Segregated Survivor
Friday, August 25, 2006
Here's a sure sign that SURVIVOR is running low on ideas. The show is separating contestants based on race for its upcoming season. Whites on one team. Blacks on another. It may not be 1950, but producers of the long-running CBS reality show seem to think segregation is a good idea. Of course, the move is already being criticized (as well it should be). "The truth is 80 percent of the people that apply are white. And television, in general, is white. So all these criticisms were valid," says host Jeff Probst. CBS says this is a creative decision and it trusts its producers to be responsible. Sounds like all of this is just one big publicity stunt to increase the ratings of an aging show.
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