Good, Bad and Ugly: The Decade in Reality TV

Survivor, 2000 - Present: Take a group of people, strand them on a deserted island with limited rations of food, offer an epic cash prize for the last one standing, and you've got TV gold. The first season brought America a classic villain in the form of Richard Hatch, while the second season introduced us to a young Elizabeth Hasselbeck.

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    • DECADE REALITY Big Brother.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Fear Factor.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY The Bachelor.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY American Idol.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY The Surreal Life.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY The Osbournes.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY The Simple Life.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Newlyweds.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Extreme Makeover Home Edition.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY America's Next Top Model.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Biggest Loser.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Laguna Beach.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY The Apprentice NBC.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Growing Up Gotti.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Project Runway.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Dancing with the Stars.jpg
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    • DECADE REALITY Kathy Griffin D List.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Hell's Kitchen Kitchen Nightmares.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Intervention.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Hogan Knows Best.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY So You Think You Can Dance.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Top Chef.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY The Hills.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY The Real Housewives of Orange County.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Flavor of Love.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY I Love New York.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Keeping Up with the Kardashians.jpg
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    • DECADE REALITY Rock of Love.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Kid Nation.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY America's Best Dance Crew.jpg
    • DECADE REALITY Celebrity Rehab.jpg
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