CBS has announced that Survivor: Vanuatu's finale episode will air on Sunday, December 12 instead of its regular Thursday evening time period.
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Survivor: Vanuatu will be the fourth-straight Survivor edition to feature a Sunday evening finale. The last Survivor edition to feature a Thursday evening three-hour finale broadcast was Survivor: Thailand on December 19, 2002. Reality television viewers looking for their normal Thursday 8PM reality fix on Thursday, December 16 won't have to look far however -- NBC has announced that following the same format that has proven successful for Survivor, it will broadcast a special three-hour finale and live reunion broadcast of Survivor producer Mark Burnett's The Apprentice 2 series from 8-11PM ET/PT
Despite finishing its ninth season, Survivor remains a ratings powerhouse, with Survivor: Vanuatu remaining the most watched reality program on television and ranking fifth among all programs in the 2004-2005 season-to-date Nielsen ratings.