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    'Temptation Island' and 'The Hills' return as reboot fever hits reality TV

    by Meredith Blake and Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times Jan 14, 2019 6 minutes

    It was condemned 18 years ago as the downfall of civilization with its monogamy-testing premise and debauched scenes such as a woman licking watermelon juice off a stranger's nipples.

    Now "Temptation Island" is just more grist for TV's nostalgia binge.

    The Fox series, which first ran from 2001 to 2003 and helped usher in reality TV as we know it, is getting the reboot treatment beginning Tuesday on USA Network.

    "Temptation Island" is just the latest vintage series plucked from TV's archives by network executives looking for instant name recognition in shows that can break through a crowded TV landscape. And like low-rise jeans creeping back into style, some of the trendiest reality shows from the aughts are making a comeback - whether you like it or not.

    In the same year that former prime-time heavyweights "Roseanne," "Magnum P.I." and "Murphy Brown" made their returns to the small screen, reality TV stalwarts joined the mix. Bravo's groundbreaking makeover show "Queer Eye for the Straight

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