There will likely be a significant change to the schedule of Survivor season 45, and the shift might have some pluses and minuses. Apart from season premieres, finales, and uncommon particular episodes, Survivor has all the time had one-hour episodes. That will likely be altering for the upcoming Survivor 45.

Set to premiere on the autumn CBS schedule, Survivor season 45 could have 90-minute episodes. CBS just lately confirmed the web rumors about longer episodes. They introduced that the season is ready to air back-to-back on Wednesday nights with The Superb Race, which is also switching to 90-minute episodes.

Longer Survivor Episodes Can Present Contestant Relationships

The good thing about 90-minute episodes is that they are going to enable Survivor to flesh out the interpersonal relationships between the gamers. Whether or not the present takes benefit of that chance stays to be seen, however the additional runtime might assist paint a clearer image of the contestants and their interactions with one another. Although Survivor 44 did a greater job than different new-era seasons, there are nonetheless many factors throughout trendy seasons the place it is unclear the place the gamers stand with each other.

90-minute episodes will give the present an opportunity to indicate extra camp life and extra of the relationship-building occurring on the island. The schedule might assist make clear complicated moments on the present, like in Survivor season 43 when Jesse Lopez acknowledged in a confessional that he was shut with Karla Cruz-Godoy, however the episode by no means confirmed them interacting or constructing a bond. The longer episode construction, if utilized effectively, might assist stability the technique facets of the sport with the interpersonal dynamic side that was far more prevalent in early seasons.

Longer Episodes Could Lead To Extra Survivor Twists

One of many drawbacks of the longer schedule is that it might tempt the producers so as to add much more wrinkles to an already stuffed recreation. The commonest criticism of the “new period” seasons is that they characteristic far too many twists and benefits, and longer episodes might enable the Survivor‘s artistic group to additional toy with the format moderately than give attention to the contestants. Although the brand new period has added some fascinating parts to the present, many new concepts have been universally panned, and longer episodes might give the present an excessive amount of freedom to experiment.

Hopefully, Survivor can strike a stability with the brand new schedule. The producers might use the additional time in a number of methods, however they need to think about incorporating extra camp life into the present. There are already sufficient twists and benefits in the brand new period Survivor format, so the additional time ought to solely be used to refine these parts and make clear relationships moderately than be used as an excuse so as to add much more wild concepts to the Survivor combine.