Kid Nation Announced By CBS

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May 16, 2007 06:53:58 by Joe Blackmon

KID NATION is a reality-based series in which 40 kids will have 40 days
to build a new world - in a ghost town that died in the 19th Century.
These kids, ages 8-15, will spend more than a month without their
parents or modern comforts in Bonanza City, N.M., attempting to do what
their forefathers could not - build a town that works.

They will cook their own meals, clean their own outhouses, haul their own water and even run their own businesses - including the old town saloon (root beer only). They’ll also create a real government - four kid leaders who will guide the group through their adventure, pass laws and set bedtimes. Through it all, they’ll cope with regular childhood emotions and situations: homesickness, peer pressure and the urge to break every rule they’ve ever known.

At the end of each episode, all 40 kids will gather at an old fashioned Town Hall meeting where they will debate the issues facing Bonanza City. They’ll show wisdom beyond their years and the unflinching candor that only kids can exhibit. There are no eliminations on KID NATION - you only go home if you want to. And in every Town Hall meeting, kids may raise their hands and leave. Will they stick it out?

In the end, will these kids prove to adults everywhere (and their own parents!) that they have the vision to build a better world than the pioneers who came before them? And just as importantly, will they come together as a cohesive unit, or will they abandon all responsibility and succumb to the childhood temptations that lead to round-the-clock chaos?

KID NATION is produced by Emmy Award winner Tom Forman ("Extreme Makeover: Home Edition") for Tom Forman Prods. and Good TV, Inc. KID NATION will air on CBS in the Fall on Wednesdays from 8 to 9PM ET.

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89 Responses to “Kid Nation Announced By CBS”

Dean Tyler Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
If the above mentioned CBS show “Kid Nation” is what replaces “Jericho”, then this proves that the dumbing down of America is nearly complete. Shame to CBS, shame to you people who help the networks pile this crap on to my TV.
David Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
I can’t beleive this is the show taking Jericho’s time slot! I won’t be watching Kid Nation, or anything else on CBS. They just lost me as a viewer — I’ll be taking my 18-49 demographic self to a new network.
George Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Bring Jericho Back!!! KidNAtion is already a failure
Greg Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
So let me get this straight. 40 sets of parents abandon their children to complete strangers for a month during their most influential time of their lives, let them do whatever they want with no adult supervision, and CBS wants to put it on the air? So how is that not child neglect? Bring back Jericho and dump this crappy idea.
Wildcards88 Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
I give this replacement 6 episodes before it’s CANNED!
Mike Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
CBS replaced Jericho with this POS?
April Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Cancel Jericho for this? Please! Jericho! Jericho! Jericho! Bring it back!!!
Scott Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
What an absolute insult to our intelligence. Another reality show, especially with the contents of this apparent drivel, is bad enough. Of course it’s not the show’s fault that it’s in the slot that Jericho should be in…that’s the result of short sighted individuals that can’t see the forest for the trees.

Shame on you CBS. Bring back Jericho. The only thing I’ll watch on your network otherwise is football…because I HAVE NO CHOICE if I want to watch my team. Other than that…forget it.
Ghost of Johnston Green Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
KID NATION is replacing JERICHO? CBS execs have lost their minds - they are NUTS !!!

CBS wants war? Well war is what they are going to get!
p funk Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
wait a minute….this is what is replacing Jericho…are you kidding….what is the demographic focus? who on earth would this appeal to? bring back jericho and spare us this garbage!
Jericho-Lass Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
just goes to show you that CBS does not want intelligent viewers, they only want people who will sit and stare, open mouthed, and with little brain activity … that way when they decide to cancel their show they won’t get the response they are getting now with the cancellation of Jericho!
Yvonne Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
You’re kidding me, right? This is the kinda crud CBS is replacing Jericho with? Unbelievable. Drop this crud and bring our show back!
Loren Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
This is complete and total crap! Not only is this just wrong, its replacing a genuinely amazing show! Jericho is unique and went where no other show has, or will go.
And its not their fault they lost viewers, its the same people who took them down!!!

THAT IS WRONG!
Linda Bee Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
this show will NOT be watched by me or my kids as it is repacing Jericho………….bring Jericho back!!!!!
Nick Dawson Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Why is this junk reality show replacing Jericho? CBS has no clue on what they are doing altogether, just look at their radio division. DO NOT LET CBS WIN!!
JERICHO WILL LIVE ON!
Jesse Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
what a shcok CBS cancels their best new show in years, Jericho, to replace it with more reality garbage so they don’t have to pay actors. There is also a great risk one of these kids is gonan get hurt. Jericho FOREVER!!
Jeremy Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
It is truly dumbfounding that CBS has replaced Jericho, one of the best dramas to hit TV in years, with the most fraudulent “reality show” of all time. As if we’re truly to believe that these kids are “on their own in a ghost town”. Of course there will be adult supervison galore just off camera, and of course there will be plenty of kid coaching to make for more entertaining television.

“Watch Kids Do Exactly What Adults Striving For 15 Minutes of Fame Want Them To” next season on CBS. This is a new low in television programming.
John Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
They replace Jericho with this? Who the hell is running CBS. A Monkey.
Kimmi Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
We want Jericho back!!!!!!!!
Curt Dalton Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
The cancellation of Jericho on CBS is one of the worst corporate decisions since Star Trek was cancelled in the 1960’s. Any executive who cancels a well-written, superbly-researched and superbly-acted television and replaces it with brainless pabulum deserves to be fired.

I have written CBS and the advertising sponsors and voiced my displeasure. I sincerely hope the advertisers are paying attention; I and I alone decide where I spend my money.

Jericho took me away from HBO and canceling Jericho is driving me right back.

Way to go CBS! HBO applauds your very stupid decision to cancel Jericho!

Now to remove CBS from my “Favorites” and I’m done.
kay Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
CBS stands for COMPANY BROADCASTING STUPIDITY. You have really done it this time with the cancellation of Jericho. Like the others said, you are insulting the intelligence of your viewers who actually THINK. Seriously, what is wrong with you? You stated in a letter to Jericho fans that a show with dedicated fans would watch it no matter how long it’s been off the air…true enough, but you sabotaged the success of this show. I am sick of your network.
Holly Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
I can’t believe they are replacing Jericho with this kind of a show. Who do they expect to watch it?

Support Jericho, Support CBS

Cancel Jericho, Cancel CBS
Bret Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Does anyone over at CBS even watch TV anymore? People need to start getting fired or take up a janitorial role because this new lineup is GARBAGE!!! Bring back Jericho!!!! Jericho is unlike any show I have ever experienced before…it…like Heroes…has hooked me from beginning until end, only Jericho I have never missed an episode of…Someone…PLEASE…BRING BACK JERICHO!!!!!
Nathan Conley Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
NO NO NO NO!!!!! Bring back Jericho! This is the worst Idea ever. ANYONE EVER READ “LORD OF THE FLIES”? This spells canceled in a week. Bring back Jericho.
Lynn Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
This is beyond ridiculous! Did a 5 year old come up with concept?? Fire these idiots and hire some adults with an IQ over 50. Does CBS wonder why Americans are abandoning their network for cable??? because there are millions of us out here who actually have brains who refuse to watch the idiotic crap they put on the airwaves. Bring back Jericho!!!!
Bill Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Is this the best CBS can do? CBS gutted Jericho on purpose and now want to feed us kid drivel.

I think I will delete CBS from my cable box - not that I will miss anything.
handleger Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Jericho has to be brought back. OMG replacing such a great show by a show like this?
This show will cause bad reared children…
CRISTY QUIRE Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
ARE YOU KIDDING ME SOUNDS SO DUMB!!
BRING JERICHO BACK
Kenneth Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
You have got to be kidding me. You cancel Jericho for Another Reality show.
Bob Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Nuts!!!!! This idea is nuts! How about putting Katie Couric in a ghost town ans see how long he survives? Bring Back Jericho!
JoJo Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Kid Nation has no chance of being a CBS hit. CBS made a very big mistake by getting rid of Jericho. CBS’s ratings will become much worst.
Kelley Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
PUHLEASE! This is RIDICULOUS! Save Jericho!
Jane Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
CBS is worse than Nuts-they’re cracked nuts. Putting on this garbage & cancelling Jericho? I sure won’t watch.
Rob Thomas Says:
May 17th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Sounds like something for the CBS-owned ‘Noggin’ channel. Why is it repalcing Jericho in network Primetime? I didn’t know that the 8-15 demographic was one that primetime advertisers were after.
Kate Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 12:03 am
http://www.myspace.com/savejerichonow

Sorry, this sounds almost criminal to do to children. Exploitive, abusive.

We want Jericho back. Save Jericho!
Russell Bentley Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 12:51 am
What can I say negeative that the other children of Jeicho haven’t already covered?
Get off your butts cbs and make this right.
George Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 4:20 am
Without JERICHO in the fall line-up I see no need whatsoever to give another moment of my time to viewing anything on CBS. I especially will not be watching any more (so called) realityTV clones or mindless sitcoms. Television may indeed be a “vast wasteland”, but my family and I were able to find an oasis in the “Desert of Dreck” that is network television, and that oasis was a fictional small town in western Kansas…JERICHO. I am the father of 4 children ages 12-20, and without fail we were all home and tuned to CBS on Wednesday evenings when JERICHO aired, never missed a single episode. It was the only intelligent, mature program that I could watch with all of my kids, and after every episode we would spend hours over the next week discussing what we thought was going to happen next or who was responsible for what. It was a FAMILY DRAMA, a rare commodity in this day and age of mindless programming. To the people at CBS responsible for making the decision to cancel this breath of fresh air, who want me to surrender to the drivel they consider “entertainment”, I say what Gen. McAuliffe said to the Nazis at Bastogne…NUTS!
Valerie Shearer Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 8:03 am
If I was CBS I’d be ashamed of myself. This is kid exploitation. Shame on the parents who let strangers with cameras exploit their kids. Eight year olds should be home with their parents. I can’t imaging anyone letting their kids watch. It should be canned in a coupls of weeks.

Want to see people making their own society? Return Jericho to the air. See people deal with real things like cold and darkness and hunger as families in a brand new world. Drama can do a whole lot more reality than reality tv.
Steve Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Nuts to that. I’m tired of CSI. Jericho was the one refreshing program on television and it and the fans don’t deserve to be treated this way. I can think of no bigger slap in the face than to be replaced by this reality show garbage.
Steve Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 8:32 am
So, basically, Kid Nation will be showing kids doing what they SHOULD be doing anyway? Boy, CBS dumped an excellent show like Jericho and put this on? They slapped millions of Jericho viewer across the face with this? You’ve lost me as a viewer CBS.
Dave Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Look at ABC and the mega-success of Lost.
Look at NBC and the mega-success of Heroes.

What CBS show is the most comparable to the same genre and audience of those two shows?

Jericho!

You didn’t give it enough time, to continue to grow. Plus, you made a horribly bad decision slotting it opposite American Idol.

Revive and un-cancel Jericho, and move it to a decent time-slot, and give it one more year.

The Jericho audience is the Lost/Heroes audience.

Wake up and realize you have a great show with Jericho.

The best new show on CBS.
The 2nd best new show on all Networks.

Dave
Cynthia Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Personally I hope this “Kid Nation” crap bombs after two episodes and then maybe whoever is making the god awful decisions over at CBS to cancel shows and betray fans will realize they made the biggest mistake ever cancelling Jericho. I for one am sick of all the reality tv shows, even American Idol. Yes I said it, American Idol. And really, three CSI’s is a bit much. I’m sick of them too. I used to watch the original but now I’ve just given up on the CBS network all together.

I don’t know why networks keep choosing to cancel the most compelling, well-written, dramatic shows out there ..but it’s time the fans take a stand on this one. CBS I beg you, renew the show or sell the rights to a network that can pick it up because us Jericho fans are relentless and this uproar isn’t going to stop any time soon no matter what you think. Nuts to you.

Go to jericholives.com for more info!
April Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Jericho has been canceled, and the fans are fighting back! Please help us in our fight! There are emails and calls clogging the inboxes of all CBS employees, fans are sending packages of nuts to CBS and there are many save Jericho sites:
http://savejericho.blogspot.com/
http://www.savejericho.info/
http://www.jerichorallypoint.com/sm/index.php
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/

Please help us!!
April
Daan Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Jericho is a very good show, different from the usual fare of investigate/prosecute and sitcom. I would love to see another season develop, no matter where. Maybe a transition to a web only show would work?
V Stein Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Kid Nation??? IS CBS KIDDING?? Just what we need - more awful shows to encourage the children in our country to act out and behave as if they are the only ones in the world and get rewarded for their horrible behavior!! It’s garbage! I cannot believe that CBS has cancelled one of the best shows on TV!!! Jericho is amazing and captures your attention every show! Excellent writing and acting are the biggest draw to any TV Show and CBS had it! It was a poor business decision and lapse of judgment on CBS’s part for pulling the show for a couple of months, which caused it to lose viewers! ABC did the same thing to Lost and their viewership went down hill as well, but even they know when they have a good show and stick by it, by keeping Lost for another 2 seasons. CBS needs to stick by Jericho, clean up its mistakes and not promote the denigration of our society anymore!
Cindy Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
IM boycotting CBS till they bring back Jericho!
Tracy Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
CBS’s choosing of Kid Nation over Jericho is rediculous. I personally know quite a few people who adored Jericho. If CBS didn’t make the mistake of putting Jericho on such a long hiatus, the ratings would have remained high. I will just stick with FOX and NBC.
Brian Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
With the cancellation of Jericho, we have lost not only one of the best shows on the CBS network, but on all of television. I - like many other loyal fans of the show - have been watching repeatedly since the very first episode and have continued to do so all season long. The reason? Jericho is a show that appeals to almost everyone; has an excellent cast; an incredible storyline; and an originality that not many shows on network TV possess anymore.

While I am sure that the decision was made on the numbers, I think it’s key to note that a) Jericho performed very well despite going up against the American Idol juggernaut; b) like almost every other show, a long hiatus hurt its momentum; and c) some of the best shows in the history of TV have needed some time to build up momentum (and very often, take off like wildfire in their 2nd seasons).

I am a 39 year old male, and can tell you that not only I, but my girlfriend, parents, and friends have all become addicted to this show. So