Kid Nation

Courtesy of "Jon & Kate's" Eight, a New Look at Child Labor Laws?

source: Washington Post

 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 ...

Published Mon, Jun 1

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

Volume 3, Number 34: TV Show Ideas

source: blog.360.yahoo.com

About a year ago, in response to CBS' short-lived reality show, Kid Nation, I suggested that the premise would work a lot better if the ghost town were run by ex-cons. Ex-Con Nation is still a thought in my mind, but in the meantime, ...

Published Sat, Sep 27

“Christians Rule!”

source: Elemental Children's Ministry

I still remember the episode of Kid Nation. It was episode 4 entitled “Bless Us and Keep us Safe.” If you never watched Kid Nation, it was a show which aired in the Fall of 2007 that put a group of kids in a New Mexico ghost town to see ...

Published Tue, Sep 2

Where Are They Now? Taylor DuPriest

source: AllYourTV.com

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 ...

Published Thu, Aug 7

deal with it

source: molls...she wrote

I heard about Kid Nation through pageants. I didn't hear about the ghost town at first — I just heard about going away for 40 days with 40 kids without your parents. But I was surprised that everybody ended up making so much controversy ...

Published Wed, Aug 6

'Baby' delivers more than expected

source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

Like "Kid Nation," the controversial CBS project that sounded like "Lord of the Flies" in a New Mexico ghost town, "Baby Borrowers" turns out to be both ... ‘Baby Borrowers’ and ‘Hopkins’: Summer Reality TV Primer, Part 2 Wall Street Journal Blogs

Published Tue, Jun 24

TELEVISION: Another bite of reality

source: Rocky Mountain News

 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 ...

Published Fri, Jun 6