Word: probstian
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...knew this wasn't going to be "Sopranos"-dense. And the cheese, especially in Probstian form, is part of the charm. At best, it's very good television and at its worst it's gloriously bad, and, well, there's nothing else good on anyway. And while the ratings have settled, the show is clearly a juggernaut made to run a long time. As Colby said, "I don't care how many Survivors you have, you'll never be able to predict the winner" - the business model is sound...
...What if the contestants start calling "Survivor"'s central bluff and start keeling over? Does CBS send in a trumped-up Meals-on-Wheels gambit like last episode's shelter-for-food Probstian bargain? Or do they just let them start eating cameramen...
...ludicrous enough to sour them on watching the show. The figures that in reality would be the real authority, and scary ones at that - the drill sergeants - are on Reality TV stripped of their realism, because they've been stripped of their power to expel. They become cartoonish. Ridiculous. Probstian...
...cultural phenomena, this is only round two, and while it's no novelty any more, the "Survivor" model, with new cast members every year, is sound. Second, this was reality TV - think of the material! This wouldn't be a lame clips show, it'd be a fun, gossipy Probstian romp through those 99 hours a week languishing till now on the cutting-room floor...
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