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By Bob Sassone Filed under: Industry, Programming, American Idol, Survivor, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Awards, EmmysThe Survivor producer is probably not the only person wondering that, but Burnett is getting a little more specific. Permalink | Email this | | Comments

By Bob Sassone Burnett doesn't think it's fair that you have someone like Jeff Probst, who hosts an unscripted (?) show like Survivor put up against people who host talent shows and game shows. Continue reading Mark Burnett wants to know why Howie ...

By Kona Gallagher Filed under: Other Reality Shows, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Celebrities, Project Runway, Dancing With The Stars, Hell's KitchenEverybody who watches reality shows, especially reality competition shows, does it: you wonder how well you would fare if put in the same situation. I rea...

By Brett Love Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, The Amazing Race, CSI, Survivor, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Reality-Free Continue reading The CBS fall premiere schedule Permalink | Email this | | Comments

By Bob Sassone I don't understand why viewers don't make this one of the top reality shows on television. I mean, if you love reality television, why don't you watch this show? Is it the time slot? Is it the fact that you have to figure things out on the show yourself? I think this is actually one of the most int...

By Isabelle Carreau Jeopardy!, which premiered in 1964, is one of the most successful and popular game show in U.S. TV history. Its challenging questions and format helped make it a household name. This is why we named our "Primetime game show requiring the most skill" category after it.

By Bob Sassone If you look at the Nielsen ratings each week, where you see shows like Survivor, NCIS, all of the CSIs, Two and a Half Men, 60 Minutes, Without A Trace, and Criminal Minds consistently in the top 20, this probably won't come as a surprise: CBS has won this year's May sweeps period.

By Allison Waldman Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Survivor, RatingsNow that the upfronts have been presented, it's time to start handicapping the ratings (although Jeff Zucker doesn't think Nielsens matter that much anymore). Nevertheless, some are looking at next fall's schedule an...

By Allison Waldman Returning: The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Rules of Engagement, The Unit, Cold Case, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, The Ghost Whisperer, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS, 60 Minutes, Without A Trace, Survivor, The Amazing Race

By Bob Sassone At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by the season finale of Survivor and the Survivor Live Reunion Show. ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos at 7, then new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters. NBC has the special America's Favorite Mo...

By Jackie Schnoop S15E03) Well, tonight's Survivor China certainly wasn't an exception to the rule. What rule, you might ask? I'm talking about the rule which necessitates either wet or muddy very physical challenges in direct correlation to the amount of clothing available to the female contestants. Th...

By Paul Goebel At one point Jonny "Fairplay" Dalton, best known for his unscrupulous gameplay on Survivor, came onstage and was immediately booed. With a smile on his face, Dalton asked the audience, "Are you guys really booing?" In what must have been an attempt to clear up Dalton's confusion, Danny Bo...

By Kristin Sample Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, American Idol, Survivor, Big Brother (US), Alumni, TV Squad ListsHere are seven people who used their reality TV notoriety to their advantage. They have found success in other TV genres, film, or entrepreneurial pursuits. Some just found more fam...

By Elizabeth Chan On Survivor: Fiji, contestant Yao-Man scored himself the coveted immunity idol which protects him from being voted off the island. He brings to the show a brand new strategy never seen before on the show. Perhaps he is enabled to come up with such a scheme because for the first time ever, Surv...

By Deidre Woollard When the tribes are divided up Lisi gets sent to Exile Island because she wasn't chosen by either tribe. When she isn't chosen she gets angry and mumbles something about wanting to go home. And when she finds out she has to go to Exile Island she gets seriously cranky. Jeff gives her a little ment...

By Brett Love According to TV Guide, Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe is trying to sell Fox on the concept. It's part of the planned songwriting competition. Lythgoe's idea is to narrow those entries down to ten songs and then bring in ten former Idol contestants to sing the songs on the show.

By Deidre Woollard Filed under: Reality, CBS, OpEd, Survivor(S13E13) We are down to it now. And the real question is how are they going to resolve the finale. With only one episode left and more players than we are used to seeing there definitely have to be additional tribal councils during the finale. This epis...