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A doctor overseeing the French version of the "Survivor" reality show has committed suicide following the sudden death of a contestant who he had treated, France's biggest TV station says. Dr. Thierry Costa killed himself on location Monday on an island in Cambodia, the TF1 station said. Costa, 38, blamed the press for damaging his professional reputation in a handwritten suicide note that TF1 published on its website.

It's remarkable how strong the Charlie Brown specials continue to perform in the ratings, year after year. "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" is not the most popular entry in the beloved animated franchise (both "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and It's the "Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" deliver bigger numbers). Yet the program still managed to hold its own against CBS' "Survivor" and Fox's "The X-Factor" (in fact, the special edged out Factor in total viewers, see below). Plus,"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" delivered its biggest audience in four years — 8.1 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in the adult demo, up 22 percent from last year. Pretty spry for a 39-year-old repeat, huh?

'Survivor' star Richard Hatch sentenced to 9 months in prison on violating supervised release

Survivor has sent some of its contestants to a temporary purgatory on Exile Island. Now it will offer ousted players a chance at redemption.

In a new, long-term tweak to its format, the groundbreaking reality series will send each of its voted-off castaways to a new Redemption Island.

The numbers were in Sandra Diaz-Twine's favor again on "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains."...

Mexican police arrested a former producer of the "Survivor" television series on Thursday on suspicion of murdering his wife, found strangled in the Caribbean resort of Cancun.

“It was everything I would expect from that group of people -- egos, nudity and backstabbing,” Morasca tells “Extra” of the premiere episode.