Survivor's Season 43 premiere date has been announced by CBS.
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On Wednesday, September 28, Survivor will air a special 90-minute episode from 8:00-9:30PM.
And then beginning on Wednesday, October 5, Survivor will air in its regular time period from 8-9PM ET/PT on CBS.
CBS made the announcement as part of unveiling its 2022-2023 Fall season schedule.
The cast of Survivor's new season will be announced at a later date.
CBS announced back in late May that Survivor and The Amazing Race will both be returning and airing back-to-back on Wednesday nights this Fall.
Survivor premiered its 42nd season on March 9 and aired its finale on May 25.
Maryanne Oketch was crowned "Sole Survivor" and won the $1 million over runner-up Mike Turner.
Jonathan Young, Romeo Escobar, and Lindsay Dolashewich also made it to the finale of Survivor's 42nd season.
It's unclear whether Survivor will maintain its shorter 26-day format -- which the show adopted for Seasons 41 and 42 due to scheduling issues related to the coronavirus pandemic -- going forward rather than its previous 39-day format.
Back in September 2021, Jeff told Entertainment Weekly, "The decision to change the game to 26 days came from the fact that we couldn't leave our bubble."
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"So if we wanted to shoot two seasons, we had to do it back to back," Jeff added. "For us to shoot two seasons of 39 days, back to back, along with our 14-day quarantine, would have meant nearly 100 days, and that was simply too long."
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The change resulted in a faster and more grueling game, with more twists and turns but fewer Reward Challenges and supplies for the castaways at camp.
"We haven't decided if we will go back to 39 days," Jeff said at the time. "I will say that I'm optimistic that fans will find this new 26-day game to be very entertaining and Survivor-worthy."
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