Kid Nation

Kid Nation was a reality show. It first aired on the CBS network on September 19, 2007. The show featured 40 children, aged 8–15, living in a ghost town named "Bonanza Town". No one had lived in the town since the 19th century. The children were required to create a functioning society in the town, as well as set up a government system used to solve problems in the town.

At the end of each episode the council awards a cash prize which is a "gold star" worth $20,000 to one of the kids.

Episodes

No. Episode Title Days Airdate Upper-Class Merchants Cooks Laborers Town Bonus Gold Star Exits Nielsen Ratings
Households Adults 18-49
1 "I'm Trying to be a Leader Here!"[1] 1-4 September 19 Red Blue Yellow Green Seven Outhouses Sophia Jimmy 5.8/10 3.0/9[2]
2 "To Kill or Not to Kill"[3] 5-7 September 26 Blue Red Yellow Green None (Task Failed) Michael None 4.8/8 2.8/8[4]
3 "Deal With It!"[5] 8-10 October 3 Yellow Blue Green Red Microwave & Cocoa Mallory None 4.7/8 2.4/7[6]
4 "Bless Us and Keep Us Safe"[7] 11-13 October 10 Blue Red Yellow Green Religious Books Morgan Cody 4.3/7 2.0/6[8]
5 "Viva La Revolución!"[9] 14-16 October 17 Yellow Green Red Blue Oral Hygiene Products Greg None 4.7/8 2.4/7[10]
6 "Bonanza is Disgusting"[11] 17-19 October 24 Red Green Yellow Blue Fruits & Vegetables DK None 5.1/8 2.5/7[12]
7 "The Root Of All Evil"[13] 20-22 October 31 Blue Yellow Green Red New Clothes & Free Laundry Nathan None 4.4/8 2.0/7[14]
8 "Starved for Entertainment"[15] 23-25 November 7 Green Blue Red Yellow None (Task Failed) Kennedy None 4.5/7 2.1/6[16]
9 "Not Even Close to Fair"[17] 26-28 November 14 Blue Yellow Green Red None (Task Failed) Blaine Randi 4.7/8 2.4/7[18]
10 "Let Me Talk!"[19] 29-31 November 21 Blue Green Yellow Red Letters From Home Laurel None 4.3/7 2.0/6[20]
11 "I Just Like The Recess Part"[21] 32-34 November 28 Green Blue Yellow Red Town Arcade Hunter None 4.5/7 2.1/6[22]
12 "Where's Bonanza, Dude?"[23] 35-37 December 5 Green Red Blue Yellow Hot Air Balloon Ride Alex None 4.5/7 2.2/6[24]
13 "We've All Decided to Go Mad!"[25] 38-40 December 12 No District Assignments Three $50,000 Gold Stars Zach
SophiaA
MorganA
MiglėA
None (final episode) 4.5/7 2.2/6[26]
^A These gold stars were worth $50,000 and were awarded at the final town hall meeting.

References

  1. Kid Nation on CBS Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine CBS.com Episode 1 Recap
  2. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, September 19, 2008
  3. Kid Nation on CBS Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine CBS.com Episode 2 Recap
  4. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, September 26, 2008
  5. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 3 Recap
  6. Ratings | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource
  7. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 4 Recap
  8. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, October 10, 2007
  9. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 5 Recap
  10. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, October 17, 2007
  11. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 6 Recap
  12. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, October 24, 2007
  13. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 7 Recap
  14. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, October 31, 2007
  15. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 8 Recap
  16. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, November 7, 2007
  17. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 9 Recap
  18. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, November 14, 2007
  19. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 10 Recap
  20. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, November 21, 2007
  21. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 11 Recap
  22. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, November 28, 2007
  23. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 12 Recap
  24. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, December 5, 2007
  25. Kid Nation on CBS CBS.com Episode 13 Recap
  26. Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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