"Survivor" (2000) TV series 2000-????

Creator:

Charlie Parsons

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19

Release Date:

31 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Reality-TV | Game-Show

Tagline:

39 days... 16 people... ONE... Survivor!

Plot:

A competition/reality show where a group of contestants are stranded in a remote location with little more than the clothes on their back. The contestants start off divided into two teams that compete against each other, with the losing team forced to vote a member off; when the numbers are reduced to 10 contestants, the teams merge and it's everyone for him- or herself. The lone survivor of this process takes home a million dollars.

Plot Keywords:

Team | Island | Beach | Africa | Voting

Awards:

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 19 wins & 53 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 19

8:00 PM

CBS

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Cast

Jeff Probst

...

Himself - Host (287 episodes, 2000-2009)

Also Known As:

Survivor: Africa (USA) (third season title)
Survivor: All-Stars (USA) (eighth season title)
Survivor: Borneo (USA) (first season title)
Survivor: China (USA) (fifteenth season title)
Survivor: Cook Islands (USA) (thirteenth season title)
Survivor: Fiji (USA) (fourteenth season title)
Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden (USA) (seventeenth season title)
Survivor: Guatemala - The Maya Empire (USA) (eleventh season title)
Survivor: Marquesas (USA) (fourth season title)
Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites (USA) (sixteenth season title)
Survivor: Palau (USA) (tenth season title)
Survivor: Panama - Exile Island (USA) (twelfth season title)
Survivor: Pearl Islands (USA) (seventh season title)
Survivor: Samoa (USA) (nineteenth season title)
Survivor: Thailand (USA) (fifth season title)
Survivor: The Amazon (USA) (sixth season title)
Survivor: The Australian Outback (USA) (second season title)
Survivor: Tocantins - The Brazilian Highlands (USA) (eighteenth season title)
Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire (USA) (ninth season title)

Runtime:

60 min | 60 min (13 episodes) | 60 min (16 episodes) | 60 min (including commercials) | Norway:50 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG | Australia:G (some episodes) | Malaysia:U | Norway:A (TV rating)

Company:

Mark Burnett Productions

Trivia:

Mark Burnett wanted the Tribal Council to feel like it was a ritual that had been going on for thousands of years. However, some small features of the Tribal Council ceremony disappeared after the first season. The gong that the Survivors would ring upon entering or exiting the Tribal Council area was canned because it was, in the words of host 'Jeff Probst (I)', "corny." The first Tribal Council set also featured a treasure chest full of fake dollar bills. In one of the early episodes of season 1, the Survivors passed around a conch shell and took turns talking. The person holding the shell would be the one speaking, and when he or she was done, he or she would pass the shell to the next person. Probst disapproved of this method of moderating Tribal Council because he felt that he didn't have anything to do other than sit and listen, and the conch shell was never seen again after this episode.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Helter Shelter (#14.5)" (2002)

Awesome!

CBS hit it big with this show. "Survivor" was the best show of Summer 2000, probably the best show of 2000 all together. It was all anyone was talking about. I never missed an episode and each week was amazing! There were twists and turn at every end, you had no idea who was going to get voted off or win the million! The show is so great, from the games, to the interviews, to the voting, which was always the best! An amazing show that will go down in television history! I can't wait for Survivor II.