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Discuss “Kid Nation: More structured than summer camp”

Can 40 kids come together to run their own society? I have no idea. You might think Kid Nation, CBS’s new reality show, answers this question, but it doesn’t. The only question Kid Nation answers is this: Can 40 kids survive in an ultra-structured reality TV setting while surrounded by tumbleweeds, medics on call, and cheeky host Jonathan Karsh? Yes. Of course. But I wish they wouldn’t bother.

Kid Nation is sort of Survivor meets Wild and Crazy Kids; 40 kids, ages 8 to 15, live for 40 days on an old movie set that the producers tell the kids is a western ghost town called Bonanza City. They have to cook their own food, clean up after themselves, and settle their own disagreements — all of which, I’ll admit, is mildly entertaining.

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