Kid Nation
CBS | Release Date: September 19, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: CBS, which had promoted the show as almost exactly that ["Lord of the Flies" for voyeurs], backed down, explaining that Kid Nation was really more of a 40-day character-building exercise, like Outward Bound, but with camera crews and off-camera supervisors. And of course, it turned out to be a little of both, but mostly neither. Read full review
50
Detroit Free PressJulie Hinds
Season 1 Review: Would the creators of Kid Nation please go to their room for a time-out and come up with something more original? Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: It's a mildly entertaining reality series designed to encourage controversy to draw viewers and goose ratings. Read full review
50
PopMattersMarisa LaScala
Season 1 Review: Kid Nation does not mean to find out whether kids can do what adults could not. It means instead to demonstrate that these kids really would die without the intervention of adults. Read full review
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