It's called "The Vault": A new reality show will lock people in a fallout shelter for a year, simulating the aftermath of a nuclear attack. This would have been a great idea in 1956, back when it was assumed there would be one big global free-for-all that destroyed everything everywhere, but now? Yes, it's just like the real thing, except that everyone downstairs will go into the hole knowing their loved ones, friends, neighborhoods, cities, tropical fish, etc., are still alive and intact, and will be waiting when they get out. Except maybe the fish. But they can be replaced, and who'd know? On the other hand, it's possible that white-chocolate Milky Way bars may be cancelled by the time you get out of the bunker, and if no one knew how much you loved them, they wouldn't have stocked up. So it's kinda sorta like the end of the world.

The day everyone's supposed to be let out, the producers should do nothing. Let the contestants stay down there until they start to worry; then you'll see the "honest" and "reality-based interaction" everyone apparently hungers to see. By the way, the hatch has food for 12, and there are 14 contestants. Two will be "voted out" at some point, sent out to Certain Death from Radiation. I haven't seen any reality shows, but when people were voted off the island, they weren't sent to drown, were they?

This is the first for a reality show, I think - getting kicked out means metaphorical death. It's one step closer to the inevitable reality show where the mob votes an individual to suffer stoning. Since everyone will have signed waivers, it'll hold up in court, and since they'll probably film it in some other country where a government official whips up forms and permits while-u-wait if the bribe is juicy enough, they'll get away with it.

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PS: there is no such thing as a white-chocolate Milky Way bar. Not here. But they have it in Europe. For that, I might move.