LAST EDITED ON 04-01-12 AT 12:21 PM (EST)first of all, I'm glad that you are chiming in. Sometimes it is the casual viewer that can point something out to all of us that scour the vidcaps each and every week. But, I include you in the mix if you do indeed read message boards and try to figure it out...
!. PIP= Picture in Picture promo....it is usually shown on Saturday night or Sunday on CBS when they are featuring some kind of sports....such as during NFL football, or say last night during the Final Four basketball, etc. It is usually a little hazy in quality, as they show it on the bottom of the screen right during the sports show, while the announcer says a little blurb about it....don't miss Survivor this week! So, usually there isn't a transcript with it.
It comes out after the preview promo, which is "Next time on Survivor", that we get at the end of each weeks episode. Then there is the "Promo", which usually comes out sometime the day or two after the show aired, and is a longer commercial type format with a voiceover and transcript.
Sure hope that helps.
Then, while I am no expert on CBS and their hype, my opinion is that the promos are totally aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public and family....they are aimed at the general population to try and hook us into watching....
2. Regarding your second question....I think you raise an excellent point. A MOST shocking blindside would be either Kim or Troy, because we know that they both have a HII. But, when the promos note that one major player will be played, they proceed to show
VO: It's the biggest Survivor shocker yet.
Kim: "We're about to make our move." See Kim talk to Sabrina and Kat
VO: A major player is about to get played. See Alicia, Christina, Chelsea, Troy, Jay, and Michael.....NO sign of Kim, and she is the one stating...
Kim: (confessional) "We can start sending these guys home."
Jay: (confessional) "I think it's just a safe vote to knock out a girl."
Kim: "This is never going to be the same, if we do this."
Kim in the promo is seen saying they are going to make their move, it will never be the same, time for the girls to take over this game, we can start sending these guys home, it's never going to be the same, if we do this....additionally she is not seen after "a major player is about to get played"....
That leads most of the folks at Blows to not consider Kim as the major player about to get played.....but, nevertheless, as you point out:
1. She is a major player
2. It would really be a shocking blindside!
Thanks for your thoughts!
ETA: What Pepe said!