No surprise here: The season finale of Kid Nation offered a pretty serious anti-climax, with lots of lessons learned, tears shed, and kids speaking in cliché after cliché. That said, it was pretty sweet. (Not as in... Read Comments: 0

Not to sound like a complete sourpuss (yet again) about Kid Nation, but it occurred to me (yet again) while watching this week’s episode: What’s the point? By that I mean there’s no competition, no... Read Comments: 0

She’s baaaaaaaaack. Taylor, that is, or maybe she oughta be called Terror. The tiny, bratty beast again began her tiny, bratty attitude this week by stating flatly that “I think that all ugly animals should die,... Read Comments: 0

The only thing more entertaining than kids arguing is kids crying. So the producers piled on plenty of both, often at the same time, for what may have been... Read Comments: 0

Watching tonight’s Kid Nation, I couldn’t help but think of that famous Comic Book Guy line: “Worst. Episode. Ever.” (Hey, I wonder if anybody who reads The A.V. Club has an opinion about... Read Comments: 0

Oh, Kid Nation, one week you offer a glimmer of hope, the next a lesson in why you should be 30 minutes instead of 60. Don’t you know you’re on the T.V. Club chopping-block shortlist? Why you gotta... Read Comments: 0

Here’s a funny realization I came to with tonight’s Kid Nation: Though there are 38 kids left, I only know half of them, at most. Some stars have clearly emerged, and new kids get a bit of screen time each... Read Comments: 0

I’m only half-joking with this question, and I know it sounds horrible, but it went through my head during tonight’s Kid Nation: At what age do people stop referring to a horrible little girl as a “brat” and... Read Comments: 0

"Oh boy! Tonight that pageant queen Taylor gets what's coming to her!" I thought as I sat down to watch tonight's episode. And then it hit me. The nauseating aspect of Kid Nation isn't that forty kids are left... Read Comments: 0

Hey, children aren’t confused enough already, right? Especially kids on a TV show out in a fake frontier town. Clearly the best way to bring them together is to introduce something they weren’t thinking about... Read Comments: 0

With Josh on vacation, I've been nominated for the TV Club gold star. The main reason I think I deserve this gold star and a call home to Mom is because I watched Kid Nation last week and... Read Comments: 0

For the first few minutes, it looked like the second episode of Kid Nation was going to be a public-relations victory for animal-rights activists and compassionate vegetarians the world over. The “old... Read Comments: 0

Silly, foolish, ridiculous, naive me was hoping that the controversy surrounding Kid Nation would prove to be more than just hype. "It's Lord Of The Flies!" cried concerned citizens... Read Comments: 0