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Survivor 49 set for fall premiere on CBS

CBS announced its Fall 2025 TV schedule, including Survivor 49.
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“My Enemies Are Plottin’’” – The reward challenge is good enough to sing for when Jeff announces what is on the line for the winners. A rice negotiation with Jeff is completed in almost record time. Then, at tribal it’s a toss-up when two players on the bottom begin to target each other, on SURVIVOR, Wednesday, April 30 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for
“My Enemies Are Plottin’’” – The reward challenge is good enough to sing for when Jeff announces what is on the line for the winners. A rice negotiation with Jeff is completed in almost record time. Then, at tribal it’s a toss-up when two players on the bottom begin to target each other, on SURVIVOR, Wednesday, April 30 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for | CBS

We're still two weeks away from the Survivor 48 finale, but CBS just shared a huge update about Survivor 49.

During the first week of May 2025, CBS rolled out its Fall TV lineup. Thankfully, Survivor 49 was a part of the shows that will air this fall. According to a report from TV Line, Survivor 49 will air weekly on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. The new season, which will be hosted by Jeff Probst, just started filming this spring.

That shouldn't be a surprise for Survivor fans. We already knew Survivor 50 was going to premiere on CBS in February 2026. That means Survivor 49 has to air during the fall season to set up the big season. The TV Line report also confirmed the Survivor 50 timeslot for CBS's Winter TV lineup.

Unfortunately, CBS did not announce the premiere date for Survivor 49. We could find out that information over the remainder of the spring and into summer, but we might be waiting closer to the fall until we find out the exact day Survivor 49 premieres.

Based on previous seasons, we'll probably see the season premiere on the third Wednesday of September. This year, that will be Wednesday, Sept. 17, but it could be Wednesday, Sept. 24. We'll share more information when we find out!

Survivor 49 will also feature 90-minute episodes

While the fall premiere for Survivor 49 wasn't necessarily new, although it was confirmed, we did learn some new information about Survivor 49.

According to the schedule, the new season of The Amazing Race will air at 9:30 p.m. That means Survivor 49 will consist of 90-minute episodes throughout the season.

Those longer episodes have been a staple of the more recent seasons of Survivor, and it seems to work really well. No, the ratings aren't necessarily improving because of the longer episodes. From a narrative perspective, the longer episodes work so much better. There's so much more time to get to know these players, learn who they are, and see as many of the moves they are making. With the shorter episodes, we definitely miss out on a lot of camp life, strategy, discussing big moves, and other things like that.

Stay tuned for more news about Survivor 49!

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