Instead of watching these staged clunkers, you can learn far more about real survival by studying actual case histories of persons thrown into stressful circumstances more or less unexpectedly, and their success or failure in coping with conditions.

After all, if I am given two tarps as part of my basic kit for a "survival" situation, it is just rough camping, especially if I will be visited weekly by an EMT. I don't get that level of medical attention even back in civilization....

A good read of "Deep Survival," among many others, will be far more instructive than any number of hours watching "Alone[almost, but not quite]"