Press Release: CBS announced a new companion podcast for SURVIVOR titled ON FIRE WITH JEFF PROBST, which will debut Wednesday, March 1 on all major podcast platforms immediately following the special two-hour premiere (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) of the hit series’ 44th season. New podcast episodes will go live each Wednesday at the conclusion of that week’s broadcast of SURVIVOR, which regularly airs Wednesdays, 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT on the CBS Television Network and is available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*.
“I’m very excited to share that, for the first time in 22 years, we’re doing an official SURVIVOR podcast,” says host and executive producer Jeff Probst. “We’re going to go inside the making of SURVIVOR from the producers’ point of view [for] the how we do what we do, and the why. I think of it like a companion piece to the show. It’s something we’ve thought about doing in years past but this season is so good, it just felt like the perfect time.”
Listeners will be able to join Emmy Award-winning host and showrunner Jeff Probst, and his co-hosts, SURVIVOR producer Brittany Crapper and podcast producer and SURVIVOR fan Jay Wolff, as they go behind the scenes of the groundbreaking reality series like never before. ON FIRE WITH JEFF PROBST is the ultimate companion to SURVIVOR 44, whether you’re a superfan or new to the show. Each week, Jeff will go inside the latest episode and share some of the secrets of how they make the show. Fulfilling fans’ dreams, Probst will also answer audience questions and take part in a fan segment called “Why Jeff Sucks.”