REALITY TV: SURVIVOR, NEW ENERGY ISLAND

Last season: Survivor, Nuclear Island--nobody won. Next season: Survivor, Hydrogen Highway Island--nobody gets there.

Medford ready to launch ‘reality’ energy savings series
Christine McConville, April 29, 2007 (Boston Globe)

WHO
Three Medford, Masachussetts, Reality TV contestant families

WHAT
“Energy Smackdown"

WHEN
The show will debut in Medford in May and then be broadcast in June on MySpace, YouTube and, no doubt, YOUR computer.

WHERE
Medford (Massachusetts) local cable-access TV3.
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WHY
The families will compete to reduce energy consumption. TV crews will capture the “trials and tribulations” (and the joys?) of developing an energy-efficient, energy-producing lifestyle.

QUOTES
"Energy Smackdown organizers are hoping that the show's success will lead to contests in other communities.”