The Making of ‘Alone,’ the Most Perilous Show on TV

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( reality tv [Whoever Starves Least, Wins]( Behind the making of Alone, the most genuinely perilous show on television. Illustration: Patrick Leger In late February, a team from Leftfield Pictures, the production company that makes the [History Channel’s Alone](, convened over Zoom to view an early version of an episode from the show’s tenth season. The series, which premiered in 2015, is a competition reality show. Each season, ten contestants are dumped in the wilderness with limited supplies and must fend for themselves as long as they can. The last person standing wins $500,000. Almost all of the footage is taped by participants. Since the survivalists for the new season left the field, around 15 assistant producers had spent months logging the mountains of raw recordings. This was the first time the producers were seeing the edit. [read more]( The Latest TV Recaps • The Afterparty: [A Tragic Tale Dramatically Told]( • Reservation Dogs: [Cleaning House]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [The New York Film Festival 2023 Lineup Trickles In Now with Bradley Cooper conducting himself as Leonard Bernstein.]( By Zoe Guy [The 15 Best Nature Documentaries on Discovery+ (and Max) Sir David Attenborough’s voice welcomes you.]( By Josh Spiegel [Meryl Streep Moves One Step Closer to Playing Evan Hansen Only Murders in the Building treated us to a lullaby by Sara B. with P & P.]( By Jason P. Frank [The 15 Best Snake Moments in Movie History From Indiana Jones to Anaconda.]( By Chris Nashawaty and Emily Heller [Rachel Leviss Doesn’t See Herself As ‘the Ultimate Reality-TV Villain’ In her first post-Scandoval interview with Bethenny Frankel.]( By Justin Curto [Harrison Ford Doesn’t Get Why They Keep Naming ‘Terrifying Critters’ After Him “I spend my free time cross-stitching,” Ford said. “I sing lullabies to my basil plants.”]( By Zoe Guy [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 29-Across, Four Letters: Beyoncé’s role in Cadillac Records. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved