SHOCKING: “Survivor” Faces the Risk of Disappearing from Television Broadcasts — Here’s the Real Reason
SHOCKING: “Survivor” Faces the Risk of Disappearing from Television Broadcasts — Here’s the Real Reason
“Survivor” fans will now have to wait three hours to get to the end of Wednesday’s special “blood moon” tribal council.
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Donald Trump, the tribe has spoken.
The president’s special address on the war with Iran will cut into the airing of Survivor 50‘s sixth episode on Wednesday. “The Blood Moon,” a two-hour episode originally slated for air between 8 p.m. ET/PT and 10 p.m. ET/PT will now be spliced in half by the presidential address.
“The special two-hour Survivor episode (starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT) will resume where it left off immediately following the president’s address for Eastern and Central Time Zone viewers on the CBS Television Network and air in its entirety,” the network explained in an announcement on Tuesday.
That means the episode will air its first half from 8-9 p.m., and its second half from 9:20-10:20 p.m.
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“CBS News will air a Special Report for President Donald J. Trump’s live primetime address to the nation from the White House, Wednesday, April 1, at 9 p.m. ET. CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil will anchor the coverage,” the announcement continued.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made first mention of the special address in a social media post on Wednesday. “TUNE IN: Tomorrow night at 9 p.m. ET, President Trump will give an Address to the Nation to provide an important update on Iran, she wrote.
The U.S. Military, under Trump’s direction, launched the so-called Operation Epic Fury offensive on Iran on Feb. 28. As of Tuesday, the death toll exceeded 1,900 Iranians, and counted 13 U.S. soldiers, 26 individuals from other Persian Gulf nations, and 20 from Israel, which is waging the war alongside the U.S.
Trump initially stated the war would last four to five weeks, but revised that estimate on Tuesday with an additional two to three weeks.
The official description for Wednesday’s climactic new episode of Survivor reads, “A mysterious boat arrives delivering an exciting message, ‘Drop your buffs!’ A mad dash ensues when castaways discover that an advantage is hidden deep in the jungle. This week’s mouthwatering challenge reward lifts spirits, but only briefly. When the dreaded blood moon is triggered (a true Survivor first), it leads to a historic tribal council.”
