The date? ( Survivor 2006 ) discussions !

[Phalon]

Oh Forever Xena, Keeper of All Things Television.

When does the new season of Survivor start? It's one of the very few shows I watch on T.V., so I haven't seen any promotions for it, (I think the television is permanately set to Nickelodean or Animal Planet channels).

And I suppose I could look this up myself by doing a two-minute Internet drill, but since I'm here.....

[Mini Mia]

SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS,
premiering Thursday, September 14 at 8 pm ET/PT,
only on CBS.

[Forever Xena]

LOL

Well someone replied before I could

[Mini Mia]

And only 35 minutes before the show aired. I just hope she didn't miss it.

[Forever Xena]

I hope so too

'Survivor' Starts Slowly
Premiere ratings lowest since inaugural edition
September 15 2006


'Survivor: Cook Islands' castaways Cao Boi, Jenny and YulDespite boatloads of hype about the division of its teams by race, "Survivor: Cook Islands" didn't attract many new viewers to its premiere Thursday.

These things are relative, of course: Though in "Survivor" terms the premiere delivered only a so-so performance, that still meant that 18 million people tuned in, and the show scored a very solid 6.5 rating among adults 18-49, the demographic advertisers chase most ardently.

For most other shows, those would be great ratings, but since we are talking about "Survivor" -- not so much. In fact, that's the smallest premiere audience for the show since its first incarnation in the summer of 2000, when no one knew what it was.

The previous low was last fall's "Survivor: Guatemala" debut, which brought in 18.4 million viewers and a 6.6 adults 18-49 rating.

The series, now in its 13th edition, received heavy coverage prior to its premiere when its producers announced that the 20 contestants would initially be divided into four tribes along ethnic lines: Latino, African-American, Caucasian and Asian-American. In the premiere, the groups were together only at the very start of the game and during the episode's challenge.

Even with all the advance coverage (and critical hand-wringing), the show doesn't seem to have picked up any curious onlookers beyond its own still rather large fan base.

"Survivor" will face some increased competition starting next week, when the 2006-07 season officially begins. NBC's comedies "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office" debut Thursday, Sept. 21, and ABC's buzzed-about new show "Ugly Betty" premieres the following week.