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When Survivor premiered in 2000, it was an instant sensation that helped usher in a new era of reality television.
Now it's an institution that's airing its 50th season.
So we thought this was a good time to look back on the show's five greatest seasons as chosen by some weird nerd.
It's me.
I'm that weird nerd.
You sure are.
I'm Linda Holmes.
It's just the two of us today here at NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour now.
Stephen Thompson, before we get to your ranking, for those who have remained unaware of Survivor's core concept,
it 's a reality competition in which a bunch of people are marooned in a theoretically exotic location
where they vote each other out one by one until a single winner remains.
But the game has evolved substantially from its roots as a survival competition.
Now it involves complex social strategy, ever shifting alliances and so many twists, gimmicks, immunity.
Titles, advantages.
This is sort of what has alienated me from this show, which I'm sure we will talk about.