Survivor (American TV series)

Survivor
Logo used for the first season
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	Charlie Parsons
Presented by	Jeff Probst
Starring	Survivor contestants
Theme music composer	Russ Landau
Composer	David Vanacore
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	47
No. of episodes	682 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Mark Burnett Charlie Parsons Jeff Probst
Production location	see below
Running time	43 minutes (most episodes seasons 1–44) 64 minutes (season 45–present)
Production companies	CBS EYE Productions Survivor Productions LLC CBS Studios Castaway Television Productions Mark Burnett Productions (2000–2011) One Three Media (2012–2014) United Artists Media Group (2014–2015) MGM Television (2016–present)
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	May 31, 2000 (2000-05-31) – present
Related
Expedition Robinson International versions
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Survivor is the American version of the international Survivor reality competition television franchise, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson created by Charlie Parsons which premiered in 1997. The American series premiered on May 31, 2000, on CBS. It is hosted by Jeff Probst, who is also an executive producer along with Mark Burnett and the original creator, Parsons.

Survivor places a group of people in an isolated location, where they must provide food, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges including testing the contestants' physical abilities like running and swimming or their mental abilities like puzzles and endurance challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow contestants until only two or three remain. At that point, the contestants who were eliminated vote for the winner. They are given the title of "Sole Survivor" and are awarded the grand prize of US$1,000,000 ($2,000,000 in Winners at War).

The American version has been very successful. From the 2000–01 through the 2005–06 television seasons, its first eleven seasons (competitions) rated among the top ten most-watched shows. It is commonly considered the leader of American reality TV because it was the first highly-rated and profitable reality show on broadcast television in the U.S., and is considered one of the best shows of the 2000s (decade).^[1][2][3] The series has been nominated for 63 Emmy Awards, including winning for Outstanding Sound Mixing in 2001, Outstanding Special Class Program in 2002, and was subsequently nominated four times for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program when the category was introduced in 2003. Probst won the award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program four consecutive times after the award was introduced in 2008.^[4] In 2007, the series was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time.^[5] In 2013, TV Guide ranked it at #39 on its list of the "60 Best Series of All Time".^[6]

In May 2024, the series was renewed for the 2024–25 television season for its 47th and 48th seasons, continuing with 90-minute episodes.^[7] Season 47 premiered on September 18, 2024.^[8]