Jeff Probst re-ups with "Survivor" for 2 seasons

(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - "Survivor" contestants: Jeff Probst will continue snuffing out your torches for another two years.

The "Survivor" host and executive producer will return for the next two seasons of the CBS reality TV competition, the network announced Wednesday.

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Probst, who has won three outstanding reality TV host Emmys for his role as Tribal Council moderator, has hosted the contest featuring castaways outwitting, outplaying and outlasting each other for $1 million since it debuted in 2000.

Guess that means Probst won't be the new Regis. In January, Entertainment Weekly said Probst was their pick to replace Regis Philbin on "Live! with Regis and Kelly," writing, "He's lively. He's intelligent. And he's had to interview some true nimrods during 'Survivor''s many tribal councils."

The Nicaragua-set 22nd edition of the series,"Survivor: Redemption Island," is currently broadcast Wednesdays on CBS and added dismissed contestants battling to return to the game.