“We always envisioned our 40th season as the end of an era of Survivor.”

For one thing, the gamewill be only 26 dayslong as opposed to 39.

Viewers can also partake in a separategame within a gameat home.

SURVIVOR 41

Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor 41’.Robert Voets

And,thanks to Mike White,some sort of monster will be on the loose.

But there is one other big change for season 41 of the show.

It is being calledSurvivor 41.

That marks the first time aSurvivorseason number has been in its title.

What’s with the change?

We asked Jeff Probst.

And the new era meant a new approach towards titling the seasons.

Probst is quick to point out, however, that big tweaks to the game are still coming.

While the theme-based titles may have been occasionally goofy, at least they helped differentiate each season.

With numbers and the same beaches at the same location, everything might start to blend together more.

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