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'Survivor: Africa' Gets October Premiere; 'Survivor' Four in March "Survivor" fans take note: there are about 75 shopping days left until "Survivor: Africa," the third edition of the reality show, premieres on October 11. The show will run uninterrupted until January 10 when it will wrap up with a two-hour finale. At least that's the plan for now.
"There will be, possibly, in the middle of that, a catch-up show like we did with 'Survivor 2'," CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves told reporters Tuesday during the annual Television Critics Association press tour. "That's still being considered and talked about."
/>The network is bullish on the new edition, with Moonves saying executive producer/creator Mark Burnett thinks it will surpass the first two runs. There will be some minor changes to the format of the show, including shortening the run from 13 episodes to 12, so that there will be four people left in the final episodes, rather than three. And when it comes to the contestants, Moonves is extremely excited.
"I think the cast of 'Survivor 3' is going to be the best reality group yet we've seen," he says. "I think they're spectacular." Moonves won't share any other changes, but promises, "There are a few curve balls in it." As to reports of CBS sending a standards and practices person to be on the set of the series while it is being filmed, when the first two editions didn't have one on hand, Moonves says it will not change anything and that the decision was mainly made due to the locale. "The standards guy is not sitting in the middle of the tribal council," Moonves says. "He's conferring with Mark Burnett from a network point of view, and that's the extent of it. Mark Burnett's running the show." One thing that will likely continue in subsequent editions of the reality show are the recreations done by Burnett, which in "Survivor: The Australian Outback" included restaging scenes for sake of the camera. Moonves says that the recreations are for "production value" and have no impact on what happens. While no setting has been announced for the fourth edition of "Survivor," Moonves says the series will likely launch in the first week of March, following the conclusion of Olympic coverage on NBC. However, those plans could change. Burnett is currently checking out locations for the next edition, while the third continues filming in Africa. Related Shows
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