I just found out that Survivor starts tonight.

I also heard that they are going to be dividing the groups along racial lines. I don't know about everyone else, but that makes me more than a bit uncomfortable!!

I don't know. Perhaps they will find a way to do it in good taste, but I don't see how!

It doesn't bother me at all, after all, they have had all male and all female tribes before, too.

I don't know that it makes me uncomfortable, per se, but I do think it's unnecessary. I also think it was a calculated move to get people all riled up. Who cares whether addiction, interest or anger gets people to turn on their TV's, so long as they talk about it and turn them on.

It's working, huh? LOL....

I'll be watching! (what a surprise, huh?! LOL!)

Karen, you have a good point! Robert, you too! I guess it has a lot of people talking about it, which equals interest, which equates to viewers.

It is the way of Mark Burnett. I'll check the Futon Critic tomorrow to find out what kind of share the premiere gets!

Greg & I always do an early pick of one male & one female, just going by their bios on the website. I said JP and Jenny...Greg says Ozzy and Candice. Not having seen ANY footage yet, our picks could easily change after tonight!

Anyone else have early picks? Do share!

I like Cowboy.....but he is so much like the guy who left last season with stomach problems!! Without sounding racist...I really like the Asian group. They have really neat characters.

It's funny, they always have certain characters emerging immediately...the lazy one, the gigolo, the spiritual one, the odd one out, the jock, the girl flirt...etc.

I don't know names yet and we really havn't seen much of the tribes but I like the guy who was had his headache pulled out of the bridge of his nose, lol. The one I like least so far is the out of shape rock band guy.

I had not read any of the bios ahead of time but caught the show tonight. Like Karen, I don't have many of the names down yet. I liked the opening segment where once again they had a brief opportunity to grab survival gear as they jumped overboard and loaded their rafts to paddle to their beaches.

Several made some moves that have their teammates wondering about them tonight but the first goof I saw was when "Flicka" (the gal with the tatoos) lifted up the crate that was holding their tribes 2 chickens and the chickens made their escape. She's lucky her tribe didn't go to tribal council tonight.

Kathy, I was sorta glad to see the chickens escape, lol. I didn't like the way that they put them under a crate in the dark, it HAD to be hot under there!

Free range chickens are the happy chickens!

Looks like the premiere did fairly well for CBS; of course, it was up against repeat episodes on the other major networks.

The Futon Critic

I watched it live tonight so I didn't tape it. Who did Billy say he fell instantly in love with?

Kathy, it was one of the other tribe members, I think he said Candice?

Now THAT was weird! Wasn't there a scene where he told one of the girls on the other tribe that he was going home tonight. Then she said, "well, we love you".?? I wonder if that was what he was talking about?

I hope it is OK to specifically talk about last week's show now.

I was glad to see Billy leave but for a short while after his team purposely lost the challenge I wondered if the plan would backfire on Ozzy. I think it was Billy's remark at tribal council about falling in love that sealed his elimination.

Like Sheri I've been cheering on the Asian group. I'm glad that Yul found the immunity necklace.

Kathy, we can talk about the show the next morning, as soon as those lucky dogs in Hawaii view it :)

How stupid to throw a challenge! Now what will they do when they really do lose a one?

I had Billy in our office pool
I haven't drawn a winner yet.