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Posted Friday 12/20/19 at 2:46AM EST
It's "frankly ridiculous" that CBS waited until now to implement Survivor sexual harassment rules
"These new policies are good and useful ones, but they’re also astonishingly overdue," says Caroline Framke of the new guidelines...
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Survivor Kellee Kim made CBS guarantee she could speak freely at reunion; Jeff Probst apologizes
For the first time, CBS pre-taped the usually live Survivor reunion show hours before Wednesday's Island of the Idols finale,...
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CBS adds new new guidelines to address Survivor's "unprecedented" sexual harassment controversy
The network released a lengthy statement Tuesday night in response to the Dan Spilo inappropriate touching controversy, saying: "We recognize...
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Posted Saturday 12/14/19 at 1:25AM EST
Survivor's inappropriate touching controversy showed that Jeff Probst cares more about the story than about contestants
"The way Probst has repeatedly framed what happened this season illustrates his priority: story first, with real people whose real...
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Posted Thursday 12/12/19 at 4:14PM EST
Survivor may be permanently broken following Dan Spilo's inappropriate touching scandal
Survivor as a game and show looks broken following Spilo's ejection on last night's episode, says Daniel Fienberg.
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Survivor makes Dan Spilo the first-ever ejected contestant after he allegedly touched a crew member
Wednesday's Survivor: Island of the Idols episode ended with a title card saying, "Dan was removed from the game after...
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Posted Friday 11/22/19 at 3:19AM EST
Survivor glossing over its sexual harassment controversy isn’t just astonishing, it’s downright insulting
Watching this week's episode, "you’d never know that the show’s currently muscling its way through one of the biggest, ugliest...
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Posted Thursday 11/21/19 at 1:09PM EST
Jeff Probst says Survivor is "trying to learn" from last week's sexual misconduct controversy
"It’s an unprecedented and unfortunate situation that is still very raw for a lot of the players and fans," Probst...
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Posted Saturday 11/16/19 at 4:20AM EST
Survivor protected the game rather than its players in handling its "#MeToo moment"
"Over the past three weeks, Survivor’s 39th season has leaned into its place in contemporary discourses surrounding race and gender,...
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Posted Thursday 11/14/19 at 4:20AM EST
Survivor wades into #MeToo, breaking the fourth wall as a contestant and Hollywood talent manager is warned for inappropriate touching
Survivor's official Twitter account announced it wouldn't live-tweet Wednesday's episode because it tackled a "serious topic.
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Survivor's Surprisingly Nuanced Pivot Into Social Issues
Jeff Probst has long touted Survivor as a "social experiment.
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Posted Thursday 10/31/19 at 1:47PM EDT
Survivor surprisingly offered an honest discussion of race and privilege
Last season, Survivor was criticized after contestant Julia Carter alleged that the show completley ignored the casual use of the...
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Posted Thursday 10/10/19 at 1:31PM EDT
Jeff Probst explains why Survivor has its most ethnically diverse cast in years
"The truth is, by design, we always want the cast to be as diverse as possible," says Probst.
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Posted Friday 10/04/19 at 1:18PM EDT
Jeff Probst: CBS' spoilery Survivor promos problem has been resolved
"Well, it certainly wasn’t my most gracious moment :)," the Survivor host tweeted of calling out his own network, "but...
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Jeff Probst: Even I'm frustrated with CBS' spoilery Survivor promos
For the second week in a row, CBS aired promos featuring massive spoilers for Survivor: Island of the Idols.