Jeff Probst on His Future on ‘Survivor,’ the Format Change He Was Told Would ‘Kill the Franchise’ and Already Planning for 51
variety.comJeff Probst is a planner. For the last 24 years, he’s been designing seasons of “Survivor.” With Seasons 45 and 46 airing during this year’s Emmys window — and production on Seasons 47 and 48 getting underway in Fiji following a press campaign for the show — Probst is already thinking ahead about the highly anticipated 50 … and beyond. “When you’re in an executive producer position, you have to have a global look at the show.
I can’t just be worried about this season. I have to go, ‘How are we going to get to 50?’ And then, ‘What’s 51? How do we get to 60?’ So, I’m always taking a big picture view.” Yes, Probst said 60.
My jaw drops, and I can’t even get a question out before he continues. “I just started a file for Season 51. Because I thought, I have an idea of something fun for 50, and then what are we going to do for 51?
Not some dramatic change but another layer. It does take time to think about,” he says. “The file for 51, it’s just scribbles.
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