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Survivor: Worlds Apart Reunion

TV Flash files “Survivor: Worlds Apart Reunion” as the last listed hour of season 30 — Survivor (2000–present) on CBS, season 30, episode 15, aired 2015-05-20, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S30E15: listed hour 454 of 732 in the Survivor guide, last listed hour of season 30. It aired 2015-05-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “It's a Fickle, Fickle Game” (S30E14). Next is “Second Chance” (S31E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Survivor — Survivor: Worlds Apart Reunion (S30E15)

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The winner is revealed as the castaways reunite to discuss the season. Later, Jeff Probst reveals the results of the fan vote for the 20 players who will compete in the 2015 fall edition.

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Where does Survivor: Worlds Apart Reunion sit in the Survivor guide?

S30E15 is listed hour 454 of 732 — last listed hour of season 30, season 30 episode 15.

When did Survivor S30E15 air?

Survivor: Worlds Apart Reunion aired 2015-05-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Where should a new viewer start Survivor?

The first CBS season (premiered May 31, 2000) is cultural history. Later seasons are the same grammar — Tribal Council, alliances, a sole survivor — with refined strategy and edits.

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Why this series still plays

Outwit, outplay, outlast: Mark Burnett brought Charlie Parsons's format to CBS as summer event TV and launched an American reality empire. Jeff Probst as permanent referee, Tribal Council as weekly election. Early seasons are cultural history; the grammar still trains audiences to read social gameplay.

May 31, 2000, CBS puts strangers on an island and asks summer to behave like a Thursday-night election. Charlie Parsons's format, Mark Burnett producing, Jeff Probst as permanent referee: challenges, alliances, Tribal Council votes until a sole survivor takes a million dollars. Richard Hatch, Rudy Boesch, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Rob Mariano, Parvati Shallow — names that became strategy folklore the way guest stars once became mythology. *The Marooning* is origin night. *The Merger* is the grammar lesson every later…

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