Does the TV Show “Survivor” represent Survival of the Fittest?
Nicolo Machiavelli would’ve been proud. Richard Hatch appears to have pored over “The Prince” in his preparation for the 39 days he spent on the island in the South China Sea with his 15 compatriots. The television phenomenon of summer 2000 came to an end this past week when the CBS show “Survivor” became the second-most-watched show of the year with 51.7 million viewers for the show’s finale (after the Super Bowl with its 88.5 million viewers, and beat the Academy Awards by a cool 5 million). Love him or hate him, the $1 Million winner Richard Hatch, a determined corporate trainer from Rhode Island, will take home about $550,000 after taxes, plus the car, and first-runner-up Kelly gets $100,000. The other members of the infamous “Alliance”, cantankerous old Rudy and sore-losin’ Susan, take home far less, but still better than nothing, which is what everyone else got. How they kept the ultimate winner a secret for the past few months since the actual competition ended this spring is be
