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Netflix picked up season 6 (and oddly only season 6) of History Channel's series Alone. For a reality TV competition, it's remarkably un-gimmicky. They just scattered 10 people around the shore of Great Slave Lake in the Canadian arctic in September and waited for one of them to win by attrition. No staged events, no "challenges", and since by design these people are alone, no manufactured (or even spontaneous) interpersonal drama. I'd say it was pretty similar to watching Les Stroud's Survivorman, but with 10 people simultaneously, and for a much longer time period (the winner lasted 77 days). I would say, though, if tyou're squeamish about watching lots of animals die, you may want to skip it.

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