Last season was an example of everything that’s great about Survivor: the right kind of returnees; strong casting; and smart challenges, game play, and social strategy. Survivor Caramoan‘s fifth episode last night was the culmination of everything that has been wrong with Survivor in recent years, all magnified and held up into the light so …
Survivor Caramoan
Survivor will broadcast the conclusion to its spring finale from Los Angeles, instead of the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City, which is typically the spring season’s live reunion home. It will be broadcast May 12, one week after the two-hour Amazing Race finale. CBS didn’t announce a reason for the change, but just …
For most of last night’s Survivor, I felt like I was watching the same episode we saw last week. And the week before. The same people got attention; the same tribe lost. Those who left offered a glimmer of hope, and the preview for next week dashed it: this is a season designed to be …
Last night’s Survivor was one of the most grating episodes I can remember, and even worse, its obnoxiousness quotient remained unchanged after Tribal Council. There was just very little pleasantness, and worse, the unpleasantness was the exact same thing we’ve seen for two weeks now: Reynold acting like an entitled, pompous ass, telling the rest …
While last season of Survivor was an excellent example of how seasons featuring returnees can work well, last night’s episode of Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites II: The Return of Malcolm was an excellent example of the potential problems. Despite this being an episode with just one challenge, there was very little character development from …
The returning, alleged “favorites” on Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites didn’t draw people back to the series: the show had its lowest-rated premiere ever last night. It was crushed by American Idol‘s shitty beginning of its second (we need two, really?) Hollywood week. Fox had 13.37 million viewers over two hours and a 4.3 rating …
Despite the hype of returning players and rabid fans ready to take them on, what stood out most on Survivor Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites‘ season premiere was craft: The CBS series is flawlessly produced. In the past few years, even though budget cuts have forced the show to stay in a single location, those who …