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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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 Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: New, ethnic Survivor |
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General Motors drops 'Survivor'
The automaker says it is pulling its advertising from the program for the upcoming season but not because of recent controversy.
August 30 2006: 3:33 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors is pulling its advertising from CBS's reality hit "Survivor," according to a news report Wednesday.
A GM spokesperson said the decision was made about three months ago and is not related to the controversy surrounding next season's competition, which will pit tribes of different ethnicities against one another, TV Week said.
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The new season of "Survivor," which debuts September 14, will be a race among races.
Last week, CBS (Charts) announced that, for the reality show's 13th edition, "Survivor: Cook Islands," 20 contestants will be organized into four tribes divided along ethnic lines - black, white, Hispanic and Asian.
GM (Charts) decided to pull its advertising from "Survivor" because sponsoring the show no longer fit the company's business objectives, TV Week said, citing a GM spokesperson.
"It's been a great relationship with the show," but it was difficult to integrate a car into a program that's set on an island, the spokesperson said, according to the report.
"GM has been a great partner on the show for 12 editions," a CBS spokesman remarked. "They informed us of this decision several months ago, and at that time they had no knowledge of the format."
The CBS spokesman declined to disclose which companies would sponsor the show this season. |
General Motors drops 'Survivor'
Not so much about the article, but what I thought of when reading it.
What do you think of the "ethnic divide"? I do think they forgot
I know he is British (Indian) and not Muslim |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Stupidest idea in a long time.
Dividing into groups based on nationality or region would be alright.
But based on the colour of their skin and facial features?
Dumb.
Even regressive. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Agree with Mr. Islander.
Also, the person in that picture is from the show Lost. Is he also going to be on Survivor? What a strange career. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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Agree with Mr. Islander.
Also, the person in that picture is from the show Lost. Is he also going to be on Survivor? What a strange career. |
Qinella, are you still asleep?  That was a joke. They forgot about Muslims (or ignored them in their race discussions, and yes, I know it's a religion). So I chose a Muslim (who happens to live on an island) to portray my opinion. |
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rawiri
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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So...who you picking?
They say the meek will inheirt the earth so i suppose the asians will win out right. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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There's 20 total people, and 13 are from California.
BTW, I stopped watching these after the second one, but this one caught my eye. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Reality shows are getting old. Leave it to American TV to keep churning out stupid shows. It's best to have a life away from the idiot box. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have never once sat through a full episode of Survivor.
I would take (and have taken!) 10 hours on Dave's reading messages, picking my nose, scratching my butt, and writing inane posts over 10 minutes of watching any reality show. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
I have never once sat through a full episode of Survivor.
I would take (and have taken!) 10 hours on Dave's reading messages, picking my nose, scratching my butt, and writing inane posts over 10 minutes of watching any reality show. |
Same same. You me same page. Spot on. Word. Absolutely.
But then again, "ETHNIC Survivor"?? ... That sounds so horrible that it could actually be worth watching. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| The have to do something to drum up ratings ... Survivor is about as exciting as watching paint dry. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
I have never once sat through a full episode of Survivor.
I would take (and have taken!) 10 hours on Dave's reading messages, picking my nose, scratching my butt, and writing inane posts over 10 minutes of watching any reality show. |
No, the first one was new and interesting, and it's hard to argue against that. The second one I watched because my entire residence got drunk and watched it down in the lounge  |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I would take (and have taken!) 10 hours on Dave's reading messages, picking my nose, scratching my butt, and writing inane posts over 10 minutes of watching any reality show. |
I agree for most shows. I make an exception for The Amazing Race, though. That's a cool show. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| Qinella, are you still asleep? |
No, no.. I blame my vanishing intellectual capacity.
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| That was a joke. They forgot about Muslims (or ignored them in their race discussions, and yes, I know it's a religion). So I chose a Muslim (who happens to live on an island) to portray my opinion. |
I thought you meant as a middle easterner, because only black, white, Hispanic and Asian were mentioned in the article.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I've seen some episodes of Lost finally, so I want to be in the club. |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I've seen some episodes of Lost finally, so I want to be in the club. |
Oooh... there's a club?? |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| The have to do something to drum up ratings ... Survivor is about as exciting as watching paint dry. |
actually I would rather watch paint dry than watch survivor - I watched a couple of episodes of the first series and 1 of the second and then wrote it off as a waste of time. |
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