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...it’s not the CBS reality show “Survivor.” It’s the class marshal election...
Imagine a television show so beyond the pale of good taste that Pat Buchanan, the Bob Jones University Faculty of Arts, and even some of the more tolerant branches of the Ku Klux Klan would condemn it. You’ve just imagined “Survivor: Jim Crow South.” Described as a dark cross between “Gone with the Wind” and “Remember the Titans,” this innovative program would try to evoke the feel of the Old South through athletic challenges designed to bring out the conflicts...
First, the faith. In 2004, ABC was fourth in the ratings. One series in its pipeline was based on an idea by then chairman Lloyd Braun: a fictionalized Survivor. ABC turned over the project to producer J.J. Abrams and his partner Lindelof, who elaborated the concept into a wild, character-driven mystery. The wisdom in TV then was that viewers were too busy to follow continuing story lines. Simple procedurals like CSI reigned. "We would have loved to have had a CSI," says Stephen McPherson, then head of Touchstone Television and now ABC Entertainment president. "But given our choices...
...Best Friends Are Macacas") Allen, who is up for re-election in November, does himself no favors in combatting allegations of racism by holding--and we quote--an "ethnic rally." At least he doesn't wear his Confederate- flag pin. When is he going to get his own Survivor team and be done with...
...Survivor • The Burden of The Living An executive made it to safety, but is wracked with guilt knowing his firefighter brother...