Jeff Probst: Strong 'Survivor'

"Survivor" might not have been the first reality competition show -- depending on whom you ask -- but it certainly set the modern standard. It may seem everyday business now, but back in 2000, proving that simmering psychodrama between an oft-naked corporate consultant, an acerbic truck driver and a rafting coach on a Malaysian island could draw more eyeballs than "Friends,""Monday Night Football" and the Oscars registered as a seismic disruption in television. In fact, Jeff Probst, the show's longtime host and current exec producer, is still grappling with the precedent he helped set. "When 'Survivor' started 13 years ago, I kind of knew nothing about TV, to be honest. So when they told me...