Survivor

A large number of people compete in a deserted paradise to outfox each other and win $1 million in this classic reality show.
Survivor will return in 2012.

Wednesdays, 8 PM ET, CBS

Current Season: 24 - Total Episodes: 60
Highest Rated: Ep 8, Season 23

C+

“Perception Is Not Always Reality”

by Carrie Raisler May 13, 2012 -

Survivor crowns the winner of an ultimately disappointing season.

“It’s Human Nature”

by Carrie Raisler May 9, 2012 -

Tarzan finally decides to do some old-fashioned Survivor scheming, but is it too late?

B+

“It’s Gonna Be Chaos”

by Carrie Raisler May 2, 2012 -

Everyone loves a blindside. Well, almost everyone.

B+

“Never Say Die”

by Scott Von Doviak April 25, 2012 -

The Survivors are outwitted by a pig.

Ep. 14, Season 24
“Perception Is Not Always Reality”
Ep. 13, Season 24
“It’s Human Nature”
Ep. 12, Season 24
“It’s Gonna Be Chaos”
Ep. 11, Season 24
“Never Say Die”

Features Reviews

Season

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“Crack In The Alliance”
Episode 10

Everyone’s obsessed with Gervase’s personal life.
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“Thy Name Is Duplicity”
Episode 8

Is Greg really a psycho, or a victim of unfair editing?
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"A Slippery Little Sucker"
Episode 13

Prior to the penultimate tribal council, Amanda raised the key question that plagues Survivor contestants every year:...
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A-
"Hello, I'm Still A Person!" (plus Amazing Race)
Episode 12

First off: Did Courtney get 12 arrows from her fellow castaways in the vote-for-your-favorite reward challenge because...
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B+
"Going For The Oscar" (plus Amazing Race)
Episode 11

I'm going to keep it short this week, because we're down to the wire and there's not much to say that hasn't been...
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B-
"Ready To Bite The Apple" (plus Amazing Race)
Episode 10

So did anybody else watch the recap show last week? Even though I didn't blog it, I'm a sucker for unaired footage, so I...
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B+
"Just Don't Eat The Apple" (plus Amazing Race)
Episode 9

Having spent much of last night listening to Jeff Probst's commentary track on his 2001 directorial debut Finder's...
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B+
"High School Friend Contest" (plus bonus Amazing Race notes)
Episode 8

Welcome to The Blog That Lived. As part of the TV Club mid-season reshuffle, I'm dropping two of the three reality shows I...
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B
"I'm Not As Dumb As I Look"
Episode 7

Ladies and gentlemen, you can officially shut down reality programming in perpetuity: We may have unearthed the most hateful...
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B
"That's Love Baby! It Makes You Strong!"
Episode 6

Some of you complained that last week's tribe-switch came too soon in the game, and sent home a strong player unnecessarily....
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B+
"Love Is The Air"
Episode 5

In one of the best moments of the otherwise weak-ass previous season of Survivor, Jeff Probst ordered a randomly...
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A-
"Ride The Workhorse 'Till The Tail Falls Off"
Episode 4

I tried forever to come up with a good testy/testes joke to lead off this week's blog, but nothing quite worked. (Closest:...
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B
"I Lost Two Hands And Possibly A Shoulder!"
Episode 3

Is it me, or is the fightin'-est season of Survivor yet? For the second straight week, the reward challenge...
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B+
"My Mom Is Going To Kill Me!"
Episode 2

Are you a fan of digitally obscured nudity? Then man, Survivor is the show for you. During this week's reward...
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B
"A Chicken's A Little Bit Smarter"
Episode 1

It's hard to know what to say about the first episode of any new season of Survivor. There are always too many contestants in the early...
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B

“Anything Could Happen”
Episode 14

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B+

"What About Me?"/"Reunion"
Episode 14, 15

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B

"Seems Like A No-Brainer"/"Reunion"
Episode 14

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A-
"Too Close For Comfort"
Episode 13

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B
"You Mangled My Nets"
Episode 12

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B
"A Mysterious Package"
Episode 11

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B
"Rice Wars"
Episode 10

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B+
"The Buddy System"
Episode 9

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B-
"This Game Respects Big Moves"
Episode 8

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A-
"It Don't Take A Smart One"
Episode 7

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B
"Their Red-Headed Stepchild"
Episode 6

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B
"We Hate Our Tribe"
Episode 5

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C+
"Don't You Work For Me?"
Episode 4

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B
"Keep Hope Alive"
Episode 3

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B
"You Own My Vote"
Episode 2

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B-
"You're Looking At The New Leader Of Your Tribe"
Episode 1

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B+

“Loyalties Will Be Broken”
Episode 14

It's a good finale of Survivor. Too bad the season preceding it was so bland.
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B+
“Then There Were Five”
Episode 13

Doesn't God have better things to care about than who wins Survivor?
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B
“Ticking Time Bomb”
Episode 12

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C+
“A Closer Look”
Episode 11

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“Cult Like”
Episode 11

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B-
“Running The Show”
Episode 10

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B-
“Cut Throat”
Episode 9

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B-
“Double Agent”
Episode 8

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A
“Trojan Horse”
Episode 7

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B+
“Free Agent”
Episode 6

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B+
“Taste The Victory”
Episode 5

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B-
“Survivalism”
Episode 4

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B
“Reap What You Sow”
Episode 3

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B
“He Has Demons”
Episode 2

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B+
“I Need Redemption”
Episode 1

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B

“Perception Is Not Always Reality”
Episode 14

Survivor crowns the winner of an ultimately disappointing season.
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C+
“It’s Human Nature”
Episode 13

Tarzan finally decides to do some old-fashioned Survivor scheming, but is it too late?
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B
“It’s Gonna Be Chaos”
Episode 12

Everyone loves a blindside. Well, almost everyone.
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B+
“Never Say Die”
Episode 11

The Survivors are outwitted by a pig.
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B+
“I’m No Dummy”
Episode 10

It's always fun to root for the underdog, even if his name is Troyzan.
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B-
“Go Out With A Bang”
Episode 9

Survivor may have dropped the men vs. women conceit early on, but it's still gender vs. gender on the beach.
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B+
“The Beauty In A Merge”
Episode 7

The tribes are merged, everything's a mess, and also a whole lot of fun.
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B
“Thanks For The Souvenir”
Episode 6

A medical emergency shakes up the season yet again.
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B-
“A Bunch Of Idiots”
Episode 5

Tonight's subtext: Jeff Probst needs a hug.
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B
“Bum-Puzzled”
Episode 4

Survivor has been setting Colton up as this season's villain since the beginning. Tonight he delivered. Boy, did he deliver.
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A
“One World Is Out The Window”
Episode 3

Is so bad it's good a thing with people? Because if so, that's what these people are.
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B+
“Total Dysfunction”
Episode 2

A ho-hum episode is capped by one of the more annoying Jeff Probst Tribal Council performances to date.
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C
“Two Tribes, One Camp, No Rules”
Episode 1

One beach, two gender-separated tribes, all of the stereotypes.
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A-

“Just Annihilate Them”
Episode 8

Alliances come into sharper focus on a fun, scheme-heavy episode.
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B+

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Survivor decides which finalist has eye of tiger, will to survive
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The Modern Family families ride the corporate synergy express straight to Disneyland
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Check out Suburgatory, which has gotten seriously good
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America's Best Dance Crew lets us cross the phrase "high-class hoofing" off our headline bingo card
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At last, your cries for REVENGE will be answered
Guess what, America! Revenge is back, and it's here for all your revenging needs. Also: Our Sopranos reviews return; our Avatar reviews end. The circle of TV Club Classic moves us all.
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ABC really hopes you can't figure out what the B---- in Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23 stands for
ABC tosses a Bryan Cranston theme night with all new comedies, including promising newcomer Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23. Also: A stop-motion animated horse.
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Happy Endings ends its terrific second season at yet another wedding
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Four unfortunate singers hear the words “You are not The Voice!”
Four unfortunate singers hear the words “You are not The Voice!” Also: Comical eyewear on Fox, and a dam documentary (full of dam footage and dam information) comes to PBS.
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America’s Next Top Model proves its impression of Canada is informed and accurate (which is to say it’s neither of those things)
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The Hunger Games
The first installment of Suzanne Collins’ brutal bestselling trilogy gets a faithful adaptation.
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NBC invites you to get Bent (This headline brought to you by the American Obvious Headlines Council)
NBC's debuting Bent, a promising new comedy with a schedule that burns off its six episodes in three weeks. That should work. Also: lots and lots of dumb reality TV.
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South Park begins season 16, which means it can drive now; are you terrified?
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In honor of Leap Day, Top Chef ends yet another season
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Suburgatory’s all like “Hey, everybody still thinks Jersey Shore is funny, right?”
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Survivor aims to prove conclusively whether men or women are better
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The Homeland finale could be one of the TV events of the year
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We didn't expect to love Revenge this much either, but here we are
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William Shatner brings his stilted line readings and grizzled countenance to Psych
William Shatner pops up on Psych tonight, and we can just about guess how many Star Trek jokes there will be. Also: The pope is on American Horror Story!(!!!!!)
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“A Closer Look”
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Ratings roundup: Five reasons Community could see season four
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A funny Suburgatory starts the holiday weekend off right
We've seen tonight's Suburgatory, and we thought it was funny. Maybe you will, too? Also, a surprising amount of stuff is on, what with it being the night before Thanksgiving and all.
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