Did Zac Brown kill Survivor?

About this episode

Brett & Danielle react to a controversial episode of Survivor featuring Zac Brown's team reward and discuss its implications for the show's future.

Was it the episode of Survivor that marked the beginning of the end? Brett & Danielle react to Wednesday's Survivor episode that featured the Zac Brown team reward that sent the fandom into a tizzy and revealed the rot at the core of Survivor production for so long. With even more celebrity cameos on the way for Season 50, has the show jumped the shark and is it possible to lose the good will established from the excellent first few episodes of the season? Elsewhere on the episode today, checking in on the latest episode of The Pitt , random Oscars thoughts & your listener questions. Follow Hey Julie on Bluesky and submit your questions ⁠⁠ @HeyJulieBB⁠⁠.bsky.social , our ⁠⁠ Discord server ⁠⁠ , or email us ⁠ heyjuliebigbrother@gmail.com ⁠ ! Watch Hey Julie on ⁠⁠ YouTube ⁠⁠ Follow Brett ⁠⁠ @BrettRader⁠⁠.bsky.social Follow Danielle ⁠⁠ @DingDongDani.bsky.social

People in this episode

Hosts: Brett, Danielle

Topics covered

• Survivor recap
• Zac Brown controversy
• celebrity cameos
• listener questions
• Oscars thoughts

Keywords

• Survivor
• Zac Brown
• celebrity cameos
• Brett
• Danielle
• Oscars
• listener questions

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Organizations: Survivor, Zac Brown, The Pitt, Hey Julie, YouTube, Bluesky, Discord

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