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S16 will film in the Southern Hemisphere or within a few degrees of the Equator. They avoid the North during the winter mostly due to daylight issues. They may try Africa again - some place stable - South Africa, Botswana or Namibia. They could do New Zealand or perhaps Madagascar, we know EPM scouted it. Argentina is out; EPM is a Falklands War vet. Maybe Chile. New Caledonia has been bantered about in the past but its unstable. With the declining ratings, cost will become more and more of an issue. That makes me think low-risk as in South Africa or Chile.

What do we care anyway? The cast will suck. For some reason the suits at CBS think we want more LA slackers and recruits. They think that running a scam - bordering on fraudulent - application process that insults their hardcore fan base is a winning business plan - guess I was hungover and missed that lecture at B-School or maybe that's a new idea being pushed at Pepperdine and UCLA.

What they don;t understand is that Survivor is a different type of Reality show. Gameshows are reality shows that have staying power, when they stick to what their fans like. Sports is reality TV and Survivor still has better ratings than say the NBA or NHL. Survivor seems more like a sports franchise than say a true reality show like Miami Ink.

But the CBS braintrust has, I guess, concluded that Survivor is on a ratings arch that gimmicks will only slightly alter and delay the eventual fade. But what the hell do I know? I'm just a flyoverland dumbass way too lame to live in SoCal - just like the rest of you.

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