• No longer the "greatest," Rob Cesternino gets booted from 'Survivor: All-Stars'

  February 20, 2004
  Regardless of how else he fares, Richard Hatch can once again breath easy. After his completely unimpressive showing in Survivor: All-Stars, no longer will anyone be daring to claim that Rob Cesternino was the best strategist to ever play the game.. Charged with being both a threat to their future gameplay and a lazy contributor to camp life, Rob C. was unable to survive Chapera's first tribal council and was voted off unanimously by the rest of his tribe.

• Former 'Survivor' winner Jenna Morasca quits 'All Stars' to be with dying mother

  February 13, 2004
  Millions of viewers tuned into the third episode of Survivor All-Stars expecting to see more of the bickering and difficult living conditions that have marked the first two episodes of the series -- only to discover that their normal CBS Survivor broadcast had been secretly replaced with FOX's When Animals Attack, a Gilligan's Island edition of TBS' House Rules, and capped off with a heart-tugging Lifetime movie segment.

• Four years later, 'Survivor' Rudy Boesch falls once again

  February 6, 2004
  In a way, we can't help but suspect that Survivor All-Stars contestant Rudy Boesch must have had a deja vu feeling regarding his Survivor experience.

• CBS formally announces 'Survivor: All-Stars' contestants

  January 12, 2004
  CBS today formally announced what has been reported for months already, that eighteen former Survivor castaways, including four previous winners, will return to compete in Survivor: All-Stars. The eighth installment of the smash-hit series will premiere Sunday, February 1, immediately following CBS Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XXXVIII.

• Sandra Diaz-Twine wallops Lillian Morris in finale of 'Survivor: Pearl Islands'

  December 15, 2003
  Surprisingly, the original Internet gambling spoiler was right for the second straight edition of Survivor.

• 'All-Star Survivor' cast and tribes already uncovered?

  November 9, 2003
  Score one for the Web sleuths, we think. The Survivor spoiling/news sites Survivor News and Survivor Fever have both identified the 18 probable contestants in CBS's All-Star Survivor, which is currently filming in Panama. In addition, Survivor News claims to have the tribal breakdowns being used on the show.

• 'Amazing Race 4' winners Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt confirm end of "marriage"

  October 3, 2003
  After months of rumors about the status of the relationship of The Amazing Race 4 winners Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chip Arndt, who were billed as "married" during the show, Reichen has finally confirmed that they have split up -- although he says that the less-than-two-year marriage "officially" ended this past Sunday. Why? The stress of the show. Or maybe not.

• Zambia's Cherise Makubale wins first 'Big Brother Africa'

  September 8, 2003
  In the first edition of Big Brother Africa, the winner turned out to be pre-show popularity poll leader Cherise Makubale from Zambia. In popular voting, which was conducted as "one vote per country," Cherise received six of the 13 votes and was the only finalist to win more than two.

• Will 'Survivor' finale format change in 'Survivor: Pearl Islands'?

  August 29, 2003
  The Hollywood Reporter quotes CBS spokesperson Chris Ender as hinting that the finale format for Survivor: Pearl Islands will change from the format that has been employed on all episodes of Survivor since the second one (Survivor: The Australian Outback). Ender noted that Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett "always has tricks up his sleeves."

• Bravo to air 5-part "The Reality of Reality" documentary series on reality TV starting September 8

  August 22, 2003
  Well it was just a matter of time before it happened... reality television is now receiving its own "True Hollywood Story," "Behind The Music," "Where Are they Now?" style documentary series.

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