Survivor Fan-sites?

May 24, 2011 4:52 PM

Can anyone recommend some good Survivor (US TV Series) websites?

So Survivor remains the only TV show I watch on an old school/free-to-air/weekly basis. But where in the past I had workmates and acquaintances to discuss the show with (this was part of the fun in still watching a show on a weekly basis), nowadays I'm on my own. Can anyone recommend some good Survivor fan-sites? The official site is a bit simplistic/hype oriented (fair enough). I'm interested in reading analyses of tactics and comparisons between seasons.

posted by jjderooy to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (9 answers total)

I haven't read it regularly in years, but Television Without Pity's Survivor recaps (and forum discussions) used to be pretty good at tactical analysis. The site is run by Bravo TV now, and all the original writers are long gone, so I don't know if the quality is what it used to be. (Just to forewarn you if you do sign up to take part in the forums: there's a culture of very strong moderation at TWOP that is quite different from Metafilter and other sites.)

(on preview: jinx!)
posted by scody at 4:57 PM on May 24, 2011

Best answer: Your search begins and ends with Survivor Sucks. Can be a little snarky as you'd guess from the title, but it's really the place to go.
posted by yellowbinder at 4:59 PM on May 24, 2011 [2 favorites]

Sucks and Twop are my go to sites.

If you like podcasts, listen to The Tribe and Rob has a podcast.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 5:18 PM on May 24, 2011

Do you watch the Ponderosa behind-the-scenes stuff online? I look forward to those almost as much as the episodes themselves. (You get to see their favorite foods! And how excited they are to see something as simple as a toothbrush!)
posted by phunniemee at 5:27 PM on May 24, 2011

TWOP is good. Otherwise MeMail, me and the wife watch the show religiously (we both agree this season sucked).
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:48 PM on May 24, 2011 [1 favorite]

feel free to memail me as well if you just want to chat about survivor.
posted by nadawi at 7:13 PM on May 24, 2011

Or just start a Google group for Mefites who watch Survivor (hint hint).
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:21 PM on May 24, 2011

Ugh, Sucks is SO annoying but I agree it's the best Survivor forum. Stephen Fischbach recaps Survivor for People.com and they're not bad. Seconding watching Ponderosa online, and Rob Cesternino's podcast. He usually chats weekly with his wife and a Survivor alum. His interviews for HvV were pretty epic-- I mean, asking Lex about Boston Rob's elimination? Classic. Really excellent strategy discussions. He has a website that gets lots of comments. Of course Jeff Probst blogs after every episode and is good to check for hints. The Tribe is another excellent podcast with really funny and devoted fans. Dalton Ross also does recaps for EW that get a lot of comments.
posted by acidic at 7:49 PM on May 24, 2011

realityblurred.com
posted by fozzie33 at 5:07 AM on May 25, 2011