Topic: Survivor, Amazing Race will swap casts next year

[walkingpneumonia]

From Andy Dehnart at Reality Blurred!

 http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/april_1/2011_Apr_01_survivor_amazing_race_swap

Survivor, Amazing Race will swap casts next year
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April 1, 2011, 10:00 AM

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Next year’s seasons of Survivor and The Amazing Race will swap their casts, so after we see contestants competing for $1 million, they’ll pair off and race around the world, while teams who raced around the world will be split and form two tribes.

A leaked CBS PowerPoint presentation highlighted the reasons for doing this in Comic Sans: “Viewers prefer engaging with characters they already know”; “Makes on-air cross-promotion easier, as each show can air flashback footage to the other show”; and “By casting Russell Hantz on Amazing Race, we can bring him back into Survivor in an organic way that even non-real fans of the show will appreciate.”

A person at the meeting where the PowerPoint was presented said, “We have run completely out of ideas on The Amazing Race so we might as well siphon some blood from Survivor and slowly kill that show, too.”

That saves the network the expense and trouble of having to cast four seasons; instead of about 60 people, they can just find 30, most of whom will be returning cast members appearing as part of CBS’ philanthropic “Fourth Second Chance for $1 Million Program.”

Additional ways they plan to save money, according to the PowerPoint, include replacing fire on Survivor with cleverly lit blowing cloth like at Pirates of the Caribbean; holding The Amazing Race at Epcot’s World Showcase; and replacing two episodes of Survivor every season with webcam footage of Jeff Probst tweeting what happened instead of actually filming or editing it.

CBS denied the report. “If you did not read that in a press release sent to Entertainment Weekly, it never happened,” a spokesperson said.

Please check the date of this report....

[AmazingRace]

I was waiting for an RFF type April's Fools joke! 

[Prophet]

Sounds like an interesting idea unless you consider the date...
Good one, WP! Peach will love it!

[walkingpneumonia]

Andy is on a roll today...
http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/april_1/2011_Apr_01_spoiler_alert

[chill_sd]

Speaking of Foolery, has anyone been on Hulu today?  It takes you to a retro page highlighting shows from the past.  It took me awhile to realize what was happening and locate the "back to the future" link.

[Prophet]

How about Google's Gmail Motion and Youtube's 1911 mode?

[Jobby]

and replacing two episodes of Survivor every season with webcam footage of Jeff Probst tweeting what happened instead of actually filming or editing it.

[georgiapeach]

A leaked CBS PowerPoint presentation

Detectives!! You MISSED one!!