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• Survivor China: The castaways and the tribes

  Published: September 19, 2007, 9:03 am

  Tags: Cbs, Fei Long Tribe, Feilongtribe, Immunity Challenge, Immunitychallenge, Jeff Probst, Jeffprobst, Rewards Challenge, Rewardschallenge, Survivor, Survivor 15, Survivor China, Survivor15, Survivorchina, Tribal Council, Tribalcouncil, Tribes, Zhan Hu Tribe, Zhanhutribe

  under: OpEd, Survivor, CastingWhile I see that others here in the TV Squad offices have their Early Looks screeners, I chose to review two shows which haven't issued advance copies of the premieres -- Kid Nation and Survivor: China. So I couldn't take the easy route. I had to do research; woe is me. Indeed.The season premiere is this

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• More scantily clad Survivor castaways this year?

  Published: September 20, 2007, 9:21 am

  Tags: Castaways, Interview, Jeff Probst, Jeffprobst, Reality Tv, Realitytv, Survivor 15, Survivor China, Survivor15, Survivorchina, Tv Tattler, Tvtattler

  under: Industry, OpEd, SurvivorSay it ain't so! Survivor China (as well as every other season) host Jeff Probst recently answered some questions posed by TV Tattler's Angel Cohn. Now, are there folks who watch the show just to see scantily-clad women? Who out there does that?I realize the main reason that they don't shoot the show in a

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• Survivor China First Impressions

  Published: September 20, 2007, 8:30 pm

  Tags: Survivor China

  back and I’m covering Survivor China. I’m watching it right now and my pick to win is James the gave digger. Why is he my pick? HE’S FREAKING HUGE THAT’S WHY. Hopefully he doesn’t end up the way of that other huge guy who ended up quiting. This cast looks pretty promising very diverse and nobody seems to be lame.

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• Survivor China spoilers abound

  Published: September 20, 2007, 3:48 pm

  Tags: Castaways, First Boot, Firstboot, Jeff Probst, Jeffprobst, Spoilers, Survivor, Survivor 15, Survivor China, Survivor15, Survivorchina

  under: OpEd, SurvivorOkay, I'm the kind of person who likes to take a quick peek at the end of a novel as I'm reading it. For some reason it doesn't seem to spoil the journey along the way for me. Perhaps I'm impatient; perhaps I just want to assure myself it will be worth the trip. I just don't know.I'm the same way with my favorite

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• Survivor China: A Chicken's a Little Bit Smarter (season premiere)

  Published: September 20, 2007, 7:41 pm

  Tags: Castaways, Chicken Morris, Chickenmorris, Immunity Challenge, Immunitychallenge, Jeff Probst, Jeffprobst, Survivor 15, Survivor China, Survivor15, Survivorchina, Tribal Council, Tribalcouncil, Tribe Has Spoken, Tribehasspoken, Wwe Wrestler, Wwewrestler

  under: OpEd, Survivor, Episode Reviews(S15E01) I think it might take me a bit longer to warm up to this latest season of Survivor. Don't get me wrong -- I am indeed an addict. But I miss the days of the two-hour premiere. When it's all over and the first boot is at the end of an hour, I feel strangely unfulfilled.Oh, I'm entertained. I

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• Reality Roll Call: Survivor’s Chicken Morris

  Published: September 21, 2007, 8:56 am

  Tags: Reality Tv, Steve Chicken Morris, Survivor China, Tom Buchanan

  the first episode of Survivor: China, we said hello and goodbye to Steve Morris, a 47 year-old chicken farmer from Marion, Virginia. Steve, whose nickname is “Chicken, ” lived up to his moniker, which got him a swift kick out of the game. Chicken was clearly the stereotypical old country guy that you see on every season of

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• Survivor: China gets lowest premiere ratings in show's history

  Published: September 21, 2007, 12:21 pm

  Tags: Cbs, Chicken, Jeff Probst, Survivor China, Survivor Premiere, Survivor Ratings, Survivorchina, Survivorpremiere, Survivorratings, Tv Ratings

  Industry, Programming, Survivor, RatingsDid you watch Survivor: China last night? The season premiere of the CBS reality show got a 4.9 rating among adults 18 to 49 (the juicy demographic the networks love). Even though it was the highest rated show last night, it was down 25% from the "Cook Islands" season and down 14% from the "Fiji"

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• Out of the Blogosphere

  Published: September 23, 2007, 9:59 am

  Tags: Campbell Brown, Cnn, Fantasy Island, Fantasyisland, George Clooney, Maya Rudolph, Phyllis, Saturday Night Live, Saturdaynightlive, Survivor China, Survivorchina, Television Blogs, The Simpsons, Tv Blogs, Tv Decoder, Tvblogs, Tvdecoder

  interview with Chicken from Survivor: China.  Permalink   Email this     Comments

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• WWE Wrestler Voted Off Survivor: China

  Published: September 27, 2007, 9:18 pm

  Tags: Ashley Massaro, Survivor China, Wwe Diva

  Massaro was voted off of Survivor: China. Ashley was voted Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA in 2002 and Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in 2005. She was on the cover of Playboy and has appeared in FHM, Maxim, Stuff and Flex. Ashley got off to a weak start on Survivor, when she took ill immediately upon arrival. She also did not endear herself to any of

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• Survivor: China Episode 02 My Mom Is Going to Kill Me!

  Published: September 27, 2007, 11:31 pm

  Tags: Survivor China

  Survivor China An interesting twist: after winning the reward challenge (where almost everyone’s clothes got ripped off), the winning tribe Fei Long got to “kidnap” a tribemate from Zhan Hu, Jaime, to stay with them until the next immunity challenge. She then got a “secret message” that she was to read in private.

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• The latest Survivor China spoilers

  Published: September 29, 2007, 7:02 am

  Tags: Jeff Probst, Jeffprobst, Mark Burnett, Markburnett, Reality Television, Realitytelevision, Rumors, Spoilers, Survivor China, Survivorchina

  the countries.This season's Survivor China actually inadvertently put out some of the first spoilers right in their own promotional videos on the official website. Maybe it wasn't so inadvertently, but you don't film in the challenge-making offices with information which can be enlarged and sharpened. Heh. There are websites like Survivor Fever

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• Survivor: China Episode 03 I Lost Two Hands and Possibly a Shoulder!

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:38 pm

  Tags: Survivor China

  Survivor China is showing a lot of skin! Geez. Jean-Robert and James want to win “a million dollars and some ass.” Yikes. Zhan Hu by some miracle finally wins a reward challenge and an immunity challenge — and some weaknesses in the Fei Long tribe are coming out. Go Frosti! Go Erik! Be awesome. The Fei Long tribe decides

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• Survivor China: I Lost Two Hands and Possibly a Shoulder!

  Published: October 4, 2007, 7:12 pm

  Tags: Cbs, Courtney, Immunity Challenge, Immunity Idol, Immunitychallenge, Immunityidol, Jean Robert, Jeff Probst, Jeffprobst, Reality Television, Realitytelevision, Rewards Challenge, Rewardschallenge, Survivor China, Survivorchina, Tribal Council, Tribalcouncil

  under: Survivor, Episode Reviews(S15E03) Well, tonight's Survivor China certainly wasn't an exception to the rule. What rule, you might ask? I'm talking about the rule which necessitates either wet or muddy very physical challenges in direct correlation to the amount of clothing available to the female contestants. Throw in a chunky naked

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• Survivor: China Episode 04 Ride the Workhorse Til the Tail Falls Off

  Published: October 12, 2007, 2:38 am

  Tags: Survivor China

  * SPOILERS * Survivor: China Fei Long wins the reward challenge and kidnap Dave who everyone hates at Zhan Hu. For the the clue, Dave gives it to Todd — OMG, he’s so lucky! The reward is a visit from a fisherman family who teaches the Fei Long tribe how to fish — with birds! How about that. Learn something new everyday. The

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• Survivor China - Lunch Lady Confessions

  Published: October 12, 2007, 10:46 am

  Tags: Survivor China

  it. Frosti, the youngest Survivor player, is very mature in his council to Dave. Both tribes go to tribal council for a reward challenge, the prize is to have a fisherman come to camp and teach them to fish. The challenge requires teams of two to move a flaming ball to a wok using spear like chopsticks. The competition is head to head,

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