Jeff Probst Explains How Survivor Keeps on Surviving in a Changing TV Landscape

Now 45 seasons in, the CBS unscripted series continues to find new fans on streaming

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In the age of Peak TV, when thousands of shows compete for ratings across hundreds of platforms, there are no immunity idols. But for 45 seasons and counting, Survivor has never been voted off the island.

Though linear TV doesn’t deliver the numbers like Survivor’s Season 1 finale in 2000, which drew more than 51 million live viewers, according to the Wall Street Journal, the series is finding new audiences on streaming TV, with viewership of the first two installments of Survivor 45’s new 90-minute episodes increasing 83% when compared to the first two episodes of Season 43.

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