Season 1 of ‘Survivor’ changed TV. And these losing contestants’ lives.

Before “Survivor” made its TV debut in May 2000, the skeptics were out in full force. “Viewers might get tired of watching mud-splattered bedraggled contestants slapping mosquitoes or hunting for bird eggs,” a Newsday TV reporter predicted. “This show caters to all the worst qualities of mankind: e...

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