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Saturday, Aug 30

 

Rate Shows Not Returning This Season

Original at Snackie Teevee external link    Sat, Aug 30    2 related articles

By Hilly Kid Nation (CBS) K-Ville (FOX) Las Vegas (NBC) Life is Wild (CW) Men in Trees (ABC) Miss/Guided (ABC) Moonlight (CBS) My Dad is Better Than Your Dad (NBC) Nashville (FOX) The Next Great American Band (FOX) New Amsterdam (FOX) ...

Friday, Aug 15

 

Rate Greatest American Dog: Further Criticisms about the Show

Original at Families.com external link    Fri, Aug 15    5 related articles

One of the reality TV shows I ended up enjoying the most was Kid Nation. I wish the Greatest American Dog had a format more like that. Why I Liked Kid Nation I was not expecting to like the show. A bunch of kids forming their own ...

Sunday, Aug 10

 

Rate The Tele <b>Recap</b> - all the goodness you missed all week

Original at The Tele external link    Sun, Aug 10

By Tele If I was Ghen Maynard, I'd blame Kid Nation. New to "On The Tele". Welcome contributors, Tele O and Tele Welly! I apologize now for what they may say later. Oops, our bad. Maybe it is just me, but Katherine Heigl rubs me the wrong way. ...

Thursday, Aug 7

 

Rate Kid Nation villain Taylor says producers fed her lines

Original at reality blurred external link    Thu, Aug 7

By Andy Dehnart Whether or not you believe Taylor probably depends upon how much you loathed her character on the show. Earlier, executive producer Tom Forman admitted that the show had kids do "pick-up lines," i.e. retakes, but he didn't say anything about telling the kids to say things.

Rate Kid Nation villain Taylor says producers fed her lines

Original at reality blurred external link    Thu, Aug 7

By Andy Dehnart I didn't realize they'd actually make it out on TV to sound that bad. But when I did see it, I was like, 'Whoa! That's not how that went.' I wasn't okay with how they made me look. I didn't act like that the whole time. ...

Rate Desert Reality

Original at AllYourTV.com external link    Thu, Aug 7

Today's Baltimore Sun has an editorial castigating CBS over "Kid Nation." CBS should be ashamed of itself. Taking 40 kids to a New Mexico desert for 40 days of "nation" building, promoting the pint-sized pioneers as the stars of a new reality TV show, and then likening it to summer camp ...

Rate Where Are They Now? Taylor DuPriest

Original at AllYourTV.com external link    Thu, Aug 7

Entertainment Weekly has a look at ten former reality stars, and what they've been up to since their brush with fame. One of the ten people spotlighted is "Kid Nation" participant Taylor DuPriest. I heard about Kid Nation through pageants. I didn't hear about the ghost town at first — I just ...

Sunday, Aug 3

 

Rate Buzzin: Deep Pockets

Original at TVgasm external link    Sun, Aug 3

By HollywoodSucker(deuceapplejuice@yahoo.com) Does anyone remember that show Kid Nation that was on TV last fall? It was the one where 40 kids were sent to live in New Mexico and start their own town. And in the end, everyone learns that...

Wednesday, Jul 23

 

Rate A Fool&#39;s Utopia 7.24.08: Fall TV Preview Part I: CBS

Original at 411mania.com external link    Wed, Jul 23    18 related articles

A Fool's Utopia 7.24.08: Fall TV Preview Part I: CBS  TX - Jul 23, 2008 Don't bother, just read Lord of the Flies." Reality: Surrounded by controversy and declining ratings Kid Nation was cancelled May 14. I wrote… ...

Tuesday, Jul 8

 

Rate Baby Borrowers - We Only Wish They Were Kidding!

Original at blogs.webmd.com external link    Tue, Jul 8    6 related articles

By Nancy Davis, Safety4Kids(noreply@blogger.com) Here's the good news: we can still be shocked and disgusted. We have not been so conditioned to reality television that we can accept anything thrown at us by the networks. Fortunately, we are not alone. Here's a paragraph from The New York Times:

Tuesday, Jun 24

 

Rate Relativity acquires Tom Forman Prods.

Original at Hollywood Reporter external link    Tue, Jun 24    9 related articles

 United States - By James Hibberd Reality producer Tom Forman ("Kid Nation," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition") has sold his production company, Tom Forman Prods., ... Relativity, Forman form reality unit Variety all 2 news articles

Friday, Jun 6

 

Rate TELEVISION: Another bite of reality

Original at Rocky Mountain News external link    Fri, Jun 6

 CO - Here are a few, past and present: * Kid Nation: Last fall CBS premiered this show starring 40 kids in a New Mexico ghost town tasked with governing and ...

Thursday, Jun 5

 

Rate Summer is no longer a TV wasteland

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Thu, Jun 5

 PA - Jun 5, 2008 Kid Nation" meets "Juno" in a social experiment that asks a group of teens to become instant parents to babies, toddlers and preteens. ...

Sunday, Feb 24

 

Rate CBS Backs ‘Kid Nation’ Despite Outcry

Original at New York Times external link    Sun, Feb 24

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By By BILL CARTER Network executives as well as the program’s producer continued to express confidence that the reality show would go on as planned.

Thursday, Feb 21

 

Rate Kid Nation: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Original at blogs.webmd.com external link    Thu, Feb 21    6 related articles

By Nancy Davis, Safety4Kids In the words of Sophia: "I was scared for the future of Bonanza City." We were, too. Laurel added: "Bonanza City is going to crash and burn." Eric said, "Greg is so rude and disrespectful." Jared simply concluded, "The respect game sucked." Technorati Tags: Kid Nation, CBS, respect, bullying

Rate Kid Nation: The End is Near

Original at blogs.webmd.com external link    Thu, Feb 21

By Nancy Davis, Safety4Kids Taylor, of course, had the line that only Taylor could have - her own special brand of compliment: "Sophia is doing such a good job I hope that Greg is eaten by coyotes." (One more episode, one more episode.) Related Topics: Survival of the SmartestWhat Makes Kids Intelligent?Technorati Ta...

Rate Kid Nation: The Verdict

Original at blogs.webmd.com external link    Thu, Feb 21    6 related articles

By Nancy Davis, Safety4Kids Drum roll please. The first $50,000 star was awarded to Sophia, very deserving indeed. She said she was flattered and appreciative and described Kid Nation as, "the best times of my life and the worst times of my life." Technorati Tags: Kid Nation, season finale, CBS

Rate Kid Nation: Kids: 10 Chickens: Still 0

Original at blogs.webmd.com external link    Thu, Feb 21    6 related articles

By Nancy Davis, Safety4Kids It's not been a good season for chickens on CBS. Early on in Kid Nation, the chickens were little more than protein on the move. On the most recent installment of The Amazing Race, chickens were unwitting travel companions, lugged around in string bags like excess baggage. And last night on Ki...

Thursday, Dec 20

 

Rate Where is Kid Nation?

Original at Jaunted external link    Thu, Dec 20

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By markj While lawyers for the stars and production company behind CBS's Kid Nation wait with lawsuit-filing breath for the public's reaction to the September 19th debut of the show, New Mexico Tourism is already looking at this as a win-win. Map of Kid Nation.

Monday, Dec 17

 

Rate 'Kid Nation' was a learning experience - Milford Daily News

Original at Milford Daily News external link    Mon, Dec 17

Kid Nation' was a learning experience  MA - Guylan Qudsieh and his dog, Judy, show off a computer with the Web site for the CBS reality show "Kid Nation," at Qudsieh's home in Upton on Friday. ...

Friday, Dec 14

 

Rate Week in Review: So Long, Bonanza City

Original at New York Magazine external link    Fri, Dec 14

Courtesy of Getty Images, CBS. Looking back on a week in which we did not get the Led out… We bid farewell to the children of Kid Nation. All the ones that lived, anyway. Khaled Hosseini talked burkas. Ellen Page talked nuts. ...

Rate Kid Nation: Finale: Bye Bye Bonanza

Original at TVgasm external link    Fri, Dec 14

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By DrMcSteeny(sarro13@yahoo.com) Taylor will be stripping in Vegas. DK will watch the entire season of Kid Nation and realize what a huge role Jared played in the show, albeit not necessarily Bonanza itself. He'll spend three years feeling guilty that he never gave Jared a gold star.

Rate ‘Kid Nation’ Makes Little Racket, After All - New York Times

Original at TV Decoder external link    Fri, Dec 14

‘Kid Nation’ Makes Little Racket, After All New York Times, United States - Tom Forman, the executive producer, believes the program was hurt by the early controversy. “It’s not the kind of buzz you want to launch with,” he told USA ...

Thursday, Dec 13

 

Rate Regarding 'Kid Nation'

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Thu, Dec 13

By Hartford Courant I’m sure the reviews would be just as relevant and speak to the audience as much as your review of Kid Nation. CBS sold the series as kids starting their own society, but they were no more free to do that than castaways are on "Survivor ...

Rate What I Learned From Kid Nation… [The Finale] - BuzzKilled

Original at buzzkilled.com external link    Thu, Dec 13

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BuzzKilled What I Learned From Kid Nation… [The Finale] BuzzKilled, WA - Once it burnt down in the first ever unnatural disaster in Bonanza City, chaos ensued. Perhaps we should just build a job board for the Middle East, ... Kid Nation: We've All Decided To Go Mad! Film.com all 2 news articles

Rate RSVP-TV on Kid Nation – Gold, Tears, Departure - A Recap of the Finale

Original at tv.com external link    Thu, Dec 13

In a rather dramatic opening for the finale episode, we find young Mike coming onto the job board which stands ablaze. Waking the town, Mike leads the charge to try to extinguish the fire but seeing the futility of this, the kids stand in stunned silence to watch it burn. There time is almost up...

Wednesday, Dec 12

 

Rate Local girl makes good in 'Kid Nation' finale - Chicago Daily Herald

Original at Chicago Daily Herald external link    Wed, Dec 12

Local girl makes good in 'Kid Nation' finale  IL - Bonanza City and each other. Zach, who won the final $20000 gold star, perhaps put it best when he said, "We really made this place a Kid Nation."

Rate Kid Nation: Adios Amigos, We Knew Ye Well

Original at Reality TV Magazine external link    Wed, Dec 12

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By DA Southern Jonathan had the final three Gold Stars and told the council that they had a huge decision to make. Jonathan told them that they were to award the stars to the Pioneers that embodied the Spirit of Bonanza City and sent the boys off for the final time.

Rate Kid Nation Episode 13

Original at dingoRUE external link    Wed, Dec 12

By Shane The council left town as instructed by the pioneers, leaving Sheriff Sophia in charge in Kid Nation Episode 12. Contrary to everybody’s fear, Sophia turned out to be a good leader, surely better than Greg and Blaine. As the finale approached, the kids were left to think about how little time...

Rate Kid Nation concludes tonight

Original at reality blurred external link    Wed, Dec 12

By Andy Dehnart Kid Nation': Out with nary a whimper [Media Life] "Criminal Minds" Surges to its Best Viewer Delivery... [CBS press release] Uncertain future for 'Kid Nation' [USA TODAY] gt;>read the latest news about Kid Nation gt;>find more reality TV news and gossip at reality blurred

Tuesday, Dec 11

 

Rate Kid Nation Finale

Original at goupstate.us external link    Tue, Dec 11

By Jose Kid Nation or Child Abuse. That was my first assessment of "Kid Nation," another one of those shows where everyone got all up in arms about the show even before it aired. My arms have been lowered. Even the rotten kids like spoiled beauty queen Taylor and bully Greg had their good sides. That neve...

Rate 'Kid Nation' exits a hit with youth - New York Daily News

Original at nydailynews.com external link    Tue, Dec 11

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Kid Nation' exits a hit with youth  NY - I'm really proud of this show," executive producer Tom Forman said Monday during a break in production of the finale. "I think America fell in love with ...

Wednesday, Dec 5

 

Rate One Kid Nation, Under Sophia

Original at Mikey Likes TV external link    Wed, Dec 5

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By Michael O'Connell Ok, folks, next week is your last chance to catch the brilliant (in an totally autistic way) Kid Nation. The overwhelmingly ironic appreciation for the show seemed to die down a few weeks after it started, especially when CBS started gearing the show towards children, but I promise you tha...

Rate KID NATION Recap: 12-5-07

Original at reality external link    Wed, Dec 5

By Faith W There are only 2 more episodes of Kid Nation left – and 3 more days left of the children’s 40 days in Bonanza City.  Can’t wait to see what happens next! (by Deb Porter-Jones) The Town Council consulted the Town Journal and decided to go outside the town’s borders to learn

Rate "Kid Nation" fizzles out - Seattle Times

Original at seattletimes.nwsource.com external link    Wed, Dec 5

Kid Nation" fizzles out  United States - By Maria Elena Fernandez HOLLYWOOD — In the end, the "Kid Nation" pre-premiere hoopla amounted to much ado about nothing. The children of Bonanza City never ... Here's the reality about 'Kid Nation' Longview Daily News all 6 news articles

Friday, Nov 30

 

Rate New Mexico drops its Kid Nation investigation; second season may ...

Original at reality blurred external link    Fri, Nov 30

By Andy Dehnart The New Mexico Attorney General's Office began investigating CBS' Kid Nation in late August, but after looking into "the permit process, the 22-page contract between producers and parents, and whether the production company illegally ...

Thursday, Nov 29

 

Rate Kid Nation: Pioneers Just Wanna Have Fun

Original at TVgasm external link    Thu, Nov 29

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By DrMcSteeny(sarro13@yahoo.com) All the kids are excited. They have to work before they can enter the arcade though. Well not Jared and Mike. Jared says "screw the job" and goes into the arcade anyway. See this is why I know Taylor gets too much crap. Even from me. Because if that was Taylor I'd be so angry, but when it's Jared it's jus...

Rate ‘Shrek the Halls’ Decks Competition - Television Week

Original at Television Week external link    Thu, Nov 29    8 related articles

‘Shrek the Halls’ Decks Competition  MI - Nov 29, 2007 In second place for the night, CBS had “Kid Nation” (a low 2.1), “Criminal Minds” (4.5, the best rating for “Minds” since its post-Super Bowl episode in ...

Monday, Nov 26

 

Rate Kid Nation: Can You Hear Me Now? Good.

Original at TVgasm external link    Mon, Nov 26    1 related articles

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By DrMcSteeny(sarro13@yahoo.com) This week in Kid Nation, we learn all about communication. For example, at one point Greg talks to DK and Blaine about how Laurel and Michael and Sophia were talking about Greg and Blaine and DK but really it sounded to me like Laurel and Michael and Sophia were really just talking about Greg,...

Wednesday, Nov 21

 

Rate What's on TV tonight - New York Daily News

Original at nydailynews.com external link    Wed, Nov 21

What's on TV tonight  NY - 8 pm (CBS) "Kid Nation." What we have here is a failure to communicate. The kids stuck on the New Mexico ranch find out that communication and respect are ...

Friday, Nov 16

 

Rate Kid Nation - Time to Shake Things Up!!!

Original at Addicted To Big Brother external link    Fri, Nov 16    1 related articles

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By bbfanatik There’s a new District in town: the Gold District. After nearly a month of Pioneer living, eight Gold Stars have been awarded to Bonanza City’s finest… and half of them have been given to members of the Green District. The Green Kids couldn’t be more pleased by this outcome: they celebrate Ke...

Wednesday, Oct 24

 

Rate What's on TV tonight - New York Daily News

Original at nydailynews.com external link    Wed, Oct 24

What's on TV tonight  NY - 8:00 (CBS) "Kid Nation." Stop watching this show. Please. It's indicative of everything that broadcast TV is doing wrong this season. ...

Friday, Oct 19

 

Rate America: The Real Kid Nation

Original at redstate.com external link    Fri, Oct 19

By kingnavland It would be politically expedient for us to pull out of Iraq. We can't. It is best for us to fight them over there. Our nation is acting like those kids. The American people does not want to fight the germs of human civilization. (Yes, I called terrorists germs. Get over it. They are.) But we must.

Rate Kid Nation: Where's Jared?

Original at TVgasm external link    Fri, Oct 19

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By DrMcSteeny(sarro13@yahoo.com) This week in Kid Nation, Mike and Taylor cried a little, Greg finally got his gold star, and it was confirmed that the show's just not the same without a whole lotta Jared. An hour long show and only... Mike: We need the meat. Taylor: We can haave meat whenever we waunt. Taylor: Kill a chicken

Wednesday, Oct 17

 

Rate Kid Nation Episode 5

Original at dingoRUE external link    Wed, Oct 17

By Shane The current council’s last act of business is to award the gold star. Greg finally gets the gold star he’s been working toward. He says he’s going to use the money for college. Yellow District Votes Taylor Zach Taylor Zach Taylor Zach Zach Taylor Zach

Thursday, Sep 20

 

Rate Kid Nation - All hype no entertainment?

Original at OH NO!! external link    Thu, Sep 20

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Leave it to CBS to create a better fuss than a show. The nation-building involves 40 kids, ages 8 to 15, sent to turn a ghost town into "a town that works." Last night, that meant learning how to cook, milk goats, use an outhouse and deal with the class divide.

Rate 'Kid Nation' Might Be More Terrifying Than 'Lord Of The Flies' [Critical Mass]

Original at Jezebel external link    Thu, Sep 20

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By Jennifer You know how reality TV in general is condescending and exploitative, to its audiences and participants both? Well CBS' new reality show Kid Nation -- think Lord of the Flies without Simon plotting to kill and without Piggy tumbling to his death -- is all these things but worse. Because, na...

Wednesday, Sep 19

 

Rate Kid Nation Episode 1

Original at dingoRUE external link    Wed, Sep 19

By Shane Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live blog of Kid Nation Episode 2, which airs at 8/7c on CBS. Before it even premiered, Kid Nation has already become the subject of a lot of seemingly baseless controversy. 40 kids, a damn big cast, must try to turn Bonanza City, NM into a bustling town, somet...

Tuesday, Sep 4

 

Rate “Kid Nation,” meet “Baby Borrowers”

Original at insidesocal.com external link    Tue, Sep 4

As we reported last week, advertisers saw an episode of “Kid Nation” last week, apparently didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it enough to buy lots of commercial time in it. That sentiment was echoed by the show’s embattled executive producer, Tom Forman, as the network circles the wagons and...

Thursday, May 17

 

Rate 'Kid Nation': Childsploitation or fine family viewing?

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Thu, May 17

By Mandi Bierly Yesterday, when CBS announced it's fall schedule would include a reality show called Kid Nation — where 40 kids, ages 8 to 15, form an adult-less society in ghost town Bonanza City, New Mexico for 40 days — a debate ignited in the EW TV department. Watch a preview of the show here, then weigh in...


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