• Emmys: "Survivor" Gets Creative "

  September 9, 2001
  The tribe has spoken: CBS' back-stabbing, pig-skinning reality smash may now be referred to as CBS' Emmy-winning, back-stabbing, pig-skinning reality smash.

  Mark Burnett's hit series Survivor picked up its first Emmy award Saturday, one of two new trophies capitalizing on TV's reality-show craze.

  Survivor won for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class), a category honoring "reality" shows with a game-show element. The hit series was nominated alongside VH1's Bands on the Run, USA's Eco-Challenge: Borneo, TLC's Junkyard Wars and MTV's Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour. The show also picked up a second trophy for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Non-Fiction Program.

  Source: Eonline"

• Survivor 4 Locale Found?

  August 24, 2001
  SURVIVOR 4 FINDS A HOME: With Survivor 3 in the can, producer Mark Burnett has apparently found a location for Survivor 4. USA Today reports that the next installment of CBS's hit reality franchise will be set somewhere in the arid desert boondocks of Jordan. A CBS rep wouldn't confirm or deny that Survivor 4 — which will debut in March 2002 — is Middle East-bound. In the meantime, Survivor 3 premieres Oct. 11.

  
  

  Source: TV Guide"

• 'Survivor' Sued Over Theme Song

  August 15, 2001
  NEW YORK Musician Paul Winter has sued the makers of "Survivor," alleging they improperly used a song he recorded in 1987 for the haunting theme of television's most popular series.

  Winter wants to rescind the permission he granted to use his music and get a taste of profits stemming from "Survivor."

  He sued CBS, "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett and a former member of the Paul Winter Consort, Russell Landau, this week in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

  Source: The Associated Press"

• '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 Boot Camp reality series is a rip-off of the their smash hit reality series.

• '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.'

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