Kid Nation

53
Metascore
2007-2007
1 season
CBS
Reality
TV-PG

A group of young kids are forced to the limits as they experience challenges without adults.

53
Metascore
2007-2007
1 season
CBS
Reality
TV-PG

A group of young kids are forced to the limits as they experience challenges without adults.

Mega Buzz on Daisies, Numbers, Whisperer and More!

Senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich and Mickey OConnor answer your questions E-mail us your own spoilery needsMake a pie-eater happy Give me some juicy Pushing Daisies scoop CeciliaMickey Remember how Ned inadvertently killed Chucks dad when he was a kid Well lets just say that Chuck and her dead dad are going to have more in common than blue eyes or a love of cheeseI am a longtime NumNut and cant wait until Oct 3 for the new season of Numbers Will Charlie get his clearance back and if so how long will hewe have to wait LesleyMatt Two people stand in the way Keith Carradine guest-starring this season as a veteran fed who holds Charlies future in his hands and Charlie himself Yeah it seems Mr Epps has a big decision to make about exactly how badly he wants to be reinstated By the way the NumNut name Very unsettlingI am forced to watch 90210 online Do you know when the network plans to make each episode available SarahMickey

Wed, Sep 17, 2008

Mega Buzz on Daisies, Numbers, Whisperer and More!

Ratings: Kelsey Grammer Beats Up on CBS' Kid

Wednesday's ratings highlights: This just in.... Fox's Back to You, starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, premiered to 9.44 million total viewers, winning its 8 pm half hour (in key demos, as well). 'Til Death lost 18 percent of that lead-in audience, drawing 7.76 mil. CBS' Kid Nation opened its frontier doors to 9.07 million. But did it deserve all the controversy? Vote here. UPDATE: CBS will rebroadcast the Kid Nation opener Saturday at 8 pm. Last Comic Standing delivered its last laughs to 7.13 mil, besting Kitchen Nightmares (6.64 mil) along the way. Top Model returned to an audience of 5.15 mil, down just a hair from the previous cycle's opener. Gossip Girl had 3.65 mil talking, matching One Tree Hill's 2006 season premiere and faring a bit better than that Pussycat Doll search.

Thu, Sep 20, 2007

Ratings: Kelsey Grammer Beats Up on CBS' Kid

Did CBS Neglect the Kid Nation Kids?

Just weeks before its Sept. 19 debut, Kid Nation is under siege. CBS' reality show, in which 40 kids from 8 to 15 years old have 40 days to build a society in a New Mexico ghost town, is fending off attacks from state officials and one angry parent. Janis Miles, whose daughter, Divad, appeared on the show, accused producers of borderline abuse and neglect. CBS shot back in a statement that Miles' claims are "distorting the true picture of the Kid Nation experience, about which the overwhelming majority of kids are highly enthusiastic and happy."The controversy started several weeks ago, when the New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department received a letter from Miles that said her 11-year-old daughter was burned by hot grease while frying a meal and that at least two kids drank bleach from an unmarked bottle, all with no adult supervision. (Another participant, Kelsey, told TV Guide she burned

Mon, Aug 27, 2007

One Nation, Under Fire: CBS Stands by Its Kid

CBS' fall reality series Kid Nation continues to have a shadow over it, as the attorney general in New Mexico, where the show was taped, reviews complaints raised by at least one tyke's parent and the question of whether state child-labor laws were exploited. In a statement cited by Variety, CBS maintains that Kid Nation  in which unsupervised rugrats are let loose in a ghost town  "was filmed responsibly and within all applicable laws... at the time of the production." ("At the time" being the key phrase, as New Mexico has since modified the number of hours a minor can work in such a production.) The legal hiccup does not yet seem a threat to Kid Nation's Sept. 19 premiere.

Sat, Aug 25, 2007

One Nation, Under Fire: CBS Stands by Its Kid

Big Brother, Spike's Sexy Barmaids and More Short Cuts

Sunday's Big Brother enjoyed its largest Sunday audience of the season, delivering 7.7 million viewers.... Food Network and Cooking.com are partnering on an e-commerce site also offering product reviews, tips and product videos (but no Giada swimsuit posters). FoodNetworkStore.com launches Oct. 1.... "Kids' WB" on The CW has added Skunk Fu!, an animated series that's superpopular in the U.K. and Down Under, for the 2007-08 season.... Texas Hardtails alum Debbie Beal is among the ladies vying for the honor of Spike TV's Sexiest Bartender. Cast your vote here.... Would you let your kid participate in CBS' Kid Nation? Vote here.

Tue, Aug 21, 2007

Big Brother, Spike's Sexy Barmaids and More Short Cuts

Bionic Woman and Cavemen Have Got Da Buzz

According to a TV Dailies poll of 3,100 people, NBC's Bionic Woman reboot and ABC's Cavemen com are the highest-rated fall debuts in terms of viewer buzz, awareness and intent to watch. Among the 18-to-49 crowd, Jaime Sommers boasts the most awareness and intent to watch, while the GEICO-inspired Cro-Mags are tops in buzz. (I know Ausiello and I disagree on this, but I think Cavemen is kinda cute, with the Nick character being a real scene-stealer.)Placing third were Kid Nation (in awareness and buzz) and Kitchen Nightmares (in intent to watch). Coming in fourth were Pushing Daisies (awareness and buzz) and Private Practice (intent to watch).

Thu, Aug 9, 2007

Bionic Woman and Cavemen Have Got Da Buzz

CBS Execs Defend "Daring and Different" New TV

When the promos for CBS new fall reality show Kid Nation come on, you cant look away. Forty kids. No adult supervision. Watch how they build their own civilization in a ghost town in New Mexico. You immediately want to know: Which one is going to be Piggy from Lord of the Flies? But when pressed by reporters at the Television Critics Association  stirred by a report in Television Week that the kids were performing on camera for 14 hours a day, making their own meals and missing school days  the shows executive producer Tom Forman was forced to repeat a far less provocative message: I dont know that it's different than what goes on at an Eagle Scout camp, he said. As reporter questions chipped away at the shows artifice, Forman noted that there was a large adult safety net on the set... er, in the town, which included a pediatrician, a child psychologist and even an animal wrangler.But doesnt calming everybody do...

Thu, Jul 19, 2007

CBS Execs Defend "Daring and Different" New TV

CBS: We've Got Ratings, Now We Want Buzz!

It isn't enough for CBS to be the most-watched network. At the presentation of its new fall schedule, network execs announced they want their shows to be talked about, too.It's a new version of an old tune. For years, CBS has had the largest number of viewers, but many of them were old and not as desirable to advertisers. Recently, the network has gotten much more competitive for the 18-to-49-year-old crowd that Madison Avenue pays most for. Yet shows such as ABC's Ugly Betty get a lot more ink and watercooler chatter than the higher-rated Two and a Half Men or Survivor (CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler drove the point home to the audience at Carnegie Hall by citing how Betty's ratings have dropped 40 percent since its premiere).With a solid foundation of dependable hits, Tassler says this is the year she can afford to take a few programming risks to improve her share of buzz. Even if CBS' new shows fail, its regular program lineup will deliver ratings close to what it did t...

Thu, May 17, 2007