Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-1294345-20170318142836/@comment-1294345-20170319035913

Distanceriez E. wrote: The double episodes are just two episodes they decided to air in the same night, this is why they have different title (I have no idea why they didn't give Million Dollar Gamble part 2 its own title), it's not the case with premieres for obvious reasons. What obvious reasons? I don't see any difference between the editing of double premieres and other double episodes, it's just covering two cycles on the same night. The double episodes are always planned by the editing team from the beginning, no matter if it's a premiere or not.

Also, trying to follow CBS's numbering is a lost cause since they often contradict themselves about it (like the whole "500th episode" thing, or the recap of "The Stakes Have Been Raised" on CBS's website only covering the first part). Even for the doubles eps with two different titles, on CBS's video list they are considered as one episode.

The main change here is to include Reunion Shows in the overall count, which is fine (although I'm skeptical about including America's Tribal Council in it since there's been other special episodes like Back from the Outback. I don't personally think that the special episodes should be included). But for the double episodes, there's so many differences in the counts that there's no real "official" numbering, and I think that all double episodes, regardless if they're premieres or not or if they have one or two titles, should be treated the same way. America's Tribal Council is basically a second reunion show of All-Stars.