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Published Monday, September 12, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

CBS OWNS UP TO SURVIVOR SURPRISE: Sometime last week, CBS finally confirmed what fans already figured out -- two past Survivor competitors would return for this 11th edition, which begins anew Thursday. Everyone online seems to think the two returnees are Stephenie and Bobby Jon from the 10th edition in Palau (and the updated CBS teaser ad that has the duo in shadows would seem to confirm Stephenie's outline, at least), but that same ad also says the two to return are "the most popular in Survivor history," which, if you're to believe that, would make you suspicious. Then again, we here at Popular Thinking always put "reality" in quotes for a reason.

More curious is the debate some have made in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that we shouldn't have "reality" TV shows like Survivor making fun of surviving. Read some of the debate courtesy of Reality Blurred. I'll continue the debate later this week.