SEASON PREMIERE: This is not a recommendation. I used to recommend Survivor, for years. But then there were more years, and more years, and even the “new” challenges and team structures became repetitive. Survivor premiered in 2000, and is still around 19 years later, and presenting two different games each season. That’s 19 times two, which works out mathematically, because tonight is called the “Season 38” premiere of Survivor. It’s actually “Cycle 38,” but that’s harder to promote, and sounds like a very intricate dog-food brand. Tonight, for this new 2019 edition, Survivor promises to shake up things yet again, with a series subtitled “Edge of Extinction” – but I’m beyond caring.