The press has been all over Kid Nation, talking about injured kids and broken child labor laws.  It looked pretty bleak for the show (which sounded pretty lame from the get go).

It premiered last night, and Ta Dah! It was fine!  The show was darn good.  Like all reality shows, there were annoying participants and more viewer friendly participants.  CBS did a very good job of tugging at the ole heartstrings with this one.

I’m fascinated with how these kids interact with each other.  One thing that most adults don’t consider is that kids don’t act around adults the way they act when adults aren’t present.  This could turn out to be a very fascinating show.

As for the bad publicity, I have a feeling that CBS wanted this.  Frankly, it smacked of the kind of press buzz that surrounded the multi-racial Survivor season (which also turned out to be nothing).  CBS basically got a ton of free publicity around an idea that sounded like a yawner.

I’m once again pleasantly suprised about what’s showing up this season.

9/20/2007 1:05:39 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)      Comments [0]  TV