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A tropical island in the South China Sea on which eight men and eight women are marooned. They must band together to find food, water and shelter - and build a world for themselves. Every week…

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Mark Burnett
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Premiered: May 31, 2000

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Survivor: Five Former Contestants Are Fasting For Darfur

07/03/09 As announced by press release yesterday, former Survivor cast members—Palau's Coby Archa, Kimberly Mullen, and Janu Tornell; Vanuatu's Scout Cloud Lee; and Australia's Michael Skupin—will fast for the next three days, drinking only water in solidarity as part of the Darfur Fast for Life campaign. | Reality TV Magazine
Carradine died of asphyxia, expert says

07/02/09 The private pathologist who conducted a second autopsy on David Carradine's body after it was returned to the U.S, said yesterday that, so far, he agrees with Thai authorities that the actor died of asphyxia. | The Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu HI
Tater Tops 2009: Who's the Best Reality-Show Host?

06/30/09 They are often the only person on a reality show to keep the peace, stop the bickering among judges and console the losers. | E! Online
'Survivor' winner can't mention show in book

06/30/09 Bow-tied educator Bob Crowley shot to fame on the reality show "Survivor" but his experience in the West African nation of Gabon isn't featured in his self-published biography. | Boston Herald - Boston MA
Reality at Prime

06/29/09 Prime Lounge, 104 W. Main St., was full of reality-show royalty this past weekend. | The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY
Tater Tops 2009: Who's the Best Reality Show Host?

06/29/09 They are often the only person on a reality show to keep the peace, stop the bickering among judges and console the losers. | E! Online
Tater Tops 2009: Who's the Best Reality-Show Villain?

06/28/09 We thought we were the only ones obsessed with this show about one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. | E! Online
Tater Tops 2009: What's the Best Reality Show, Competition?

06/26/09 Fox's musical juggernaut gave us the most exciting season yet, thanks to runner-up Adam Lambert 's flamboyant and theatrical style. | E! Online
Review: 'Virtuality' falls short on the drama

06/25/09 "I'm asking if you know fantasy from reality," the starship commander demands of one of his officers, and in "Virtuality" the question is anything but rhetorical. | The Mercury News - San Jose CA
Do Reality TV Contestants Have to Quit Their Jobs?

06/25/09 What do reality contestants do about work? | E! Online
CBS announces 'Survivor: Samoa' will premiere on September 17

06/25/09 Samoa -- the nineteenth installment of the long-running reality series -- will premiere Thursday, September 17 at 8PM ET/PT. | Reality TV World
Lou Diamond Phillips wins I'm a Celebrity 2, less shocking co-host saying, "we'll see you next year"

06/24/09 After three and a half long weeks, I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here 2 ended, and the best and most obvious choice, Lou Diamond Phillips, won the show. | reality blurred
Big Brother 11 news and rumors: two tribes and two houses? cliques? a $0 prize?

06/24/09 Big Brother 11 debuts two weeks from tomorrow, and facts and rumors about the new season are floating around online. | reality blurred
MTV Announces Seven New Non-Music Series In Development

06/24/09 MTV announced their newest slate of upcoming television series in development, and not surprisingly anymore, none of them have anything to do with music. | Rock and Roll Daily - Rolling Stone
Katherine Heigl Gets a Life

06/24/09 Variety reports the Grey's Anatomy actress is set to star in Life as We Know It , a film about two singletons who must come together to raise an orphaned child. | E! Online
EXCLUSIVE! Survivor: Coach Argues His Case

06/23/09 Tocantin's Dragonslayer — Benjamin "Coach" Wade — will go down in reality television history as one of the most entertaining and controversial people in the show's 18 seasons. | Reality TV Magazine
'Audrina' Stays With MTV

06/23/09 Audrina Patridge won't be traveling too far beyond the set of "The Hills." | Live The TV Blog
Adam Lambert, Stephen Fishbach, JT Thomas among People's hottest bachelors

06/22/09 People has released its collection of America's hottest bachelors , and surprise, they're all celebrities, because we all know you're not hot unless you're famous. | reality blurred
Cartoon Network's new reality shows, kid style

06/17/09 Live-action entries 'The Othersiders,' 'Brain Rush,' 'Destroy Build Destroy' and 'Survive This' are variations on grown-up shows. | Zap2it
5 Questions With: Mark Burnett

06/15/09 ON AOL TELEVISION Here come the brides and grooms, Mark Burnett style. | Inside TV
Spencer Pratt: You're Just a Weatherman, Al Roker

06/15/09 It's quite another when he refers to his and wife Heidi Montag's media-given nickname while bashing Al Roker. | Live The TV Blog
Ice Road Truckers heads north to Alaska for third season

05/19/09 ON AOL TELEVISION Set to return Sunday nights on May 31, new episodes of Ice Road Truckers take the show's cameras from the diamond mines and frozen highways of Canada's Northwest Territories north to the oil fields of Alaska. | TV Squad
Survivor: I Trust You But I Trust Me More (season finale)

05/17/09 ON AOL TELEVISION (S18E14) Well, tonight was it for Survivor Tocantins . | TV Squad
5 Questions With: Jeff Probst

05/15/09 ON AOL TELEVISION For 18 seasons, 'Survivor' host Jeff Probst has presided over tribal council, serving as witness to alliances, betrayals and contestants trying to outwit, outplay and outlast each other. | Inside TV
Weekly Reality Awards

04/25/09 ON AOL TELEVISION One of the best things about reality shows for me is watching people succeed or crash in a fiery abyss. | TV Squad
Weekly Reality Awards

04/18/09 ON AOL TELEVISION As the numbers continue to dwindle on the competitive reality shows, tension is starting to rise and I want a front seat. | TV Squad
Weekly Reality Awards

04/12/09 ON AOL TELEVISION A week never starts off well without The Amazing Race on Sundays. | TV Squad
Weekly Reality Awards

04/04/09 ON AOL TELEVISION This week, reality television maintained some normalcy. | TV Squad
Weekly Reality Awards - VIDEO

03/28/09 ON AOL TELEVISION This week in reality television was eclectic. | TV Squad
Amazing Race vs. Survivor: Why one works and the other doesn't

03/24/09 ON AOL TELEVISION It might seem crazy to suggest that either one of CBS's two long-running reality series doesn't work, but I'm sticking to my convictions. | TV Squad