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The Fox Network's Temptation Island was evidently designed for those viewers who felt that Survivor was too staid and conservative. Hosted by Mark Walberg, the weekly, hour-long series contrived to place four unmarried but "committed" couples on a Caribbean island, where the sincerity of their relationships would be sorely tested by all manner of tantalizing temptations -- specifically, an array of 26 shapely girls and beefy guys in skimpy swimsuits. Lewd and lascivious stuff? Nonsense -- this show served a public service, at least according to producer Chris Cowan, who insisted that the purpose of Temptation Island was to match people up with the right significant others, thereby guaranteeing a lifetime of romantic bliss. At the same time, Cowan promised that the series would live up to the standards set by Survivor by featuring "people you're going to love to hate and those you'll love to love." Temptation Island made its much-heralded premiere on January 10, 2001.