VIDEO: Bear Grylls Chats New Reality Series 'Get Out Alive'

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Bear Grylls stopped by this morning's TODAY on NBC to chat about his new adventure-reality competition series "Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls," premiering tonight, Monday, July 8 (9-10 p.m. ET) on NBC. The world-renowned survivalist told anchor Matt Lauer he believes the new show will test contestants' "character and determination." Check out the appearance below!

About "Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls":

"Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls" tests 10 two-person teams beyond their wildest imaginations in this non-stop extreme survival journey. Their mission is threefold: survive the wild, journey as a group and avoid elimination. Each week Grylls will send home another team. In the end, only one duo will remain - the team that he believes has shown the most heart, courage, initiative and resolve in their quest to "get out alive" and claim a life-changing grand prize of $500,000.

All along the way, Grylls - an ultimate adventure survival expert - will be observing the group, from either from vantage points or while traveling with them. If the situation requires, he will step in, but the duos must work together to overcome the cold, fatigue and hardships. At the end of each leg of the journey, there are difficult and emotional decisions to be made by Grylls as he chooses who should leave the expedition.

As the stakes get higher, the obstacles become more unyielding. As civilization gets closer, the journeys get harder, until ultimately only one duo remains. That team will have endured and survived the ultimate test of character and fortitude - walking away with the grand prize, along with the scars and pride that they proved themselves capable to "Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls."

NBC's "Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls" is a larger-than-life extreme adventure reality-competition series headlined by world-renowned adventurer Bear Grylls, to be co-produced by Bear Grylls Ventures and Ben Silverman's multimedia studio, Electus.

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