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  • Survivor 50: Get A First Look At The Three New Tribes Of Returnees

    From Rick@Rick@nospam.net to alt.tv.survivor on Wed Jan 28 12:35:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    From TVLine:

    None of this is new information, but it's still interesting to see
    photos of the three tribes.

    https://www.tvline.com/2087150/survivor-50-tribes-photos-cila-kalo-vatu-cbs/ --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Rick@Rick@nospam.net to alt.tv.survivor on Wed Jan 28 16:17:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 1/28/2026 2:57 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 10:35 AM, Rick wrote:
    -aFrom TVLine:

    None of this is new information, but it's still interesting to see
    photos of the three tribes.

    https://www.tvline.com/2087150/survivor-50-tribes-photos-cila-kalo-vatu- cbs/

    Some of them look so different, especially Chrissy. This also makes me question some of the casting choices again. For example, why Tiff and
    not Venus or any number of New Era females who played better games than
    her.


    Only reason I can think of for choosing Tiff over Venus could be they
    had some DEI goals for number of black contestants. They apparently
    already dropped Maryanne in favor of Savannah, so they perhaps maybe
    needed Tiff to meet a quota for number of black females.
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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Wed Jan 28 14:30:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 1/28/2026 2:17 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 2:57 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 10:35 AM, Rick wrote:
    -aFrom TVLine:

    None of this is new information, but it's still interesting to see
    photos of the three tribes.

    https://www.tvline.com/2087150/survivor-50-tribes-photos-cila-kalo-
    vatu- cbs/

    Some of them look so different, especially Chrissy. This also makes me
    question some of the casting choices again. For example, why Tiff and
    not Venus or any number of New Era females who played better games
    than her.


    Only reason I can think of for choosing Tiff over Venus could be they
    had some DEI goals for number of black contestants.-a They apparently already dropped Maryanne in favor of Savannah, so they perhaps maybe
    needed Tiff to meet a quota for number of black females.

    The new owners killed DEI long before S50 casting was anywhere near
    done. I'm fine with diversity as it's given a lot of good players we
    never would have seen in the old days. Was Tiff the best black female
    player of the New Era? Dropping Maryanne for Savannah makes total sense. Savannah was a great player and exciting to watch. She's also half
    Chinese which covers that demo if the show is still following DEI to
    some extent.
    --
    Brian
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  • From Rick@Rick@nospam.net to alt.tv.survivor on Wed Jan 28 17:05:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 1/28/2026 4:30 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 2:17 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 2:57 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 10:35 AM, Rick wrote:
    -aFrom TVLine:

    None of this is new information, but it's still interesting to see
    photos of the three tribes.

    https://www.tvline.com/2087150/survivor-50-tribes-photos-cila-kalo-
    vatu- cbs/

    Some of them look so different, especially Chrissy. This also makes
    me question some of the casting choices again. For example, why Tiff
    and not Venus or any number of New Era females who played better
    games than her.


    Only reason I can think of for choosing Tiff over Venus could be they
    had some DEI goals for number of black contestants.-a They apparently
    already dropped Maryanne in favor of Savannah, so they perhaps maybe
    needed Tiff to meet a quota for number of black females.

    The new owners killed DEI long before S50 casting was anywhere near
    done. I'm fine with diversity as it's given a lot of good players we
    never would have seen in the old days. Was Tiff the best black female
    player of the New Era? Dropping Maryanne for Savannah makes total sense. Savannah was a great player and exciting to watch. She's also half
    Chinese which covers that demo if the show is still following DEI to
    some extent.


    While it's true the new owners and CBS have dropped specific DEI goals,
    the producers of Survivor apparently have not. Here's what Jesse
    Tannenbaum had to say on this:

    "Well, from my perspective, nothingrCOs changed. IrCOve always, in the back
    of my mind, felt we needed more diversity on these shows. It became a
    mandate for season 41. ItrCOs really beautiful to see the amount of people
    who apply in our database when they see someone that looks like them on television. So fast forward to now, seasons 51 and 52, which werCOre
    currently casting. The pool of people is insane. IrCOm still shooting for having a really diverse cast because I think everybody needs to be represented."

    https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/1mwjuen/diversity_initiative_is_set_to_remain/
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  • From Brian Smith@dcg_brian@hotmail.com to alt.tv.survivor on Wed Jan 28 15:49:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.survivor

    On 1/28/2026 3:05 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 4:30 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 2:17 PM, Rick wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 2:57 PM, Brian Smith wrote:
    On 1/28/2026 10:35 AM, Rick wrote:
    -aFrom TVLine:

    None of this is new information, but it's still interesting to see
    photos of the three tribes.

    https://www.tvline.com/2087150/survivor-50-tribes-photos-cila-kalo- >>>>> vatu- cbs/

    Some of them look so different, especially Chrissy. This also makes
    me question some of the casting choices again. For example, why Tiff
    and not Venus or any number of New Era females who played better
    games than her.


    Only reason I can think of for choosing Tiff over Venus could be they
    had some DEI goals for number of black contestants.-a They apparently
    already dropped Maryanne in favor of Savannah, so they perhaps maybe
    needed Tiff to meet a quota for number of black females.

    The new owners killed DEI long before S50 casting was anywhere near
    done. I'm fine with diversity as it's given a lot of good players we
    never would have seen in the old days. Was Tiff the best black female
    player of the New Era? Dropping Maryanne for Savannah makes total
    sense. Savannah was a great player and exciting to watch. She's also
    half Chinese which covers that demo if the show is still following DEI
    to some extent.


    While it's true the new owners and CBS have dropped specific DEI goals,
    the producers of Survivor apparently have not.-a Here's what Jesse Tannenbaum had to say on this:

    "Well, from my perspective, nothingrCOs changed. IrCOve always, in the back of my mind, felt we needed more diversity on these shows. It became a mandate for season 41. ItrCOs really beautiful to see the amount of people who apply in our database when they see someone that looks like them on television. So fast forward to now, seasons 51 and 52, which werCOre currently casting. The pool of people is insane. IrCOm still shooting for having a really diverse cast because I think everybody needs to be represented."

    https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/1mwjuen/ diversity_initiative_is_set_to_remain/

    I thought that was the case with the show. It's a good call as long as
    we don't get a repeat of the crap that happened in S41 and S42, and what
    MC did in S49.

    Jesse's comment also makes it sound like nothing will change casting
    wise for TAR and BB. I would like less narcissists on BB.
    --
    Brian
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