My conversation with Jeff Probst

Talking about Twitter with “Survivor” host and producer – Jeff Probst from Tom Lewis on Vimeo.

While covering the 2009 TV Land Awards at the Gibson Amphitheatre for LAist, I had the chance to talk to Jeff Probst, the host and producer of CBS’ “Survivor”. Probst blogs about “Survivor” for Entertainment Weekly and is keenly aware of the influence of the internet, blogging, and social media, on TV programming. He is very aware of, but has not yet, opened a Twitter account – we urged him to do it!

Probst is a great example of someone in “old” media who perceives value in social networks and the web instead of viewing it suspiciously as a threat. Even in this brief conversation, he understands that there are currently limits on what he can do with the feedback but he’s willing to do more and try more things.