Saunders:
'Friends' proving no friend to 'Survivor'
23/10/01 (Rocky
Mountain News) : Is the Survivor torch
showing signs of burnout? Thursday, for the second consecutive week, the CBS
reality series was beaten in audience ratings by NBC's Friends,
which should be retitled Friends and Lovers ...
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Will
Clarence survive, or continue to be a bean klepto?
21/10/01 (The
Journal Star) : In case you are not a fan, the goal of
Survivor is to make it through a series of challenges and
tests while simultaneously placating all the other
contestants in your tribe who are competing against you for
a million bucks - the prize awarded to the last man or woman
standing ...
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New Survivor struggles in ratings
21/10/01 (BBC News) : The latest high-profile American
reality TV show, Survivor: Africa, has been beaten in the
ratings for the second week in a row by comedy Friends. The
second episode of Survivor: Africa, shown on Friday, got the
lowest viewing figures for a Survivor show since June 2000
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Local woman watches granddaughter brave 'Survivor'
21/10/01 (Journal and Courier) : When Virginia Schneider visited her
daughter in California in May, she had the oddest feeling
... as if she wasn't being told about a big secret. Turns
out that Schneider's 22-year-old granddaughter, Kelly
Goldsmith, was trying out for a spot on the wildly popular
TV series Survivor: Africa ...
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CBS'
'Survivor' Sinks Against NBC's Reinvigorated 'Friends'
20/10/01 (Calendar Live) : "Survivor: Africa" appears to be burning far less brightly than
its predecessor, suggesting that the ratings torch for last
season's most-watched series might begin to flicker out
faster than CBS and industry pundits anticipated ...
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Week
2: Going for the Jugular
19/10/01 (ET Online) : If the cow is such a
treasured friend to the tribes of East Africa, one might ask
why do they drain blood out of its jugular? The answer is
the same reason the contestants in the most recent game of
outwitting, outplaying and outlasting are turning their
arrows on one another. They are out for blood. They are out
to survive ...
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Ousted
Interview With Jessie Camacho
19/10/01
(ET Online) Booted babe Jessie Camacho speaks out about
drinking blood, the awful water and her incredible
experience on "Survivor: Africa."
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Survivor May Be Only Reality Show to Outlast the Craze
15/10/01 (Fox News) : Terrorists were unable to hijack the ratings for Survivor
3, but the attacks on Sept. 11 and the events that have
followed have accelerated the demise of the once white-hot
reality TV genre, industry experts say ...
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