7 Best Survival Shows on TV That Everyone Should See (and Why)

It could be stated that survival shows have always been popular, now more than ever. It is somehow appealing to watch all those survival situations, steps that protagonists take to overcome real-life difficulties. Whether the audience justifies these shows as useful samples of possible live scenarios or thinks that the survivalists and preppers in survival TV series reveal unreasonable fears, precautions, primitive skills, COVID-19 has proven that the protagonists of survival shows have been right.

Intro [00:00]
Alone [01:48]
Survivorman [02:10]
Man VS Wild [02:44]
Dual Survival [03:14]
Naked and Afraid [03:51]
Life Below Zero [04:17]
The Wild West With [04:43]

The whole point which they demonstrate is about self-reliance and annulling complete dependence on society.
Certainly, you should watch survival shows, but do not see them as survival courses. As a starter-survivalist or prepper, you should be reminded that their main purpose is to entertain. There are genuine and quite challenging shows, but there are also those heavily staged ones. Watching TV survival shows can be beneficial in a few ways.
It can be fun as you watch real people dealing with real problems.

You always learn and get some tips and advice. The practice is everything, but it is useful to see some famous survival experts in action. You can find some of their strategies and wisdom universal.

Learning new skills is also a possibility. You can even get inspired by watching the shows. Get inspired to dedicate your time to hone those skills by learning and practicing them in some appropriate places.

Whatever is the reason for watching the survival shows, they make you think and imagine yourself in those relevant situations. You’ll see mental challenges and small hindrances difficult to anticipate.

So, the benefits are numerous, but it’s time to take a look at some of the survival shows.

Genuine and tough, ALONE is one of the most popular and most successful survival shows. There are 10 contestants left on their own, completely isolated from each other, in the middle of nowhere. They get a camera and a 10-item bug-out bag. Wonderful nature, far from civilization, drama, competition, and a reward for a person who endures the longest.

In a way, Survivorman can be considered as a show which has set the course and allowed so many to follow. During its 7 seasons, the show follows its protagonist, survival expert Les Straud in his self-challenge adventures to survive In remote wilderness alone for 7 or even 10 days. He had little or no water, food, and gear. He had a camera to record himself in his struggles to endure extreme situations and dangerous events. Although locations were scouted in advance and his support crew was always within a rescue range, Survivorman is an authentic show which teaches important lessons.

Though being criticized as a staged show, Man VS Wild with its host- survival expert celebrity Bear Grylls stands as a hugely popular and influential TV show. You may or may not like Bear Grylls’ style and sometimes his overdramatized reactions. But, this guy has skills and knowledge which he knows how to present and share. Yet, you should be reminded that this is a TV show (not a survival guide), intended primarily to entertain and inform. It is great that it can provide you with some good advice and no misleading tips.

Dual Survival is one more show which is accused of being staged too often due to some inconsistencies and added drama. As the name of the survival show implies, there are two survival experts who have opposite approaches to survival. And, their task is to survive by overcoming their different viewpoints. It is exactly this decision making aspect of survival which hugely matters. When some emergency emerges, you are not alone, but there are people around you who will probably have different opinions on the actions to take in those SHTF scenarios. The show teaches us about crucial mental aspects and leadership in those situations.

Naked and Afraid, one more popular TV survival show, (genuine and simple), features two strangers (a man and a woman) who are in the remote wilderness. They have only one item to help them. There is absolutely nothing else. They need to stay alive for 21 days. Its protagonists really face real threats which they need to overcome. In this way, the show provides an insight into the state of mind of people struggling to survive.


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