We had to wait more than five years between Winners At War and Survivor 50. Thankfully, whatever returnee season comes next is going to happen a lot more quickly. We don’t have the official date or season number yet, but host Jeff Probst confirmed there’s a “one hundred percent” chance we’ll see some of our favorites back on the island within the next few years. I’m elated, and I already know what the theme should be.
Survivor fans have had a lot to say during the New Era. They haven’t been shy about reacting to the changes they’ve liked and the changes they haven’t liked. What they mostly haven’t liked could be at least roughly sorted into three buckets: the reduction from 39 days to 26 days, the relentless positivity/ lack of obvious villains and always starting with three tribes instead of two. Probst and company have been clear the production schedule is not going to change back, but there’s a beloved Survivor theme that would solve the other two problems: Heroes vs Villains.
