Kid Nation

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 Michael Carrino This week there is a new Sheriff in Bonanza city and she likes to fuck with the heads of her constituency yet she makes a pretty good sheriff. The council went over the mountain to meet real Native American Indians which was probably a thrill for the boys but for the viewers, not so much. [...]

By Michael Carrino 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 biggest bit realistic advice for Taylor doesn’t want to become ugly (on the o...

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 Michael Carrino Our hostess gets full of Halloween sugar and then comes in to watch an important lesson from our friends at CBS. The kids in Bonanza City are learning about greed and money — it’s almost like a morality version of The Apprentice — with maybe a few more zeros on the right side of the decimal place.

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.

This show contains a true story of how Corey and Joel were mere days from the radio big-time. That's right, the guys were flirting with terrestrial radio and had pretty-much gotten to first base - but now, in a shocking turn their would-be-lover has left (or switched formats). Hear the whole...

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...

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.

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 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...