Survivor Caramoan Fans vs Favorites Spring 2013

[wit-nit]

Survivor was down 19% from its Season 25 finale on December 16, 2012 and down 10% from it last Spring season finale on May 13, 2012. Immediately after the season finale, a special live Reunion Show (2.2/6) with all the contestants from both the Fan and the Favorites tribes aired. Last night’s Reunion Show bopped up 5% from last season’s version but was down a slight 4% from its Season 24 show last spring. As is common with live shows like this, expect an adjustment in the final numbers later today. The network actually had more than Survivor on last night. The most watched show of the night with 10.12 million viewers, 60 Minutes (1.5/6) started things off at 7 PM. The news magazine show was up a solid 25% from last week. With the 60 Minutes and Survivor combo, CBS won the night in total viewers and among Adults 18-49.
RATINGS RAT RACE: 'Survivor', 'Revenge' & 'Once Upon A Time' Finales Down, 'Celebrity Apprentice' Hits Season Low, '60 Minutes' Up - Deadline.com

According to one ratings service Survivor didn't make it into the top 20 shows for the week.

[Marcy1210]

Originally Posted by ischyros

Hopefully the ratings will begin to tell them something. The last two seasons have seen the lowest ratings yet, with this most recent season being the lowest. They brought back the Fans vs Favorites idea because people loved the first one so much and Probst has said they keep bringing back former players because the most recent time they brought back all new people, One World, the ratings tanked. That's true, but this most recent season was the first season ever with less than 10 million viewers. Ratings were pretty consistent for many seasons around 12-13 million viewers but the past three seasons it's started to nose dive.

I think the nose dive is due to the recycled challenges, rewards, and players. Kind of like, "Been there, done that--yawn". Bringing back the creature eating this season shook it up a little, but not enough. Family visits, the "Rememberance" walk, little camp time shown, not seeing them brave the elements or build shelter, make fire, find water; and hunt, fish or gather fruits takes away (for me, anyway) a lot of the purpose of the show, which is survival. That's why I watch. To see them shivering in their shelter as rain pours down; seeing them chase chickens (like when Shambo let them loose), fish, shinny up palms for coconuts, find water and haul it back to camp (they have water bottles now), cook critters they've caught, are reasons I loved the show. Steer it back to its roots and take away the returnees, the mactors, the recycled challenges and maybe viewership will increase....