Kid Nation

By Greta Perry(GretaPerry@gmail.com) Wednesday night at our house is Kid Nation night (after homework, swim practice, getting ready for bed....). So, I am sitting around with my kiddos watching a group of kids try and campaign for their elections in Bonanza City. One... Wednesday night at our house is Kid Nation night (after homework,...

 Canada Dating in the Dark hails from Endemol USA, by the way, a subsidiary of the Dutch company that gave the world Big Brother, Fear Factor, Kid Nation and Show Me the Money. Now you know who to thank.

 CA Hence "The Othersiders" (8 pm Wednesday), which is "Ghost Hunters" meets "The Bloodhound Gang" (if anyone remembers that old PBS show about crime-fighting teenagers); "Survive This" (8:30 pm Wednesday), an extreme cross between "Kid Nation" and Outward ...

 TX Hence "The Othersiders" (8 pm Wednesday), which is "Ghost Hunters" meets "The Bloodhound Gang" (if anyone remembers that old PBS show about crime-fighting teenagers); "Survive This" (8:30 pm Wednesday), an extreme cross between "Kid Nation" and Outward ...

  Canada Dating in the Dark hails from Endemol USA, by the way, a subsidiary of the Dutch company that gave the world Big Brother, Fear Factor, Kid Nation and Show Me the Money. Now you know who to thank.

 DC The issue last flared up in 2007 when CBS aired the ill-conceived "Kid Nation" -- a show that followed 40 unsupervised kids while they tried to create a new society in a New Mexico ghost town. Update: I asked Dr. Andrea Bonior, licensed clinical ...

 MI And last month, Sony struck a global distribution deal with Relativity Real, the unscripted shingle of producer Tom Forman (“Kid Nation”). Earlier this year, Sony took another step toward increasing its unscripted market share by recruiting longtime ...

Kid Nation" raises questions over whether child labor laws were violated. it.truveo.com

As Taylor and Mike step down from office, Zach and Guylan plan Bonanza City?s future. www.joost.com

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:

I'm a little late on this news - okay, way late - but it seemed to disappear into thin air like a puff of invisible smoke. Remember this petition? In August of 2007 we created it in response to what was then CBS' new series, Kid Nation; and 594 of you signed it to protest the show that had 40 young ch...

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.

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 ...

 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

By Michael Carrino Melinda from PeeAndPoop.com Since CBS hasn’t yet given us another season of Kid Nation to discuss, we had to resort to some family time with a parents magazine. After reading a bazillion Dr. Seuss books and Disney books and even going a few rounds with the Bible, it was about time to let the kids...

By Tom Wright-Piersanti CBS's Kid Nation is the most controversial show of the new season (maybe, it's close between this and the next one on my list) for a number of reasons.  They include, but are not limited to: children drinking bleach from unmarked bottles, two emergency room visits, facial burns from grease...

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.

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...

By Misti Sandefur What’s your take on Kid Nation? Did you enjoy it, or did you stop watching after the first episode? Would you watch another season of Kid Nation? I’d love to hear your opinions, too. The last episode of Kid Nation aired on CBS last night (Wednesday, December 12, 2007), and to be totally honest...

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.

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...

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...

By Faith W The reward?  Either a monument to Bonanza City’s Kid Nation.  A HUGE testament to the hard work that they’ve accomplished, with some really eloquent words about the sacrifices and choices of the kids of Bonanza City that would stay out in the desert in Bonanza City long after they had all go...

Kid Nation" fizzles out Seattle Times, 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

By Michael Carrino Also, check out our girl’s Mom, Marji, with Mike on Armchair Survivor. So we thought Taylor was a pill prior to last week — well, we ain’t seen nothing yet. But, last week Mike did called it. The biggest bit of advice for our hostess this week is that she doesn’t want to become Taylor and the bigges...

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,...

By Michael Carrino This week the TV show goes places that the podcast had not yet — they were Hollering Bitches. Nonetheless, our hosts cover another list of topics that will (may) prepare young minds for life: Chlamydia and Sexual MythsWhy/When thinking about Rainbows and Unicorns is not goodDiplomacyDi...

By Michael Carrino As the kids of Bonanza City put on a talent show, we realize that the most entertaining thing on the show was watching Sophia, once again, lead the sheeple by the short hairs. But the lessons must go on so among other things we learned about: Straight JacketsSheepleSubstance Abuse (includi...

By DrMcSteeny(sarro13@yahoo.com) This week on Kid Nation, we finally get the Jared footage we've all been waiting for. Now if I can just figure out how to get him wrapped up and shipped to my house with my very own Bonanza... This week on Kid Nation, we finally get the Jared footage we've all been waiting for. Now if I can just figure ou...

By Michael Carrino Are you a Survivor fan? Join Michael and Marji (our girl’s mother) on Armchair Survivor at http://survivor.tubecasts.com. This week the children get a taste of their Taylor-free council but that doesn’t mean the little ___ doesn’t still cause trouble. Despite the evil little vixen’s issu...

By Michael Carrino Despite the fact we didn’t get to see the entire show this week (Cleveland’s WOIO Channel 19 decided that we wanted to see a live press conference for 17 minutes with about 2 minutes of worth while data) we moved forward with our continued lessons from CBS’s Kid Nation.

By noreply@blogger.com (umberhaven) This time, the Town Council chose to ask all the pioneers who they think the $20,000 gold star should go to. Many voted for Greg, including Greg himself, because of his hard work. Others voted for Morgan for her good attitude and hard work, but on Morgan's turn, she said everyone deserves a gol...

By Michael Carrino Once again, everyone learns lessons this week. Michael (on TV) learns that Karma is good, Greg learns that no good deed goes un-punished even if you are doing it for selfish reasons and all of the kids learn that popular pretty people think they don’t have to do work. But back home, our little g...

By Eric In news, we translate ratings reports to make sense of the network spin on last week’s debuts, including “Gossip Girl,” “Kid Nation,” “Nashville,” “K-Ville” and “Back to You.” Plus, NBC’s online strategy continues to fragment. We review CBS’s “Moonlight” and examine the premieres of “H...

Here is WORD's gold star to you -- the deadline is null and void. Send your review of any Kid Nation episode this season to word@weeklyreader.com and we'll post the best up here on our humble bloggy. The first one we post still gets the ...

quest for an Emmy (I did; the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences didn't) -- we now have another one: Whether to watch "Kid Nation," CBS' new reality show criticized for undersupervising and overworking its 40 young participants.

By aaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com) Because CBS wouldn't send TV critics advance copies of its most talked-about new show, "Kid Nation," I couldn't review it until now. (I did, however, rave about another reality show with the initials "KN." Read my review. ...

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.

By sistermagpie I had no intention of watching this show, but there was nothing else on at that hour. For those who don't know, Kid Nation is a reality show about kids--40 of them--who are supposed to run their own town in New Mexico (a state apparently chosen for its lax child labor laws!). CBS has been getting...

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...

It opened with host Jonathan Karsh introducing “Bonanza,” which he declares a ghost town but is really just a movie set in New Mexico (“Silverado” and “All the Pretty Horses” were shot here). A prop rattlesnake shakes its tale on the dirt road (and is never seen again). A prop tumbleweed roll...

By Michael Carrino The little hostess finds a man with sweet words as good as gold as she would have given Michael the diplomat the gold star.  Mike recognizes that Sophia worked very hard for her gold star and the 7 year-old says her dancing sucked — no offense.

Is "Kid Nation" the new "Lord of the Flies"? Litchfield Independent Review, MN - Kid Nation" will debut at 7 pm tonight on CBS. The show, as advertised on the network's Web site, will give 40 kids, ages 8 to 15, 40 days "to build a ... What Minn. Kids, Parents Think About 'Kid Nation' WCCO

Kid Nation' uproar seems a bit calculated  OH - Sep 19, 2007 By MOLLY WILLOW Even though the controversial reality show Kid Nation is set to premiere tonight on CBS, you won't find a review of it here. ...

By mrcarrino Subscribe:  http://kidnation.tubecasts.com/rss September 19, 2007 marks the premier of “Kid Nation” on CBS and of course here at the Armchair TubeCasts Lab we can just sit still about things like this — hence “Armchair Kid Nation”. Michael teams up with daughter Gabrielle to talk about a...

By Michael Carrino Subscribe to this podcast at http://kidnation.tubecasts.com/rss What better way to review a show about kids than with a real live kid. Mike replaces Marji with the other woman of the house, his daughter. But wait, this is not one of those precious little kid shows — oh no! Maybe Kid Nation may b...

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. And since “Kid Nation” is working out so well for CBS image-wise, NBC has plunged into a reality show featuring babies!

In one town with no adults, 40 kids have 40 days to build their own world in "Kid Nation," t he CBS reality series that's premiering Sept. 19. They will confront grown-up issues while coping with homesickness, peer pressure and the urge ...

By Brill Despite questions about “Jericho,” “Moonlight” and Mandy Patinkin’s departure from “Criminal Minds,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler offers little new information during the network’s Summer Press Tour executive session. Thank goodness for a feisty “Kid Nation” panel w...

By Brill Then it’s on to CBS’ new fall schedule. As the No. 1 network, it’s not shaking things up too much. There’s a promising reality show (“Kid Nation”), and a — dare we say it? — boring vampire series (“Midnight”). Also on deck is Hugh Jackman’s (left) adapted musical thriller — yes, with real singing...