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    Why Is “Survivor” Still on Television?

    by David Shultz Dec 01, 2015 4 minutes

    I Will survive: A contestant poses at the “Survivor: South Pacific” Finale and Reunion at CBS Television City on December 18, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The survival of ‘Survivor’ into the present day is, among other things, a psychological curiosity worth investigating.Mark Davis/Getty Images

    xactly four months and 31 days into what was, at that time, still being called “The New Millennium,” CBS aired the first-ever episode of . Bill Clinton was still in office, the NASDAQ Composite Index had just peaked at 5,048, and the twin towers still stood in New York City. Since then America has seen two wars, two presidents, an economic recession, the rise of the smartphone, the more seasons of .

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