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[echo]

Any news if it will return?

[JEDI]

"Kid Nation" Is No More

    
   Remember "Kid Nation?"

     It was only the cause celebre of the '07-'08 season, with endless  stories written about, and over which countless calls were made by  reporters to child welfare services in New Mexico, state investigation  panels convened, and critics so exercised by the possible legal and  moral ramifications of it all that they lost sleep AND weight (often at  the same time.)

      It was quite a show.

      Anyway, it's dead.

      Or almost certainly dead -  or like that soap that's 99.999 percent pure - it's 99.999 percent dead.

     CBS announced its '08-09 returning shows last night, and "Kid" was  not amongst the living. Here's the complete list, and no major  surprises: "Cold Case," "Criminal Minds," "CSI: Crime Scene  Investigation," "CSI: Miami," "CSI: NY," "Ghost Whisperer," "NCIS,"  "Numb3rs," "Two and a Half Men," "Without a Trace," "The Big Bang  Theory." Of the reality crew, CBS had already announced that  '"Survivor" and "The Amazing Race" were back.

     I emailed CBS's laudatory primetime press man, Phil Gonzales, about  the unfortunate state of affairs with regards "Kid Nation." He wrote  back: "Other than the shows that we just announced as renewed, no final  decisions have been made on any shows for next year. We just ordered 4  more post-strike originals for 'Moonlight' and 'Jericho' is in 'Cane's'  time period for now."

      Phil is just too polite to say it, so I'll say it for him:

      "Kid Nation" is dead.

     Without "Kid Nation" to kick around, what will give critics  exercise this fall? (They'll have to go out and run around the block, I  guess.) At least they'll get some sleep.

     And - I'm glad you asked - what about "Cane." Again, I think this  announcement pretty much says it all. It too is gone. That's a bummer -  especially for Jimmy Smits fans. But here's the silver lining: This  means that the splendid Nestor Carbonell - who just happens to be one  of my favorite actors in the solar system - will get to return to  "Lost" where he can complete his great and never-aging portrayal of  Richard.

      Yes, "Others" dude Richard Alpert with 99.999 percent certainty WILL be back and that's the best news today.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Posted by Verne Gay on February 15, 2008  8:34 AM                                                                                                                             | Permalink

[WickedOne]

Sticks tongue out at stupid people who b*tched and complained. pfffttttttttttttttttt

[Baron]

Yeah its gone. Unless another Network picks it up, We will never see KN2. Too bad, we had some great debates about the first season.

[Francis_3]

I'm actually surprised Disney is not all over this. They could easily do their own watered-down Kids Nation, inside the Mouse's compound, of course, and make it a Kid Nation/ Hills type "drama".

[FLYNWA]

would have loved to see this show back.

I think it was more a replacement for the writers strike than anything else.

Bring it back.

[King123]

I didnt watch the first one, but i would have watched the second one to see what all the hype was about..

[iloverobandamber]

echo, on 17 February 2008 - 02:30 AM, said:

Any news if it will return?

there might be a Second Season according to Greg Pheasant from the first Season