Survivor certainly lived up to its “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast” tagline this week, as the reality competition’s 50th season premiere torched its broadcast TV competition and gave CBS its best Wednesday night in years.
According to a CBS press release, the Survivor 50 premiere on February 25 was the most-watched program that night in both total viewers — with an average of 5.06 million viewers — and viewers in the 25-to-54-year-old age group.
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