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Reality Shows Kids Watch

by Brett Singer, Posted Feb 27th 2009 2:00PM

With so much unscripted programming on television these days, you might wonder who's watching it. Turns out the answer is: Our kids! Surprise, surprise. A lot of reality shows are being enjoyed by children as young as 7 or 8 years old. Here are ...
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"Boys and Girls Alone" Leaves Parenting Out of Reality TV

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Feb 5th 2009 6:00PM

Some are calling it "Big Brother Junior" or "Lord of the Flies 2009." But no matter what you call it, almost everyone is in agreement that UK reality show Boys and Girls Alone amounts to one thing: The exploitation of kids for ratings. Producers ...
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New reality show features teens babysitting infants

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 4th 2007 4:28PM

Reality television has truly crossed a line of decency. First there was the CBS show "Kid Nation", that despite not yet being released, has created all sorts of drama regarding child labor laws and child safety while 40 children were left to their ...
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Kid Nation under seige

by Angie Felton, Posted Aug 27th 2007 9:00AM

CBS might have broken child labor laws and housing requirements during the filming of their upcoming reality series "Kid Nation". The premise behind the show is to set 40 kids (between the ages of 8 and 15) loose in a ghost town for 40 days with the ...
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'Kid Nation' outrages critics

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 20th 2007 4:26PM

Back in May, I wrote about a new reality show coming to CBS. The idea behind Kid Nation is to take a group of 8 to 15-year old kids, isolate them from the real world, and see how they fend for themselves in a remote New Mexico town. Before anyone had ...
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"Lord of the Flies" comes to reality television

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 18th 2007 10:02AM

Producers at CBS aren't keen on comparing their new reality show, tentatively titled Kid Nation, to William Golding's classic novel Lord of the Flies, but the similarities are definitely there. In Golding's novel, a group schoolboys fend for ...
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