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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 4:14 am 
What countries is Survivor seen in? What's the international viewership?
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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 5:53 am
I felt up to the challenge on only 1 cup of coffee (and thats saying something) I googled a bit and while I couldn't find the actual viewership, I did find this tidbit.
How do you say "pudgy gay corporate trainer" in Japanese?
CBS is about to find out, as the network has sold its original reality smash, Survivor, in more than 40 countries--although the show itself was originally based on a British series.
Leave it to us Americans to steal a good idea and sell it for ourselves. With buzz building for the January 28 premiere of Survivor: The Australian Outback, CBS has pitched the original series--featuring Richard, Susan and the rest of the tribe--to international networks including Canada's Global, Ireland's TV4, and Australia's Nine Network, according to Daily Variety. And, though few American shows are picked up in Japan, Survivor has even been snagged by that country's TBS network.
CBS' series actually was based on a concept first developed by Castaway, a British company that already licensed local versions of the series to a handful of European stations. As part of CBS' deals, the network says it's making sure Survivor won't compete with the Castaway-licensed versions.
Most importantly, the network's move is further proof that Mark Burnett's reality adventure is still a hot property
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,7683,00.html
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117792211?categoryid=14&cs=1&s=h&p=0
(had to watch an ad here, but these were some of the countries listed)
Other licensees include China's CCTV, the Mideast satellite platform Gulf DTH, South Africa's SABC, Mexico's Televisa, and stations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and throughout Asia.
Both of these articles are from 2001, so I don't know the current viewer count
I think I might keep looking,
after more coffee.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 10:44 am
LOL Sea!!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 12:48 pm
Thanks. You did better than me. I have been looking and couldn't find anything.
Just working on the conspiracy theory from AR and trying to figure out who many countries actually saw Survivor! LOL
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 2:34 pm
I know that New Zealand gets it
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 7:57 pm
I know it is not the question here, but can I get some sort of extra points if I have watched Survivor UK in England? And how about if I watched Greek Survivor (in Greek) in Cyprus? How about if I watched multiple episodes of Greek Survivor without understanding a word?
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 10:05 pm
Juju, I award you 500 bonus points for the Greek episodes alone. Use them as you wish....except in the exercise thread. 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 6:09 am
Major poins, Juju! LOL
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 1:34 pm
Yay!!!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 10:29 am
Outdoor Life Network has bought the rerun rights to the series starting right after the Tour De France ends....
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R151996
Member
07-04-2003
| Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 7:39 pm
CBS is about to find out, as the network has sold its original reality smash, Survivor, in more than 40 countries--although the show itself was originally based on a British series.
Wow, how soon are facts forgotten. Survivor is an offshoot of the Swedish reality series Expedition Robinson.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 2:24 am
I think the article is correct in a sense, in that the rights were originally owned by a British company:
quote:CBS' series actually was based on a concept first developed by Castaway, a British company that already licensed local versions of the series to a handful of European stations.
So I guess it's not quite correct to say that Survivor is a Swedish idea -- it's just that the first licensee to broadcast the show was a Swedish station.
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