Live Like You're Dying

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January 3, 2009 - 7:57pm

[SIZE=5]Exclusive: Jeff Probst creates new show for CBS[/SIZE] [URL="http://vevmo.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1100"][IMG]http://vevmo.com/imagehosting/324496009691398b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [COLOR=black][COLOR=black][SIZE=2][I]Survivor’s[/I] Jeff Probst has created — and will host — a new reality pilot for CBS, EW.com has learned exclusively. The show, [I]Live Like You’re Dying[/I], will feature a person who has been given a terminal diagnosis with a finite amount of time to live and “take them on the last adventure of their life,” according to Probst. That adventure will include reunions with lost friends or formerly feuding family members, a “legacy moment” that will ensure their name carries on forever, and living out a personal dream. “It could be playing guitar with Eric Clapton or jumping out of a plane into a volcano,” Probst explained to EW.com. “Whatever it is that you’re still desiring to do in your life — we want to make it happen.” (A new subject will be profiled for every episode should the show get picked up and go to series.) [/SIZE][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]Of course, a program profiling people with terminal diseases runs the risk of being just a tad morbid, but Probst insists the show will be inspirational rather than depressing. “The focus of the show is not death,” says Probst. “The story we’re going to tell is about living. This is a show that is intended to inspire everybody to get the most out of their lives every day.” [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=black]Joining Probst on the project is his Survivor boss Mark Burnett, who will also be executive-producing, and Denise Cramsey of [I]Extreme Makeover: Home Edition[/I] and [I]Trading Spaces[/I], who will act as showrunner. Production on the [I]Live Like You’re Dying[/I] pilot will begin in January (after filming has wrapped on season 18 of [I]Survivor[/I]), and no airdate has been set should the show make it to series.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][via [URL="http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/10/probst-creates.html"]hollywoodinsider[/URL]][/SIZE] [/COLOR]

January 3, 2009 - 11:12pm

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ssseeeaaann

Probst's contract for Survivor expires at the conclusion of season 20 filming (December '09), I wonder this show is an attempt to transition away. He was apparently thisclose to leaving after season 12 in 2005.

January 4, 2009 - 8:13am

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Bacchus

[quote=ssseeeaaann;42731]Probst's contract for Survivor expires at the conclusion of season 20 filming (December '09), I wonder this show is an attempt to transition away. He was apparently thisclose to leaving after season 12 in 2005.[/quote] I was thinking the same thing, that it is an escape vehicle for Jeff. However, I am not sure the type of mass appeal a show like this will have over the long term. I love the concept, but also think it delves into territory that might be a bit more than the average viewer is willing to consume on a weekly basis being the primary draw of television is escapism. On a show like Extreme Makeover Home Edition, even when they go into the toughest of situations you are left with a feeling that the family is better off. In this case, we know the person is going to die and there is no real way around that. Sounds sad to me.

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