In 'Survivor,' a Meager Pearl for CBS
By Lisa de Moraes
Wednesday, September 24, 2003; Page C07
An early launch for the seventh edition of "Survivor" landed CBS in first place last week -- one week before the official start of the 2003-04 TV season.
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"Survivor: Pearl Islands." More than 21 million watched the latest band of wannabe actors -- this time pretending to be pirates -- begin their 39-day adventure by expelling the masseuse in their group. They are especially stupid pirates. Anyway, though it was the week's most-watched program, "Survivor" drew its smallest opening audience since its very first edition, though only by a couple of million viewers. That probably was owing to Hurricane Isabel hitting the East Coast that night.