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Defector’s exhaustive player-by-player preview for Survivor 50 profiles 24 returning players across three tribes, with fan-driven twists and a $1 million prize. The piece traces each cast member’s Survivor history, current strategy, and odds of lasting to the merge, reaching FTC, or winning, from veteran icons like Cirie Fields and Ozzy Lusth to newer returnees like Genevieve Mushaluk and Dee Valladares.
The Ringer staff weigh in on Survivor 50, an all-returnee season with fan-influenced twists, predicting winners (Tiffany, Genevieve, Dee, Charlie Davis, Savannah), who goes home first (Joe, Angelina or Savannah), dream scenarios (Coach–Q alliance; big threats merging; dramatic upsets), who has the most at stake (the show, CBS, and Jeff Probst), and reactions to celebrity cameos (MrBeast, Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol, Jimmy Fallon).
Jeff Probst tells Mike White that Survivor is a living sociology experiment that has transformed him as host and showrunner, blending cinematic storytelling with a family-friendly tone and Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey; they discuss the game's emotional stakes, fan criticism, live Tribal energy, and Probst's hope for a lasting, meaningful legacy as Survivor turns 50.
Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans is an all-returnee season that fuses nostalgia with fan-influenced twists, including voting on certain game mechanics and a live reunion. The season tables celebrity cameos (notably MrBeast) and brings 24 veterans from old-school and new-era eras to three tribes (Cila, Kalo, Vatu). The piece weighs the show’s balance between production and gameplay, notes the Fiji setting and pacing changes since the new era, and questions casting diversity and future direction. While cautiously optimistic about strong players delivering compelling TV, it argues the season should avoid letting celebrity stunts overshadow strategic play and urges broader casting to keep Survivor feeling fresh.
This week’s TV slate features Tracy Morgan as Reggie Dinkins in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins on NBC, the return of Scrubs, and the 50th season of Survivor, plus Saturday Night Live hosted by Connor Storrie, covering Feb. 23–Mar. 1.
French survivor Gisèle Pelicot learns her husband drugged and raped her for years, and exploited others online; her case sparked reforms in French law and became a global symbol of resilience and accountability.
Jeff Probst explains Survivor 50’s casting math (24 players), why no season-40 winners were invited, and how fan input helped shape the New Era; he also weighs returns of elements like loved-ones visits and Ponderosa, while prioritizing making the show appealing to younger fans.
Ilana Kantorowicz Shalem, born in the Bergen-Belsen camp in March 1945 as her mother Lola hid the pregnancy, is among the youngest Holocaust survivors. Her birth amid camp chaos near liberation and the family’s afterward years in a displaced persons camp, followed by a life in Israel, are documented by Yad Vashem, highlighting enduring memory of the Holocaust as antisemitism rises.
CBS has renewed 10 more shows for the 2026–27 season, bringing its confirmed lineup to 16 series including NCIS and its spinoffs, Tracker, Matlock, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Fire Country, Elsbeth, NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Sydney, plus two new series Cupertino and Einstein. The network had already renewed Boston Blue, Sheriff Country, FBI and Ghosts, while several current shows’ fates remain undecided and The Neighborhood will end after its current season.
CBS renewed 10 current series for the 2026-2027 season, including Matlock (Season 3), NCIS (Season 24) and its spinoffs NCIS: Origins (Season 3) and NCIS: Sydney (Season 4), Tracker (Season 4), Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (Season 3), Elsbeth (Season 4), Fire Country (Season 5), Survivor (Season 51) and The Amazing Race (Season 39); the network also has new projects in development like Cupertino and Einstein, while Watson and DMV are still awaiting word and The Neighborhood is ending.
A Netflix documentary about Elizabeth Smart's 2002 kidnapping intertwines Utah’s tight-knit community with the abductor’s religious fanaticism; director Benedict Sanderson foregrounds Smart’s devastating on-camera testimony and resilience, while re-enactments falter, culminating in a portrait of a survivor who has become an advocate and a mother, living a largely normal life after trauma.
A 6-year-old girl survived a deadly train derailment in southern Spain near Punta Umbría after escaping through a broken window, barefoot and with a head wound stitched, while her parents, a brother and a cousin died; Punta Umbría declared three days of mourning and the girl is staying with her grandparents in Córdoba.
A high-speed train collision in Adamuz, southern Spain, left a 6-year-old girl as the sole survivor of her family, with rescuers and investigators continuing to work at the wreckage.
Dr. Sue Hwang, a radiation oncologist, is diagnosed with breast cancer at 46 despite having no symptoms. She endures extensive treatment—including bilateral mastectomies, chemotherapy, radiation, and hormone therapy—and, now in remission, writes a memoir about how becoming a patient reshaped her approach to care, embracing vulnerability to connect with patients and redefine her identity.
A Clovis mother and her husband escaped serious injury in a 17-vehicle pileup on Highway 99 near Fresno caused by dense fog, with at least two dozen people involved. One fatality, 61-year-old Gustavo Villanueva Vargas, occurred at the scene, and his wife was hospitalized; the couple Melissa Culver and her husband were unharmed but shaken. The CHP says visibility was as low as 10–15 feet and the crash remains under investigation as authorities urge drivers to exercise caution in foggy conditions.