A reality-tv series that has twelve participants who will be standed on remote islands alone, separated to different islands. They have to find other contestants while they are searching for resources as the show's rules allow very scattered limit resources. And who can't bear, can wait the rescue team and quit.
If Castaways can keep its focus on the relationships (or lack thereof) over its first season without needing gimmicky framing devices, it has the potential to tap into the beating heart of why we watch reality TV.
Tracking the movements and decisions of a group of people left in the constructed aftermath of a fake disaster, this finally brings ABC into the century of Survivor.
