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Article: There's not much fun in `Kid Nation'
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2007
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TELEVISION REVIEW
Kid Nation
On: CBS, Channel 4
Last night, 8-9
No, that racket you heard last night from 8 to 9 was not a feud
between the Lullaby League and the Lollypop Guild. It was the cast of
"Kid Nation," 40 children between the ages of 8 and 15, bickering -
and, in the case of at least two homesick lambs, crying - their
little hearts out. Watching the CBS reality show, which premiered
after months of anti-hype, was as much fun as baby-sitting overtired
tots who've had one too many Sweet Tarts.
The controversies about "Kid Nation" include the alleged violation
of child labor laws and accusations that the children - supposedly
left to their own devices - were fed lines. And CBS has let ...