Jeff Probst returned to Twitter to interact with former Survivor players

It must be the start of a new Survivor season on television, as Jeff Probst emerged from his hedgehog hole to engage with players and fans alike.

It’s been a long time since Jeff Probst has entrenched himself in the onlineSurvivorspace. It’s been years since he posted his own overviews and recap blogs on behalf of the show, as the executive producer, showrunner and host has far too much going on for him to need to be that involved online anymore.

Still, he is a consummate professional who does promote his content whenever it goes live for a television viewing audience. That’s why, for the first time since the finale ofEdge of Extinction, Jeff Probst opened himself upto the onlineSurvivoraudience on Twitter,hyping upthe premiere episodeofIsland of the Idols.

It first started out with your basic pleasantries, marketing the biggest winners ever making theirfirst appearances as coacheson the Island of the Idols.

However, unlike other times he’s on Twitter where he starts incorporating ideassuch as idol counts into the show, he acknowledged formerSurvivorplayers, engaging with some of the show’s more recent playerslike Donathan Hurley fromGhost Island.

He even calledHannah Shapiro a nut while proclaiming love forMillennials vs. Gen Xwhich, like us, he thinks isone of the show’s greatest seasons to air. That tweet wasn’t even a reply from his original return, but from her own re-watch of the season.

However, it wasn’t all positive tweets sent from Blackberries, as Shane Powers fromPanamapromoted The Shane Show by talking about “the complete destruction ofSurvivor.” Shane has a reason to feel jerked around by the show, butProbst was willing to engage in slightly barbed banterwith one of the show’s most outspoken player-turned-critics.

As for one of theshow’s recent lack of cast introductions, a fan pleaded to Jeff for the possibility of bringing them back. However, Jeff explained that “the expense just can’t be justified anymore,”which makes sense sinceCBS’ profit margins haven’t been healthy lately.

Wait, I just linked to a statement that says the most recent quarter’s net earnings is up 10% to $440M. For the most recent three months, not a full year. That’s odd.

Jeff Probst being back onSurvivorTwitter always brings something spicy to the table, and we’re glad to see him be earnest in an open way.

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