Nine Entertainment beams two versions of Survivor – the first is the US version of the program it broadcasts every week, while the second one speaks to the politics of its boardroom and its management roster.

This week, its chairperson, Catherine West, had her torch snuffed out when she resigned, making way for veteran media operator and former Murdoch executive Peter Tonagh in November.

West’s tenure as chair lasted only 18 months after she was abruptly elevated to the position in June last year courtesy of her predecessor, Peter Costello, who was sent to the departure lounge following a messy altercation with a News Corporation journalist at Canberra airport.

Catherine West is leaving the chair and Peter Tonagh is about to take her seat.

A few months later, Nine’s then-chief executive Mike Sneesby was, to maintain the Survivor analogy, metaphorically voted out. West was always going to be the next name on the exit list.

Costello, Sneesby and West were ultimately victims of last year’s culture crisis at Nine,........

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