"Survivor" Drops Race Wars

[wellst0nev0ter]

Gee, that didn't take long, did it?

On Thursday night after a protracted battle with negative press, the continued indifference of participating contestants and a presumed bout of soul-searching, CBS brought the grand race experiment on this season's "Survivor" to an abrupt, unsatisfying end. It was one week old (three weeks in TV time).

Not halfway into the season's third episode, the show's race-based tribes were dissolved, with no preceding fanfare - and no explanation. There's no more room for high-minded self-justifications on the part of the network and show producers about diversity and the like: Bringing the experiment to such a swift end confirms it was even more of a stunt ploy than it appeared at first scan, a bald-faced attempt to spur viewership in the wake of last season's "Survivor," the 12th installment, which was the lowest-rated to date.

Bwaaaaaahahahaha!

[Redstone]

1. And WHY, exactly, should anyone give a flying fuck? It's a fucking

TELEVISION SHOW!

(Sorry, I'm just in that kind of mood tonight, given the fact that we turned into the United Soviet States of America just yesterday.)

Redstone

[Puglover]

2. Um not that it matters.

But those episodes were taped probably 2-3 months ago. Negative press has nothing to do with it.