Decade of Reality TV Reviewed.
JOHNS: Can you believe it was almost 20 years ago reality TV became a world of its own. In the 2000s, we were introduced to everything from "Survivor" to Snooki's antics on "The Jersey Shore" to the start of the Kardashian empire. CNN's Jeanne Moos takes us back.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know what's been a survivor? Reality TV starting with "Survivor" in the year 2000. Hatching memorable moments like winner Richard Hatch without clothes.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Never get used to seeing Richard naked.</s>MOOS: Some of us managed to duck reality</s>TV. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's two types of people in this world, educated and uneducated.</s>MOOS: But this Nielsen chart of the decade shows reality in blue grows while sitcoms in orange become almost extinct and drama in green shrinks. Even if you didn't watch "American Idol," you couldn't escape the worst vocalist.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, thank you.</s>MOOS: The allure of train wreck TV. Be they real house wives or denizens of the Jersey Shore, from Snooki drunk to Snooki punch, to Kim flailing at Khloe.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'll hurt you. Don't do that.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And they call this reality romance? You're pulling our leg, right?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Katie.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Most definitely.</s>MOOS: Oops.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I forgot her name. That wasn't the girl I wanted to give it to.</s>MOOS: Who knew a future president would have reality show on his resume.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You're all fired. All four are fired.</s>MOOS: Even if firing turned out not to be his forte in real life. Sure, there were reality flops. "Are You Hot" wasn't.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pectoral muscles, baby.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm the hottest man because I have this to offer.</s>MOOS: And greatest American dog didn't do so great, even if Presley stood up to an elephant.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good boy. Stay. Presley, stay.</s>MOOS: In actual reality, pounds don't stay off.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm giving you my best.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, you're not.</s>MOOS: And couples don't stay together.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Karen.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I thought you'd never ask.</s>MOOS: When it comes to reality TV, we tend to behave like a good dog.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sit, sit, sit.</s>MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.</s>JOHNS: OK, that looks great. Don't miss the CNN new original series "2000s" starting tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern and pacific only on CNN. I'm Joe Johns in for Fredricka Whitfield. Thanks for joining me today. CNN's Newsroom continues after this short break.