Survivor

Reviews

Survivor: Tocantins: The Brazilian Highlands

In the first episode of Survivor: Tocantins, we learned that temperatures in the Brazilian Highlands are often in excess of 120 degrees. [19 February 2009]

Survivor: China

After 15 installments, the vaguely tropical, vaguely woodsy locations into which our survivors are tossed have begun to blur together. [27 September 2007]

Survivor: Cook Islands

"I saw the chicken," said Jonathan. "I grabbed the chicken because the chicken was free." [21 September 2006]

Survivor: Guatemala

Survivor remains an addictive, morbidly entertaining affair. [22 September 2005]

Survivor: Thailand

Ever helpful, Jeff Probst reminded everyone that, on Survivor, assumptions are always wrong. [30 September 2002]

Survivor

Survivor's tone is very difficult to locate, and while this elusiveness may be more than the producers intend, it's just as possible to surmise that they know what they're doing and that teasing the audience with its own naivete is their way of undermining the medium even as they exploit it so well. [1 January 1995]