winners at War had its final pre-merge episode, with one more person sent to the Edge of Extinction—where the newest resident, Sandra, did something no one else has done.
Brutal, brilliant backstabs at Survivor’s two Tribal Councils
“Somebody’s going to get backstabbed and screwed over,” Nick said early on in Survivor: Winners at War’s sixth episode, and twice, his words turned out to be an understatement.
Survivor: Winners at War’s tribe swap created new alliances and brought up bad memories
Two tribes became three as Survivor Winners at War’s players realigned and reconnected—in one case, with past romantic partners.
Survivor and Ethan Zohn made me (briefly, temporarily) love the Edge of Extinction
For once, Survivor: Winners at War justified the amount of time it spent on the Edge of Extinction. Meanwhile, a tribe actually voted out a major threat!