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...million people tuned in Wednesday night to see the premiere of Fox’s newest attempt to capitalize on America’s covert voyeurism. But clearly voyeurism is no match for genuine innovation. As a point of comparison, 50 million viewers watched the final episode of Survivor, the now legendary benchmark for reality...
...real mistake of "Temptation" is that it's not personally absorbing enough to be dramatic, which was the secret of "Survivor." Seeing these anonymous hardbodies cavort in Belize, you don't feel their relationships are in danger, or that there's much worth saving anyway. "Survivor"'s Tribal Councils were engrossing because, strategy or not, the votes were personal. (Likewise, ABC's reality entry, "The Mole," which debuted Tuesday, is a nice enough game, but too cold and complicated to suck you in.) You'd hardly care if anyone did hook up with one of the Fox sluts, male...
Lucky thing for Richard Hatch that Survivor didn't cast Japanese teens. In Battle Royale, a film released in December, youthful miscreants are dropped on a deserted island. Each is given a different weapon--assault rifle, machete, crossbow--and ordered to kill until only one is left standing. Bloodshed--lots of it--ensues. Education Minister NOBUTAKA MACHIMURA had urged the filmmakers to tone down the brutality, while members of parliament sought to ban the film. The bluster led to long lines outside theaters two days before its premiere. As Japan has seen a rash of violent youth crimes recently...
...last Survivor series, Greg from Brown was immediately labeled 'the Ivy League student,'" said Tom P. O'Donnell...
...Survivor II was filmed near the Herbert River in northeastern Australia in the fall of 2000, but CBS will try to keep the results hushed until the final episode...