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Twenty-five years ago this month, everyone around here - pretty much everywhere, really - got caught up in a new TV show called Survivor. It became the thing everyone talked about throughout the summer of 2000. It also changed TV. It opened the door to more reality shows and even affected how some scripted shows were filmed. A quarter-century after it became a phenomenon, eventual winner Richard Hatch talks about the game, its effects on our culture and its impact on him.
Twenty-five years ago this month, everyone around here - pretty much everywhere, really - got caught up in a new TV show called Survivor. It became the thing everyone talked about throughout the summer of 2000. It also changed TV. It opened the door to more reality shows and even affected how some scripted shows were filmed. A quarter-century after it became a phenomenon, eventual winner Richard Hatch talks about the game, its effects on our culture and its impact on him.