The Untold Truth Of I Survived...

"I Survived..." wasn't just the result of one person's singular vision. It was the by-product of an absurdly complex web of network dealings, teams and committees, and other business-to-business shenanigans.Its financial success and failure, as well as its supposed "no frills" identity, rode a long, long train to become what it was.

"I Survived..." wasn't just the result of one person's singular vision. It was the by-product of an absurdly complex web of network dealings, teams and committees, and other business-to-business shenanigans. Its financial success and failure, as well as its supposed "no frills" identity, rode a long, long train to become what it was.

"I Survived..." first aired on Bio, a network derived from the Biography Channel, which was derived from a TV series that started back in 1987, as IMDb shows us. "Biography," the show, showcased biographies of everyone from Caligula to Sydney Poitier, to "The Beatles' Women" and Stone Cold Steve Austin. It went off the air for a while, but as Variety says, came back under A&E with features of deceased rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Meanwhile, the Biography Channel, which had outposts in the U.K., Ireland, and Canada, was rebranded to "Bio" in 2004, as Everything Explained explains. Bio was an Australian network, and lasted until 2014 when it was rebranded as "FYI," per The Wrap. It's during this time that "I Survived..." originally aired.

But what team was actually responsible for "I Survived..."? A New Zealand-based outfit named NHNZ Worldwide, who apparently specialize in real journalism and the axiom "truth is stranger than fiction," as the NHNZ About page says. "I Survived..." was a commission from A&E, as the NHNZ "I Survived..." page states, which means that any unnecessary dramatizations in "I Survived..." were possibly a result of A&E's involvement. 

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