But does Survivor change television forever if CBS isn't still reeling from spending the mid/late '90s in a distant third?

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I think reality tv was inevitable. It's cheaper and often times more compelling. The Real World proved it on a low level and Survivor blew it up and brought into the lives of the people outside of the MTV demographics. CBS and then NBC were willing to program it in a prime time spot because they didn't have anything else to fill it but that is just how tv trends go. American Idol was featured on Fox because at that point they basically had The Simpsons, which was already in slight decline.

But, that just slightly changes your theory. It wasn't football that brought us President Donald Trump. It's ironically the ultra-liberal(for that time at least) early seasons of the Real World that ultimately put him in the White House.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

So you’re blaming it on Puck?

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...and that guy that slapped that woman on national television breaking the barrier of on tv man against woman violence from verbal threats to actual violence. We all laughed at "To the moon, Alice" until we saw what it really was.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!