Kid Nation
TV ShowTitle | Kid Nation |
User score | 7.6 |
Release date | Sep 19, 2007 |
Release date of last episode | Dec 12, 2007 |
Genre | Reality |
Director | Tom Forman |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Endemol USA, Forman Productions |
Series status | Canceled |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 13 |
Run time | 60 min. |
Kid Nation was an American reality television show hosted by Jonathan Karsh that premiered on the CBS network on September 19, 2007 created by Tom Forman Productions and Endemol USA and aired on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET . The show, featuring 40 children aged 8 to 15, was filmed on location at the Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch, a privately owned town built on the ruins of Bonanza City, New Mexico, eight miles south of Santa Fe, with production beginning on April 1, 2007. In the show, the children try to create a functioning society in the town, including setting up a government system with minimal adult help and supervision.