Which Former ‘Kid Nation’ Contestant Is Suing CBS?Vulture’s all-time favorite child-abuse-based reality show Kid Nation is back in the news today after Nikki Finke reports that one former contestant who was injured during filming is pursuing a possible lawsuit against CBS.
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‘Kid Nation’ Finale: Thus Ends the Cute OverloadLast night’s finale of the first season of CBS’ “grand social experiment” contained few surprises (and the “heart-wrenching” surprise we were promised turned out to be a parent-child reunion, which was hardly “heart-wrenching!”).
10 Annoying Child Actors We’d Want on Kid NationWe got to thinking about which kids we’d most want to send off to Kid Nation, and realized the pop-culture pantheon is filled with irritating children who could really benefit from a sharp dose of bleach-flavored reality.
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Will ‘Kid Nation’ Actually Be Any Good?There’s only a day and a few hours till the premiere of CBS’s Kid Nation, the show that has parents upset, advertisers nervous, and children drinking bleach and lighting their heads on fire.
Spineless Advertisers Bail on ‘Kid Nation’Inexplicably wary of having their brands identified with child abuse as entertainment, Procter & Gamble, Ford and GM, Verizon, Pepsi, and Anheuser-Busch have all said they won’t run commercials during Nation, despite continued plans to sponsor the rest of CBS’ vastly inferior prime-time lineup.
‘Kid Nation’: We Pick the WinnersForty kids are left to fend for themselves in a New Mexican ghost town without adult supervision … but who will take home the cheddar?