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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 Tuesday 11/26/19 at 1:24PM EST
Former Survivor contestant Silas Gaither arrested for alleged rape
Gaither, 41, who competed on Season 3 Survivor: Africa in 2001, was taken into custody on Monday in Tennessee in...
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Posted Tuesday 11/26/19 at 3:25AM EST
Ex-CBS reality executive behind Survivor and The Amazing Race sues over alleged race and age discrimination
Ghen Maynard, who developed reality shows for CBS including Survivor, Big Brother and The Amazing Race, was brought back as...
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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 Wednesday 11/20/19 at 1:02PM EST
Survivor's Jamal Shipman on the inappropriate touching controversy: "The consequences for a player asking for production to get involved are monumental"
"This was such a messy, messy situation.
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Survivor's Kellee Kim: I wasn't given a head's up on producers' inappropriate touching warning
Kim told EW via email she first learned that fellow contestant Dan Spilo was given an official warning for repeatedly...
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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 Friday 11/15/19 at 10:08AM EST
Two more Survivor contestants apologize amid sexual harassment fallout
Elizabeth Beisel and Missy Byrd tweeted written apologies for using Dan Spilo’s inappropriate touching and encroaching of Kellee Kim's personal...
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Posted Thursday 11/14/19 at 7:32PM EST
This week's Survivor was a microcosm of the real world -- in the most negative sense possible
"This season, there’s been open-minded discussions about culture, race, and gender," says Jodi Walker.
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Posted Thursday 11/14/19 at 2:16PM EST
Survivor should've responded to the inappropriate touching controversy by removing Dan Spilo from the game
Survivor cameras showed Dan Spilo repeatedly touching women's bodies, which led to him getting an official warning after contestant Kellee...
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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.