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The contestant that everyone loved to hate will appear on the CBS soap opera on May 28 - playing, of all people, herself. (wow, there's an opportunity to S-T-R-E-T-C-H her acting ability)

The network said she was scheduled to tape the episode Tuesday, appearing opposite Jess Walton, who plays scheming heiress Jill Abbott.

Source: Yahoo!/AP"

Survivor Winner To Be Revealed Live In Two Hour Finale, Followed By Live Reunion Show" April 12, 2001
CBS has announced that they will be revealing which "Survivor: The Australian Outback" contestant gets to take home the $1 million dollar grand prize on Thursday, May 3, in a special two-hour finale. The show will then be followed by a live one-hour reunion of all 16 contestants, hosted by "The Early Show's" Bryant Gumbel.

'Survivor' Files Lawsuit Versus 'Boot Camp', Claims Copyright Law Violations" April 11, 2001
CBS and Mark Burnett (the producer of 'Survivor') have filed a lawsuit claiming that Fox's show is a rip-off of the No. 1-rated reality show 'Survivor.'

Rumors Of Survivor Sex Video Surfacing... March 22, 2001
Personally, we don't believe it, but the rumor is apparently making it's way around the country, via gossip "reporters" (we only wonder how long before our own local gossip column prints it) and radio personalities, so in the interest of keeping fans in the loop, we'll just pass along the media report...

The rumor is that Colby and Jerri (much like last season's Greg and Colleen rumor) at some point engaged in some, um, interesting activities during their Outback stay and it was partially captured on tape. The bootlegs of the footage is supposedly making it's way around Hollywood as we speak. Hey, who knows, after Tommy and Pamela Lee, I guess anything is possible...

Source: 99x.com"

Mid-series Survivor Highlight Show Added, Finale Pushed Back A Week" March 11, 2001
CBS announced that it has added an additional one hour highlight show to the series run, "The First 24 Days: A Closer Look."

REMINDER: Survivor To Air On Wednesdays The Next Two Weeks March 11, 2001
Just a reminder that due to CBS Sports coverage of the NCAA mens basketball tournament, 'Survivor' will be broadcast on Wednesday, March 14 and Wednesday, March 21 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) and will return to its Thursday night time period on Thursday, March 29 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT)

A reminder that the Wednesday, March 21 episode will not be a regular episode, but instead a special highlight episode recapping the survivors first 24 days in the outback."

CBS Denies Pig Killing Was Orchestrated (what a surprise) February 16, 2001
Following PETA's accusation that CBS was somehow guilty of violating Australia's Animal Protection Act with the slaughter of a pig for food on last night's episode of Survivor, CBS has released a statement respectfully denying the charges.

The statement read in part "We have the highest regard for PETA and The Humane Society and their cause. However, we firmly believe that our viewers recognize that hunting and fishing as a means of sustenance have been acceptable since the dawn of time."

CBS also firmly denies that any criminal act was committed, saying "PETA's suggestion that the producers violated Australian law by orchestrating the pig incident is completely inaccurate."

Source: Zap2It.com"

PETA Investigating Pig Killing -- Including Whether It Was Staged Or A Domesticated Pig February 16, 2001
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released a statement today that the organization is in touch with lawyers in Australia to see if the slaughter of the wild pig on 'Survivor: The Australian Outback' by Kucha tribe member Michael Skupin may have been a criminal act."

Survivor Clobbers Friends/SNL Combo For Second Week February 11, 2001
The new CBS "Survivor" series knocked NBC's hour of "Friends" and "Saturday Night Live" from atop the Thursday night ratings pole for the second straight week, scoring victories in total viewers and the key 18-to-49-year-old audience segment.

Survivor The Most Watched Show Of The Week Ending 2/4/2001 February 11, 2001
Survivor: The Australian Outback" won the most viewers last week despite narrowly losing to "ER" in household ratings.

Kel Appears On Howard Stern, Denys "Pulling A Kimmi"..." February 6, 2001
SurvivorNews.net reported on Monday that Kel appeared on the Howard Stern radio show today and during the interview he flat-out denied the New York Post story that we reported earlier regarding Kel "pulling a Kimmi" and pleasuring himself in the woods

Source: SurvivorNews.net"

Internet Awash In Copies Of "Fake Final 7" February 4, 2001
This weekend a number of leading Internet Survivor websites, including our own SurvivorBlows, received emails purporting to have access to an AVI movie of the authentic Survivor show opening that contained a secret single-frame glance of the so-called "Final 7." As has been reported elsewhere, this movie is clearly an obvious hoax (though a pretty good edited one at that.) A copy of the frame from the movie that was sent to us is displayed on the right, created through the splicing of images from Kucha's Episode I Tribal Council and Okakor's Episode II Tribal Council.

'Survivor' Narrowly Beats 'Friends' February 2, 2001
Round one of the Great Television War goes to 'Survivor II.'

Kel Caught "Doing A Kimmi" In The Woods?" February 2, 2001
Humm... it seems like Kimmi might not have been the only survivor worried about "having their needs satisfied" while stranded in the Outback for 42 days. The New York Post is reporting the following, although being the Post's 'Page Six' column, you can't help but be skeptical as to whether it's true:

SurvivorNews.Net Reports Existence Of Lockbox Confirmed February 2, 2001
SurvivorNews.net recently reported that a reliable source close to the production of Survivor has confirmed that the final tribal council votes are stored in a "lockbox," and apparently there was even somebody in charge of locking it.

They quote their source as saying: "The camera recording the votes was left running and no one watched the voting occur. Supposedly the box won't be opened and the video won't be watched until production of the final episode begins."

Source: SurvivorNews.Net"