If you watch CBS’ new sitcom The Millers tonight, you’ll notice a familiar name in the credits: Survivor Caramoan winner John Cochran, credited as a writer. How did a two-time contestant go from Harvard Law to such a coveted job in Hollywood? It’s because the show’s creator, Greg Garcia, was watching the Survivor reunion. That’s …
One of the few strong episodes from Survivor Caramoan is the episode CBS is submitting for Emmy consideration for the show: “Zipping Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” That’s the episode that features Brenda’s fishing expedition for Dawn’s teeth–and the exit of Phillip Shephard. In my recap, I said the episode was “nearly perfect,” and in a …
Lingering stories and information about Survivor Caramoan: This season was the 29th most-popular TV show among people 18 to 49–just behind The Amazing Race, and well behind #18, Survivor Philippines. John Cochran, this season’s winner, has been hired to write for CBS’ new sitcom The Millers, which stars Will Arnett and Margo Martindale. He’ll also …
In the aftermath of the Survivor Caramaon reunion drama, with the eight pre-merge contestants being excluded, there’s been a lot of conversation about whether that improved or weakened the reunion. Jeff Probst was defensive in his explanation, offering a weak excuse and saying their goal is “to produce the best reunion show we can.” While …
Survivor‘s reunion ignored every contestant who didn’t make the jury, and that will probably be the case for future reunions, too, giving the show more time for host Jeff Probst to talk to random audience members and fawn over his bros. But they weren’t excluded for creative reasons; instead, it was because there wasn’t enough …
John Cochran won Survivor with 100 percent of the jury’s vote, only the third time that has happened in the show’s history. So what happens to the second-place $100,000 prize? Do both Dawn Meehan and Sherri Biethman get it, or will they split it? Actually, Dawn and Sherri will split the combined total of the …
Survivor Caramoan was a shit sundae: Several scoops of feces covered with enough whipped pleasantness to make us forget what we were eating, topped with a maraschino cherry of a reunion that didn’t even resemble the real thing. Yes, the last few weeks were very entertaining, but that doesn’t forgive what came first. The season …