Kid Nation

Reality Show Gone too Far?

source: it.truveo.com

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

Published Sat, Feb 28

Screen Savors: Kids matter

source: Jerusalem Post

 Israel - Feb 6, 2009 Kid Nation is for you. "40 Kids! 40 Days! No adults!" proclaims the opening of the CBS-created reality show now airing on - where else - HOT's new ...

Published Fri, Feb 6

CBS's arranged-marriage reality show: Not THAT strange

source: Kansas City Star

Entertainment Weekly  MO - Feb 3, 2009 Deterred neither by the FCC fines for "Married by America" or its own experience with edgy docu-style reality shows ("Kid Nation" lawsuits, anyone?), CBS is ... CBS “arranges” new TV show World Magazine all 7 news articles

Published Tue, Feb 3

The Early Show: Kid Nation Controversy

source: TV.com

Harry Smith talks to two participants in the controversial CBS reality show "Kid Nation." www.tv.com

Published Tue, Jan 20

Question of the Day~ Education or Exploitation?

source: blog.psychic-wisdom.net

Petersen sounded the early ethics alarms on “Hounddog,” the independent film that required a pre-teen Dakota Fanning to play the victim in a violent and realistic rape scene, and “Kid Nation,” the CBS reality show that paid parents to ...

Published Thu, Nov 6

Is There a Responsible Adult Trapped Inside Your Teenager?

source: Child Behaviour Problems

I mean, I may watch Kid Nation, (CBS’s new reality show that has children fending for themselves in a ghost town in New Mexico) but letting my child live it is another matter entirely. Yet after I finished reading The Case Against ...

Published Wed, Nov 5

CBS Returns Viewers to Crime Scene, Wins Ratings With New Shows

source: Bloomberg

 - Nov 2, 2008 Last year's ``Kid Nation'' reality show and ``Cane,'' about a Cuban-American rum dynasty, didn't help CBS draw a younger audience and turned off older ...

Published Sun, Nov 2

Baby Borrowers - We Only Wish They Were Kidding!

source: blogs.webmd.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:

Published Thu, Oct 16