Survivor Season 48 -David was just joking with his season long death stares! (4 Viewers)

[Yambag]

As a lifelong fan, this cast sucks. They had a year to pull together what was supposed to be a celebration of 50 seasons and we get 5 players from 48/49 and the usual suspects in Cirie, Ozzy, etc. What stings more is they actually cut people who wanted to play and that fans wanted to see such as Rob C, Jerri, Neleh, Malcom, Penner and so on. Ridiculous. As many have already said, it was too long in between returning seasons, but one solution would have been New Era All-Stars for 49 and Legends for 50.

Looks like Rob C is getting the "consolation prize" of Traitors Season 4.

Saw this yesterday as well. Very happy for him, shorter commitment, better pay day and I bet they have no gripe about him podcasting about it when the season airs. Suck it Probst.

 

[FarFromHome]

Rumors are 50 might be Jeff's last run. Hopefully it's rumors. As a long time Survivor fan who rewatchs past seasons, I don't know how I'd feel with a new host. Dudes been a rock and a staple of the show. Outside the 5 minute rant on why they are getting rid of "bring it in guys" he has been awesome.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Rumors are 50 might be Jeff's last run. Hopefully it's rumors. As a long time Survivor fan who rewatchs past seasons, I don't know how I'd feel with a new host. Dudes been a rock and a staple of the show. Outside the 5 minute rant on why they are getting rid of "bring it in guys" he has been awesome.

I love what he has brought to the show since almost day 1. Fantastic host.

For the "bring it in guys" issue, I had no problems with having the discussion with the group, it fit the theme of the season. But once the entire group decided it was not an issue, it should have been dropped and used as an example of making sure every one is heard and respecting decisions.

I can't get past the fact that it felt VERY much like one of the producers forced one of the contestants to change their mind the next day so that they could continue their theme. If Jeff was involved in that (if it even happened), that would have been one of his lowest moments for me.

 

[Yambag]

Rumors are 50 might be Jeff's last run. Hopefully it's rumors. As a long time Survivor fan who rewatchs past seasons, I don't know how I'd feel with a new host. Dudes been a rock and a staple of the show. Outside the 5 minute rant on why they are getting rid of "bring it in guys" he has been awesome.

Jeff is Survivor, however, imo, the show has dipped in many areas since he became executive producer. I loved when different locations were used and incorporated into the show, now it's rinse and repeat in Fiji due to financial incentives and ease of use. I appreciate the change in casting regarding diversity, but on the other side, rarely do we get anyone over 45-50 and player backgrounds are not as diverse as in the past. It's also been rinse and repeat with challenges which, to me are so boring now. Go check out AU Survivor for some creative and fun challenges. Lastly, he seems to just ignore the fans and continues to add in not well thought out gimmicks, twists and changes that are not really necessary. It has strayed so far from what it was in the beginning and I feel that is due to Probst. I'm a huge fan and watch it with my kids, but have been struggling with the last few seasons and feel it needs new leadership to refocus or else it will just continue to be the same old same old.

 

[Runkle]

Probst sucks.

He refuses to listen to ideas that would make the show better and he's too set in forcing his own personality into the casting. He only casts his friends. He's the one making the show too soft to really be "Survivor".

I'll be glad if he goes and some new blood comes in.

I've always thought the host of Australian Survivor, Jonathan LaPaglia, would be good on the US version. CBS even has a connection to him as his brother was on the network for years on Without A Trace so he seems like a "familiar face".

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Probst is a great host and a middling executive producer/showrunner. It's obvious he surrounds himself with yes-men and -women and doesn't take ideas from elsewhere unless it's one of his celebrity friends. (We have Mike White to thank for killing Redemption Island and fire tokens.)

I do think the philosophy of always adding elements to the game to keep things new for the viewers and unexpected for the players is a good one. It's just poorly implemented too often. I would not be interested in watching a rehash of seasons 1-10 where there were no idols or advantages.

I don't blame him for the permanent location in Fiji or the permanent move to 26 days -- those are cost-cutting decisions mandated by CBS.

I do blame him for believing -- and he has said this on his podcast repeatedly -- that more than anything else Survivor is "an adventure show for kids." This is why I think The Traitors is a better show right now -- adults who like social strategy games, and some messy personalities sometimes, like me, are the target audience.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Probst sucks.

He refuses to listen to ideas that would make the show better and he's too set in forcing his own personality into the casting. He only casts his friends. He's the one making the show too soft to really be "Survivor".

I'll be glad if he goes and some new blood comes in.

I've always thought the host of Australian Survivor, Jonathan LaPaglia, would be good on the US version. CBS even has a connection to him as his brother was on the network for years on Without A Trace so he seems like a "familiar face".

Jonathan himself did a guest spot on NCIS back in the day.

 

[Yambag]

Probst is a great host and a middling executive producer/showrunner. It's obvious he surrounds himself with yes-men and -women and doesn't take ideas from elsewhere unless it's one of his celebrity friends. (We have Mike White to thank for killing Redemption Island and fire tokens.)

I do think the philosophy of always adding elements to the game to keep things new for the viewers and unexpected for the players is a good one. It's just poorly implemented too often. I would not be interested in watching a rehash of seasons 1-10 where there were no idols or advantages.

I don't blame him for the permanent location in Fiji or the permanent move to 26 days -- those are cost-cutting decisions mandated by CBS.

I do blame him for believing -- and he has said this on his podcast repeatedly -- that more than anything else Survivor is "an adventure show for kids." This is why I think The Traitors is a better show right now -- adults who like social strategy games, and some messy personalities sometimes, like me, are the target audience.

Agree wholeheartedly. I believe if Traitors continues to be strong and maybe even goes to 2 seasons a year, it will overtake Survivor as the top reality series on TV. I am already looking forward to the next season more than the next season of newbies on Survivor.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Probst is a great host and a middling executive producer/showrunner. It's obvious he surrounds himself with yes-men and -women and doesn't take ideas from elsewhere unless it's one of his celebrity friends. (We have Mike White to thank for killing Redemption Island and fire tokens.)

I do think the philosophy of always adding elements to the game to keep things new for the viewers and unexpected for the players is a good one. It's just poorly implemented too often. I would not be interested in watching a rehash of seasons 1-10 where there were no idols or advantages.

I don't blame him for the permanent location in Fiji or the permanent move to 26 days -- those are cost-cutting decisions mandated by CBS.

I do blame him for believing -- and he has said this on his podcast repeatedly -- that more than anything else Survivor is "an adventure show for kids." This is why I think The Traitors is a better show right now -- adults who like social strategy games, and some messy personalities sometimes, like me, are the target audience.

Agree wholeheartedly. I believe if Traitors continues to be strong and maybe even goes to 2 seasons a year, it will overtake Survivor as the top reality series on TV. I am already looking forward to the next season more than the next season of newbies on Survivor.

Traitors UK has gone to two seasons a year, one normies and one celebrities. It would be logical for Traitors US to do the same, but Alan Cumming presumably has more scheduling conflicts than Claudia Winkelman does.