Reality TV: 20 best shows ever | Entertainment Weekly

If you were making a list of the 20 BEST Reality-TV Shows Ever!, who would be number one? Of course!, Survivor. “Changed the face of TV” is not a phrase to be used loosely, but you can actually say that about Survivor.

Best Season: 1, when the snake (Richard Hatch) devoured the rat (Kelly Wiglesworth).

1. SURVIVOR (CBS, 2000-present)

By dropping 16 strangers on an island and letting them battle it out for a million dollars, Survivor changed the face of television — for better or for worse — more than any show this millennium. And the combination of exotic locales, backstabbing strategy, and hotties in bikinis has the series still going strong, with season (gulp!) 19 coming this fall.
Best Season: 1, when the snake (Richard Hatch) devoured the rat (Kelly Wiglesworth).

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