Swapping Goats for Snakes: 'Australian Survivor', Narrative Complexity and Audience Expectations

In the twenty-first century's globalised screen landscape, it has become inevitable that popular television franchises are repurposed for a variety of markets across the world. But what is gained and what is lost when such (re)programming is carried out? Using Australian Survivor as a case study, Stuart Richards investigates the process of localisation in the contexts of reality television, media ecologies and the notion of 'quality television'.

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Doris Baltruschat, Endemol Shine, FremantleMedia, Jeff Probst, Anthony LaPaglia, castaway, survivalist, reality TV, Channel Ten.