Latest in Survivor

Wednesday’s episode of Survivor was a big one: In the CBS reality series’ 39-season history, it was the first time a contestant had been kicked off the show. The episode — which ended with a card that said Dan Spilo, a prominent Hollywood manager-producer, was removed after an off-camera incident that didn’t involve…

The Dec. 11 episode of CBS’ Survivor came to a surprising end, with host Jeff Probst walking up to Lumuwaku Camp to deliver the news that one of the players, Dan Spilo, a prominent Hollywood manager-producer, has been ejected. This marks the first time in the history of the long-running reality series that a…

The Masked Singer returned to Fox after a week off scoring a 1.8 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.51 million viewers. The reality singing competition slipped a tenth from two weeks ago but was still strong enough to hit the right note as Wednesday’s top-rated show. Meanwhile, NBC was filled with holiday…

CBS Studios said that a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former top reality executive is “without merit,” and claims that the executive, Ghen Maynard, was not terminated but that his contract was not renewed. Maynard, who developed such hits as Survivor and The Amazing Race, filed a lawsuit against the network on…

After stumbling to a season low the week before, The Masked Singer picked itself up and owned Wednesday in primetime, with Fox’s popular celebrity-driven costumed reality singing competition scoring a night-high 1.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.67 million viewers. Meanwhile, the Chicago-verse at NBC…

The producers of the long-running CBS show Survivor are now faced with an uncomfortable situation, as two female contestants have confessed that their allegations of sexual harassment against a male contestant were made up as part of “game play” strategy. Survivor’s premise strands contestants on deserted beaches for…

CBS has unveiled its early midseason schedule. It features two new drama series additions, FBI spinoff FBI: Most Wanted and Edie Falco starrer Tommy, as well as the returns of Criminal Minds for its 15th and final season and MacGyver for its fourth. CBS also has set a premiere date for the milestone 40th season of Surv…

Rudy Boesch, a retired U.S. Navy SEAL who was one of the first contestants to appear on Survivor, has died after battling Alzheimer's disease, People reported Saturday. He was 91. Boesch was 72 when he competed on the long-running CBS reality series in 2000. He joined the show's first alliance, creating lasting…

UPDATED, 1:35 PM: The final ratings numbers are in, and the Game 7 of the 2019 World Series was a home run for Fox and Major League Baseball. The Washington Nationals’ win over the Houston Astros drew 24 million viewers across all of Fox’s platforms. Read all the details below. PREVIOUSLY, 9:42 AM: It has been a…

Despite CBS programming chiefs on Thursday touting strides with diversity in front of and behind the camera of their scripted series, they continued to come under fire by the TCA press corps for mismanaging inclusivity on the network’s reality programs like Big Brother and Survivor.  One press member today…

The season finale of CBS' Survivor: Edge of Extinction (1.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 7.21 million viewers) came in tops in the demo on Wednesday night. NBC's Chicago Fire (1.0, 7.86M) ranked No. 1 in total viewers, followed closely by Chicago Med (1.1, 7.86M). In the demo, Survivor inched up a tenth…

ABC's Modern Family (1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 4.37 million viewers) clocked its lowest season finale ratings Wednesday, falling three tenths in the demo compared with last season’s wrapper. In its penultimate season closer, Modern Family came in flat week to week, matching the previous week's series…