Survivor is changing up its longtime finale format for Season 47.
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Since Survivor premiered its first season in Summer 2000, the show has always aired a three-hour finale.
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For 46 seasons, the conclusion of Survivor aired as 180-minute broadcasts -- a two-hour pre-taped episode followed by a one-hour aftershow -- with commercials.
But Season 47 is going to be different.
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For the first time ever, Survivor is not going to have a whopping three-hour finale, Entertainment Weekly reported.
Instead, Survivor 47 will air two separate two-hour episodes over the course of two weeks.
The finale of Survivor's 47th installment is set to air as two parts on Wednesday, December 11 from 8-10PM ET/PT on CBS followed by Wednesday, December 18 from 8-10PM ET/PT on CBS.
Survivor's aftershow has typically taken the form of a live reunion filmed at CBS Studio in Los Angeles or a pre-taped on-location aftershow, which, in recent years, has filmed directly after the Final Tribal Council in Fiji.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Survivor: Winners at War aired a live aftershow in which the castaways participated from home via Zoom to adhere to social-distancing regulations amid unprecedented times.
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Survivor's aftershow for Season 47 will air on December 18 immediately after Survivor host Jeff Probst reads the jury votes and the winner is crowned.
The current season if Survivor will therefore span a total of 14 weeks instead of 13 weeks.
The upcoming two-part finale is on trend with Survivor's recent pattern of extending the show's airtime.
Survivor has been airing 90-minute weekly episodes, instead of sticking with its original one-hour format, since 2023.
The network has also aired special two-hour episodes over the past three seasons.
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Survivor's next episode on Wednesday, November 20 will feature the following castaways hoping to make it one step further in the game: Andy Rueda, Caroline Vidmar, Gabe Ortis, Genevieve Mushaluk, Kyle Ostwald, Rachel LaMont, Sam Phalen, Teeny Chirichillo, and Sue Smey.
On last week's Survivor episode, Solomon "Sol" Yi was voted out of the game after a chaotic and lively Tribal Council.
Sol was voted out of the merged Beka Tribe through an 8-1 vote on Night 16 of the game at Tribal Council instead of Sue.
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"They got my ass. I'm gone," Sol said in his final words.
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"I thought I had my troops rallied, but they were also in on it. But this was a dream come true. I am completely humbled by this experience, and now I get to be on the jury. So, it's not a loss for me, man, I'm good. This was awesome, man!"