The survivor shows aren't true survival for a variety of reasons:

1. It's a contrived situation. Drop 'em naked somewhere in Nunavut , perhaps in a park in the late Spring, and film anyone who makes it out alive.

2. In a true survival situation, you don't "vote people off the island." Everybody pitches in, for survival is a group effort.

3. Let one of them get seriously ill and watch how fast they're "rescued." Lawsuits are part of the reality of reality shows.

4. How come everyone is young and beautiful? Don't old ugly fat people survive?

5. In a real survival situation, your survival is your reward, not money.