Bear Grylls has become the avatar for all wildlife survivalists the past two decades, breaking big with “Man vs. Wild” and pumping out reality show after reality show.
Grylls’ latest reality show will feature him doing none of those things. Instead, he will play host of TBS’s “I Survived Bear Grylls” with comic Jordan Conley. This new reality competition show is shot in Georgia. Each episode features five different people attempting to replicate scenes from some of Grylls’ wildest and wooliest moments in the wild. The winner pockets $10,000 and bragging rights to their friends.
“This is a really fun one,” said Grylls in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution to promote the show, which debuted last week and will air weekly and on demand. “People come up to me all the time as the ultimate armchair survivalists who say, ‘If I were in that situation, I’d be great. I’d smash it!’ But you never know the truth about that until you’re under pressure and cold and scared and hungry.”
