Fifteen TV shows that shaped the decade

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-23 11:45
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Fifteen TV shows that shaped the decade

2. “Survivor” (2000 – present)

Producer Mark Burnett took a Swedish show called “Expedition Robinson,” turned it into an American sensation and changed television. When “Survivor” debuted May 31, 2000 on CBS, viewers were hooked by the series’ mix of documentary and game show. It set the standards that all the reality shows follow today — audience voting, reading results in front of the all the contestants, immunity challenges, team rewards and the list goes on. The show also gave us the best bad guy on TV that year, Richard Hatch. He was the man Americans loved to hate and no one played the game better than he did. Richard wasn’t there to make friends, he was there to win and win he did. 51 million people tuned in to the show’s finale which features one of the most memorable moments in TV history — Sue Hawk’s snake speech! — Dan Gomez

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