Re: Survivor: A New Host

In article <tuupo1hi8u282g01j5sojoo76abh02hkei@xxxxxxx>, ebnezrvfgre2
@argfpncr.arg says...
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:43:40 GMT, Phoenix <avianatrix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >In article <hlspo1dsbtgiiat4169e08ctqlhvv53ii5@xxxxxxx>, ebnezrvfgre2
> >@argfpncr.arg says...
> >> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:50:43 GMT, Phoenix <avianatrix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <P32jf.131429$Ph4.4031450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >> >smeagol76r@xxxxxxxxx says...
> >> >> I know that this has been beaten to death around here, and I've even
> >> >> commented on it myself, but, I have to speak once again...
> >> >>
> >> >> We've all heard the rumors that if Probst (or Pro-Host as I like to call
> >> >> him) leaves, there will be a former female contestant taking over the reins
> >>
> >> >I agree completely. Probst IS Survivor, I can't think of anyone who
> >> >could replace him and be able to balance being both inside and outside
> >> >of the action.
> >> >
> >> >MB should give Jeff anything he wants, no matter how stupid or greedy,
> >> >to keep him around.
> >>
> >>
> >> That may be the whole point of it all. Remember how MB and Les Moonves
> >> duked it out verbally on the escalator at CBS?
> >> The whole point was to get LM to capitulate to signing for more seasons
> >> of Survivor. LM blinked and MB got his way.
>
> >No! Did this happen after S1?
>
> No, that happened January 2004 after S8. Let me quote from 2005-01-18
>
> >http://canoe.ca/JamSurvivorAllStars/jan18_survivor-sun.html
> >Survivor: All Stars launches Feb. 1, immediately following the Super
> >Bowl on CBS. After that, another edition of the hit reality series
> >"has not been ordered or discussed," insists Burnett.
> >This is the latest that CBS has waited to extend the series, said the
> >producer. He suggested that the world's a more dangerous place and
> >location scouting is getting tougher and tougher. He hinted that All
> >Stars might be the cue to go out on top, both for him and the network.

Love it!


> Sheesh, this didn't take long ... less than an hour! Maybe the boys
> had their pissing game fun in front of everyone to see who was going
> to blink first!
> http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040118.wcsicbs0118/BNStory/Entertainment/
> In a choice bit of Hollywood dramatics, CBS also announced a deal with
> executive producer Mark Burnett for two more Survivor editions after
> Moonves and Burnett hammered it out by the escalators at the
> Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.

Oh my!


> A few minutes earlier, Burnett had complained to a roomful of
> reporters that he hadn't made his deal with CBS and time was running
> short.
> Moonves said he was happy with the deal, despite calling Burnett a
> "drama queen."
>
>
> >MB is so impressive.
>
> OK

Oh come on! He is. Who else came out of no where, became a major
producer, and STAYED in the driver's seat. No crash and burn in this
story - the usual outcome for the suddenly successful hot shot in
Hollywood.

MB is also very elusive and mercurial, which adds to his mystique.


>
> >> It may be possible that MB and JP are playing the game of chicken here.
> >> Who's gonna win????
> >
> >Fun to think about, no? Is there a reality series in the negotiations?
>
> Everything is up for negotiation in the entertainment industry. Especially
> one's morality.

Sure. I'd like to be a fly on the wall for the private meetings of LM
and MB, especially after these bits you posted. Maybe Probst could
stand on the sidelines and deliver commentary.

bel


>
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