August 2006

SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS

The 13th installment of the groundbreaking SURVIVOR series takes place amid the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, where a group of Americans will be stranded many miles from civilization to vie for the title of Ultimate Survivor and win $1 million.  SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS will feature the series' most ethnically diverse cast to date.  The castaways will initially be organized into four tribes divided along ethnic lines (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic and White) before merging in a later episode.  In addition, throughout the series, at least one castaway each episode will be banished to a separate island (Exile Island) miles away from camp.  While being separated from the tribe is not desirable, the castaways will learn that there is a hidden Immunity Idol somewhere on Exile Island.  If found, this Immunity Idol could save an individual from being voted out at a future Tribal Council.  SURVIVOR:  COOK ISLANDS chronicles the relationships and conflicts that develop as strangers test their limits in various challenging situations, which force them to rely on one another to survive while remaining aware that they must eliminate one another to become the Ultimate Survivor.  

                                                                     Begins its 13th installment on the CBS Television Network in the fall.

ON AIR: Thursdays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT)

PREMIERE: May 31, 2000

HOSTED BY: Jeff Probst

PRODUCED BY: S.E.G., Inc.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:  Mark Burnett, Tom Shelly

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:  Doug McCallie, Kevin Greene

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