Naked and Afraid XL

Naked and Afraid XL
Genre	Reality
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	19 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sean Foley David Story David Garfinkle Jay Renfroe Joseph Boyle Denise Contis
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	July 12, 2015 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Naked and Afraid
External links
Website

Naked and Afraid XL is an American reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2015.^[1][2]

A group of 12 contestants (6 females; 6 males) are given the task of surviving in the wilderness for 40 days. Each survivalist is only allowed to bring one or two helpful item(s) of his or her choosing. They are not given any other items, clothing, food, or water. The camera crews are not allowed to intervene, except for medical emergencies. Any member of the cast is allowed to tap-out at any time, meaning he or she decides not to continue with the task and goes home. The contestants hunt, trap, and gather their food in the wild and build shelters with their own hands and the available material found in the nature. At the end of the 40 days, the remaining survivalist(s) must arrive at the designated extraction point. The success of this last task indicate their ability to survive in a harsh environment for a long period of time. There is no winner and no prize given to participate in this challenge.

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

The contestants are: Alana Barfield, Chris Fischer, Danielle Beau, Dani Julien, EJ Snyder, Eva Rupert, Hakim Isler, Honora Bowen, Jeff Zausch, Laura Zerra, Luke McLaughlin, and Shane Lewis. The contestants from Season 1 have all participated on Naked and Afraid previous seasons.

Results

All of twelve contestants were separated into four teams of three in the first day of the 40-day challenge. During the challenge period, Isler, Bowen, Lewis and Julien tapped out before they could complete, resulting with sickness (injuries, nausea, heat exhaustion) or quit for personal reasons. Midway through the challenge, the remaining eight people formed two teams. The duo of Snyder and Zausch were exceptional, while the other team of six struggled to complete the 40 days. Snyder and Zausch's team has a re-evaluated PSR of 8.4, and the other team of six (Fischer, McLaughlin, Rupert, Zerra, Beau and Barfield) has a re-evaluated PSR of 8.3 as they successfully completed the challenge.

No.	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Welcome to the Jungle"	July 12, 2015	TBA	2.21[3]
2	2	"40 Days & 40 Nights"	July 12, 2015	TBA	2.95[3]
3	3	"No Escape"	July 19, 2015	TBA	3.01[4]
4	4	"Snake in the Grass"	July 26, 2015	TBA	2.88[5]
5	5	"Jungle Rich"	August 2, 2015	TBA	2.70[6]
6	6	"Death March"	August 9, 2015	TBA	2.80[7]
7	7	"Sacrifice"	August 16, 2015	TBA	2.83[8]
8	8	"Falling Apart"	August 23, 2015	TBA	2.65[9]
9	9	"Filth and Fury"	August 30, 2015	TBA	2.42[10]
10	10	"Dirty Dozen Return"	September 6, 2015	TBA	N/A

Season 2 (2016)

The contestants are: Alyssa Ballestero, Angel Rodriguez, Carrie Booze, Clarence Gilmer II, Darrin Reay, Jake Nodar, Kim Kelly, Phaedra Brothers, Ryan Holt, Stacey Osorio, Steven Lee Hall Jr. and Tawny Lee. Likewise, they participated in several Naked and Afraid seasons. On day 39, the four remaining survivors now have fishing hooks and are able to harvest a considerable amount of fish. Clarence Gilmer II did have fish hooks and caught fish and shared it with his team mates before he tapped out due to medical condition, both when he was with Jake and Stacey, and when they merged with Alyssa Phaedra and Tawny. Clarence did not have a fishing pole or atlatl. Steven Lee Hall Jr. did have an atlatl which he used to hunt wild boars, unsuccessfully, so he decided in the end to combine his atlatl with Clarence fish hooks to form fishing poles.

No.	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Mission Impossible"	July 3, 2016	TBA	1.04[11]
12	2	"Lions at the Gate"	July 10, 2016	TBA	2.07[12]
13	3	"Man On Fire"	July 17, 2016	TBA	2.06[13]
14	4	"Human Prey"	July 24, 2016	TBA	2.17[14]
15	5	"Too Many Chiefs"	July 31, 2016	TBA	2.06[15]
16	6	"Rock Bottom"	August 7, 2016	TBA	1.84[16]
17	7	"Deadly Consequences"	August 14, 2016	TBA	1.75[17]
18	8	"The Sickness"	August 21, 2016	TBA	2.20[18]
19	9	"The Last Roar"	August 28, 2016	TBA	2.39[19]

Production

Continent	Locations (season number)
Africa	South Africa (2)
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America	Colombia (1)

Broadcast

In Australia, the series premiered on September 10, 2015 on Discovery Channel.^[20]

See also

• Naked and Afraid

References

1. Discovery Channel, "Naked and Afraid XL", Discovery Channel, 2015
2. People Magazine
3. Bibel, Sara (July 14, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Naked and Afraid XL' Wins Night, 'True Detective', 'Basketball Wives', 'Ballers', 'The Strain' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
4. Bibel, Sara (July 21, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Naked and Afraid XL' Wins Night, 'True Detective', 'Ballers', 'The Strain', 'The Last Ship', 'Tut' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
5. Kondolojy, Amanda (July 28, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'I am Cait' Tops Night + 'Naked & Afraid XL', 'Rick & Morty', 'True Detective', NASCAR, 'Ballers' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
6. Bibel, Sara (August 4, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Rick and Morty' & 'Naked and Afraid XL', Win Night, 'True Detective', 'The Last Ship', 'Ballers', 'The Strain', 'Ray Donovan' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
7. Kondolojy, Amanda (August 11, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Detective' Tops Night + 'Naked and Afraid XL', 'Rick & Morty', 'Ballers', & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
8. Bibel, Sara (August 18, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Naked and Afraid XL' Wins Night, 'Rick & Morty', 'Ballers', 'The Last Ship', 'The Strain', 'Ray Donovan' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
9. Kondolojy, Amanda (August 25, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Fear the Walking Dead' Tops Night + 'Talking Dead', 'Naked & Afraid', 'Rick & Morty', & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
10. Bibel, Sara (September 1, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Fear The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'MTV Video Music Awards', 'Rick & Morty', 'The Last Ship', 'Falling Skies', 'Ray Donovan' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
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18. Metcalf, Mitch (August 23, 2016). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.21.2016". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
19. Metcalf, Mitch (August 30, 2016). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.28.2016". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
20. Purcell, Charles (3 September 2015). "NEW THIS WEEK (Sep 7): Strike Back, Z Nation, About A Boy, Motive and live sport". The Green Room. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

External links

• Naked and Afraid XL at the Internet Movie Database
• Themosttraveled.com interview