Castaways (TV series)

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Castaways
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Genre Reality
ComposerStephen Phillips
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerGrant Kahler
Production location Indonesia Batanta
Production companyNomad Entertainment [1]
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseAugust 7 (2018-08-07) –
September 18, 2018 (2018-09-18)

Castaways is an American reality television show produced by ABC. The series premiered on August 7, 2018, and chronicles the lives of 12 individuals as they try to survive on a number of islands in Indonesia. [1] [2]

Contents

Overview

Unlike other reality shows, participants on Castaways may not be initially aware that there are other "Castaways" nearby. [3] This had led some sources to compare the show to Lost . [4] [5] Moreover, the participants can leave only by waiting for a rescue team at the end of the show or by quitting. [3]

Each castaway has one piece of luggage. They all arrive alone and with their or someone else's luggage washed up on shore with them. Everyone is required to have a journal in their luggage where they write about themselves, thus allowing those who find it to learn about them.

Production

The show produced by Nomad Entertainment which is associated with the executive producer and showrunner Grant Kahler, who created a series of television documentaries and reality shows, including MadHouse and Alaska: The Last Frontier.[ citation needed ]

All ten episodes were recorded in the South Pacific, Indonesia Islands, and Batanta.[ citation needed ]

Participants

There are 12 castaways: [1]

CastawayAgeHometownStatus
Angel Alvarenga20 Chatsworth, California Quit (Day 4)
Tracee Wnetrzak41 Quartz Hill, California Quit (Day ?)
Reshanna Hearvy24 New York, New York Quit (Day 6)
Eric Brown31 Glendale, California Quit (Day 7 or 8)
Krichelle Kerbow25 Haiku, Hawaii Quit (Day 9)
Tim Burke50 Plant City, Florida Quit (Day 20)
Terry Allen62 Agoura, California Quit (Day 37)
Sawyer Brown30 Willseyville, New York Rescued (Day 41)
Robbie Gibbons42 Birmingham, Alabama Rescued (Day 41)
Matt Jaskol 32 Las Vegas, Nevada Rescued (Day 41)
Richard Rogers35 Sequim, Washington Rescued (Day 41)
Kenzi Whittington24 Nashville, Tennessee Rescued (Day 41)

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air date  [6] U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Abandoned"August 7, 2018 (2018-08-07)3.13 [7]
2"Man Down"August 14, 2018 (2018-08-14)2.73 [8]
3"Only the Lonely"August 21, 2018 (2018-08-21)2.42 [9]
4"Three's a Crowd"August 28, 2018 (2018-08-28)2.25 [10]
5"A Cry for Help"September 4, 2018 (2018-09-04)2.10 [11]
6"My True Rescue"September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11)2.04 [12]
7"Is It Worth It?"September 12, 2018 (2018-09-12)1.49 [13]
8"Hindsight"September 17, 2018 (2018-09-17)2.59 [14]
9"The Search"September 17, 2018 (2018-09-17)2.11 [14]
10"We Got This"September 18, 2018 (2018-09-18)1.61 [15]

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