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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Kid Nation = great family entertainment.

At some point or another if you work in this industry long enough, you’ll likely be involved with the idea of pitching a show for a brand. “Hey, what if we get a few (insert group here) and film them doing (insert mundane Ed TV concept here).” Throw in Gary Busey and Bob’s your uncle.

Because part of the appeal of that is seeing the real person come out when things go bad. It’s fun when it’s Survivor or Big Brother, because well, let’s face it, most of the people on those shows are Professional-Grade™ narcissistic assholes who deserve our mockitude. But after seeing the preview for this show, there’s a special place for you if you feature kids going through a labor camp and then filming them as they have an emotional breakdown in a group setting. I can’t speak for the people who would watch this; that’s their inner cross to bear and God knows why they’d want to see it.

The producers though? Hoo-boy. Wrong is just fucking wrong. Were you that hard up for ideas? Thanks CBS for choosing to keep this on the year. Much as I love America’s greatest one-line actor David Caruso, I’ll start watching the network again when you get rid of Kidsploitation TV.

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