Borneo

Sixteen Americans on a Malaysian island and a host with a torch — that was the pitch, and the format invented itself on camera. The cast plays like people who half-believe they're on a game show and half-believe they're on a documentary. CBS aired it across the summer of 2000 as appointment television, and the rough edges show in the best way. Probst sounds like he's still figuring out the cadence. Everything that comes after starts here.