ABC is doing a story on Kid Nation.

[aquart]

Four kids accidentally drank bleach. One came back with bruises. NM has changed its child labor laws to prevent the show from coming back. They're casting for Kid Nation II.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. Ahhhh....The Future Of Amerika.

We're FUCKED Folks.

Da Dee, Da Dee, Da.......DATS ALL FOLKS!!

[MissB]

2. And the kids earned all of $5k.

What sort of parent sells out their kid for $5k?

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. OMG. How could they accidentally drink bleach?! I thought the show looked fun, but just assumed some

adults would be there behind the scenes just to make sure they were all OK.....:(

[valerief]

4. What is this crap? Gotta look it up now. nt

[niyad]

5. what is kid nation?

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. It's a new reality TV show to air this fall. It's ALL kids who will build their own town/community .

With no adults to help. They do it all on their own.

[MissB]

10. Lord of the Flies meets reality tv.

[spanone]

6. were the cameramen kids, was the producer a kid, was the director a kid

there were adults there...i hate this so-called reality bullshit.

[Sapere aude]

9. You are right, I say that to my wife all the time and she gets pissed about it.

She loves "reality" shows and I ask her who the hell is filming this, and who is editing this and how many people does it take to work on the set?

I use to work for a company that had a TV studio and filmed a daily craft type show. There were near 20 people needed to film it each day.

[youngdem]

13. Yup. I used to run a small studio

We filmed national commercials.

It took no less than 80 people to film a simple shoot, no foley, no CGI, no green screen, no stunt aspects, no 2nd, just a simple shoot.

The idea that these children were EVER alone even while taking a shit is absurd.

There were HUNDREDS of adults on set, INCLUDING a pediatrician full time, nurses and paramedics.

Long story short, your children are MUCH LESS SAFE at their summer camp of choice than they would have been 'on their own' on this show.

Big NOTHING story here, as far as I am concerned.

[AlCzervik]

7. CBS must have run a cost benefit analysis and decided they'll make enough

money off this show so the cost of the lawsuits won't hurt their bottom line much.

[tekisui]

11. They had the parents sign contracts that they couldn't sue for DEATH

or if the kids contracted AIDS and other ridiculous clauses. sick.

[Bombtrack]

15. the only lawsuit that's been filed was thrown out of court

the girl who burnt her face with grease when cooking. Her mom sued even though she oked this bullshit.

The shows already in the can, no fatalities.

[AlCzervik]

16. and there you go, CBS took a gamble and they've most likely won.

the whole premise of this show os weird and the parents that actually signed those waivers are either stupid or selfish or both.

[youngdem]

12. The only reason ABC is doing this story is that the show is a potential hit on a rival show

ABC is probably just pissed they didn't buy the show themselves.

[tammywammy]

14. Yet another stilly "reality" show I won't watch

It just sounds silly.