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Kid Nation: Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2007
  • Season #: 1 , 2
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Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: While their friends were at home, these kids were running their own town.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Reality

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
  1. New York Magazine
    Reviewed by: Lindsay Robertson
    80
    Like any good reality show, Kid Nation's strengths are in its characters, and the most remarkable aspect of these characters so far is their intellectual superiority to adults on reality shows--they use big words and make funny jokes!
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    60
    There was one brief shoving match on the program, in which a 15 year old "got in the face" of an 11 year old, but most of the program was pretty sedate, if not a bit bland.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    30
    It's not so much an exercise in socialization as the indoctrination of children into a consumer culture.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 9 out of 26
  1. RachelleB.
    10
    This show is a great chance for young children of 8-15 to show off their stuff. I think that it is a wonderful oppourtunity for them to show us people their voice and say. I love this show.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. EdgarC.
    4
    It's a nice idea and it might seem cute a couple of times, but there are other reality shows out there are a lot better.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. SusanL.
    3
    "Lord of the Flies" for reality television. Wait! "Lord of the Flies" IS reality television. Horrid.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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