Kid Nation

***Kid Nation*** was a reality show. It first aired on the CBS network on September 19, 2007. The show featured 40 children, aged 8–15, living in a ghost town named "Bonanza Town". No one had lived in the town since the 19th century. The children were required to create a functioning society in the town, as well as set up a government system used to solve problems in the town.

At the end of each episode the council awards a cash prize which is a "gold star" worth $20,000 to one of the kids.

## Episodes

|rowspan="2"|No.|rowspan="2"|Episode Title|rowspan="2"|Days|rowspan="2"|Airdate|rowspan="2"|Upper-Class|rowspan="2"|Merchants|rowspan="2"|Cooks|rowspan="2"|Laborers|rowspan="2"|Town Bonus|rowspan="2"|Gold Star|rowspan="2"|Exits|colspan="2"|Nielsen Ratings|
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|"I'm Trying to be a Leader Here!"|align="center"|1-4|align="center"|September 19|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|align="center"|Seven Outhouses|align="center"|<span style="color:#3c6;">Sophia</span>|align="center"|<span style="color:#3c6;">Jimmy</span>|5.8/10|3.0/9||||
|"To Kill or Not to Kill"|align="center"|5-7|align="center"|September 26|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|align="center"|None (Task Failed)|align="center"|<span style="color:#3c6;">Michael</span>|align="center"|None|4.8/8|2.8/8||||
|"Deal With It!"|align="center"|8-10|align="center"|October 3|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|align="center"|Microwave & Cocoa|align="center"|<span style="color:#69f;">Mallory</span>|align="center"|None|4.7/8|2.4/7||||
|"Bless Us and Keep Us Safe"|align="center"|11-13|align="center"|October 10|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|align="center"|Religious Books|align="center"|<span style="color:#3c6;">Morgan</span>|align="center"|<span style="color:#fc3;">Cody</span>|4.3/7|2.0/6||||
|"Viva La Revolución!"|align="center"|14-16|align="center"|October 17|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|align="center"|Oral Hygiene Products|align="center"|<span style="color:#69f;">Greg</span>|align="center"|None|4.7/8|2.4/7||||
|"Bonanza is Disgusting"|align="center"|17-19|align="center"|October 24|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|align="center"|Fruits & Vegetables|align="center"|<span style="color:#f33;">DK</span>|align="center"|None|5.1/8|2.5/7||||
|"The Root Of All Evil"|align="center"|20-22|align="center"|October 31|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|align="center"|New Clothes & Free Laundry|align="center"|<span style="color:#69f;">Nathan</span>|align="center"|None|4.4/8|2.0/7||||
|"Starved for Entertainment"|align="center"|23-25|align="center"|November 7|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|align="center"|None (Task Failed)|align="center"|<span style="color:#3c6;">Kennedy</span>|align="center"|None|4.5/7|2.1/6||||
|"Not Even Close to Fair"|align="center"|26-28|align="center"|November 14|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|align="center"|None (Task Failed)|align="center"|<span style="color:#fc3;">Blaine</span>|align="center"|<span style="color:#fc3;">Randi</span>|4.7/8|2.4/7||||
|"Let Me Talk!"|align="center"|29-31|align="center"|November 21|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|align="center"|Letters From Home|align="center"|<span style="color:#3c6;">Laurel</span>|align="center"|None|4.3/7|2.0/6||||
|"I Just Like The Recess Part"|align="center"|32-34|align="center"|November 28|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|align="center"|Town Arcade|align="center"|<span style="color:#3c6;">Hunter</span>|align="center"|None|4.5/7|2.1/6||||
|"Where's Bonanza, Dude?"|align="center"|35-37|align="center"|December 5|bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"|Green|bgcolor="#FF3333" align="center"|Red|bgcolor="#6699FF" align="center"|Blue|bgcolor="#FFFF66" align="center"|Yellow|align="center"|Hot Air Balloon Ride|align="center"|<span style="color:#69f;">Alex</span>|align="center"|None|4.5/7|2.2/6||||
|"We've All Decided to Go Mad!"|align="center"|38-40|align="center"|December 12|colspan=4 align="center"|No District Assignments|align="center"|Three $50,000 Gold Stars|align="center"|<span style="color:#fc3;">Zach</span> <span style="color:#3c6;">Sophia</span><sup>**'</sup> <span style="color:#3c6;">Morgan</span><sup>**'</sup> <span style="color:#69f;">Miglė</span><sup>__</sup>|align="center"|None (final episode)|4.5/7|2.2/6||||||||||

- <small>These gold stars were worth $50,000 and were awarded at the final town hall meeting.</small>

## Other websites

- Official Kid Nation Site (CBS)