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This is The Most Ridiculous Reality Show of All Time
The law suits didn’t surprise me.
It was a typical 2007 morning, I was getting up to get ready for second grade when my mom tells me about a new reality show premiering on CBS that night. “It’s about a bunch of kids that run their own town with no adults, it sounds interesting.”
“Kid Nation” was an American reality show that was hosted by Jonathan Karsh and premiered in September of 2007 on CBS. The premise of this show was initially inspired by the book “Lord of the Flies” in the sense that children had to create their own functioning society and set up their own government system with minimal adult supervision and help.
I was eight years old at the time this show aired, so if anything, I was their target audience. Watching other kids run a society with NO adults? Just all kids? Sign me up. Another bonus was I was able to stay up 30 minutes past my bedtime just to watch it. Remember, I was eight.
The Premise of the Show
The show takes place in an abandoned town called “Bonanza City” (I refuse to believe that was a real town) which is eight miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The town consists of 40 kids around the country with ages ranging from 8 to 15 and spend 40 days there. Essentially, the only interactions…
