Salon TV critic Joyce Millman reflects on the debut episode of The Survivor, finds few surprises. “When the president of CBS TV, Leslie Moonves, tells

reporters that he participated in the casting of “Survivor,”

helping choose the final 16 contestants, and gets all giddy

describing the show’s “voyeuristic appeal,” then you can bet,

my friends, that this is not “reality,” but some winking faux

version of it. Still, I’m sure that won’t stop “Survivor” from

becoming this summer’s national obsession and then, who

knows, maybe next year’s sweeps programming main event.

I can see the celebrity edition of “Survivor” now: Bobby

Knight, Oprah Winfrey and the cast of “Friends” vs. Martha

Stewart, the Dixie Chicks, Jerry, George, Kramer and

Shaquille O’Neal.”