New 'Survivor' divides groups by race

Ruu_Old

An interesting ploy by CBS here.

Get ready for a segregated "Survivor." Race will matter on the upcoming season of the CBS show as contestants will be divided into four tribes by ethnicity. That means blacks, whites, Latinos and Asians in separate groups.

The announcement was made on CBS' Early Show. Host Jeff Probst says the idea "actually came from the criticism that 'Survivor' was not ethnically diverse enough." He says the twist fits in perfectly with what "Survivor" does, saying the show is "a social experiment. And this is adding another layer to that experiment." Probst says contestants had mixed reactions to the racial divisions.

This time the new Survivors are stranded on the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. The castaways include a police officer, a heavy metal guitarist, an attorney and a nail salon manager. The new season of Survivor debuts September 14th.

Flukey

A slight twist. Some will have a go at the very idea of doing this. Of course it is reality TV, so not worth watching in the first place.

iFight

Yea, i saw the producer guy defending the idea on tv, he said something about it being how the world is, so it should be the same in Survivor.

Pigman II

Let's hope no one gets shanked.

ElNino

It's proving very controversial in the States. Apparently they didn't have enough non white applicants so they have recruited a lot of actors from L.A. for the series. You can check them out here
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor13/

I really hope that the series doesn't suck but it doesn't sound too promising so far.

Ruu_Old

I heard a heap of the sponsors have pulled out, will be interesting to see the ratings.

JBoyle4eva

What an odd twist. Don't see the controversy myself really, why mention "Racisim" when about three times Survivor could've been branded "sexist" for dividing the tribes up by sex?