I think Friends can beat Survivor II. Here are my reasons :: 1)The first Survivor aired in the summer, the time of reruns, giving it absolutely NO competition. During the season of new eps, Survivor II will have to face fans...especially loyal fans of competing shows...such as Friends. 2)Survivor II will almost be like the first one, and I'm not sure if too many people are going to be interested in that. I mean, it may be boring. 3)Friends, as many critics and people say (I agree), has a loyal audience. Survivor II will be like the old one, and no one will abandon Friends just to watch it. 4)Friends airs during the first half-hour, which is the part that least amount of people watch. During that 30 minutes, it's all chit-chat. Mostly people are only interested in the tribal council meeting at the END of the episode. So likely (as many TV insiders are saying), people will tune into Friends at the first half-hour, then Survivor II at the second more interesting 30 minutes (where the votes are actually cast). 5)Many online polls and message boards all over the internet (and believe me, I've been around the 'net) have said they would rather watch Friends. A poll at www.gist.com had people choose between Friends and Survivor II, Friends had 70.3% and Survivor had 29.7%.
Survivor II may beat Friends in its first couple of episodes, as people will test it out, but Friends will pull through in the end.
And finally...
Come on, people! Show some support! Friends all the way! Yeah!