This show is a very good one, but it barely gets any recognition. Go figure. It's on the Fox Reality Channel (not exactly known for quality programming).The basic premise is that nine people are put in tiny rooms in solitary confinement. They are put through endurance tests (such as extreme cold, extreme dizziness, loud noises, etc.) The contestants can press a big red button any time they wish to quit. But the first person to quit in each challenge is eliminated. The interesting thing is that they don't know if anyone else has quit yet, so it's all about them reaching their own personal limits.Fox Reality Channel is going off the air at the end of March 2010. Season 4 of Solitary will air sometime before that in 2010. Please support it (I would, but I don't have that channel. I've watched the first three seasons on Hulu). Maybe it will get picked up by Fox!

I must say that Solitary was one of the best reality shows that I have seen. It was original and extremely well put together. No one to really compete with one another, can't see nor speak to each other unless it is through a computerized voice named VAL.I liked the fact that they had to live their time in Solitary attempting to find themselves as well as conquer their fears. I wish more reality shows were like this one. Most that you see now days is practically the same thing. People eventually fighting and stabbing another in the back to achieve the goal of that particular show they are on. You don't see that in Solitary. Just nine people in little pods hoping to achieve the ultimate goal. I love the fact that they had to go through tests and treatments to attempt to find out how much they can take. Val didn't take any whining either. I look forward to the next season of the show in August.