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10-29-07, 11:42 AM (EST)
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4. "summary writing"
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Snidget, in my defense there is no "official summary" schedule or roster for this show. I thought and mentioned about writing for ep. 1, but didn't get inspired. The only obligation to folks here was, well, zero. Just to my desire to be a DAW.

I'm an experienced writer and do produce on deadline when called upon. Methinks this show doesn't lend itself to a heavy snark factor in a summary -- more to VerucaSalt's type of analysis. It just doesn't look right to rag on kids who are trying.

Ratings:

I imagine the producers are imagining how to get a season two plotted. I haven't even investigated how many shows they have scheduled for this season. The ratings are good enough for them to be picked up, assuming they can get past child-labor, endangerment, and out of school complaints.

It seems difficult to me to replicate the freshness of the pioneering Bonanza City concept. They probably need a change of locale while still keeping the self-contained, self-sufficient civil organism idea. The kids' interactions will be different but similar, and I too worry about a descent into "twists" and "never before ..." things. This show doesn't have the complexity of Survivor's social and challenge dynamics. It's more about watching them interact and mature while dealing with benign "real adult world" responsibilities.

Maybe they could do "On The Lot" season 2 (or On The Stage Broadway), dividing their "districts" into different production and business elements. Run a campground, farm, fair, or amusement park. How do you design challenges into such a theme?


The big problem, I think, is keeping the danger element as close to zero as possible.

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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
 Ratings for Kid Nation   Sunny_Bunny     10-28-07       
   Yarr *gle*   foonermints     10-28-07     1  
   RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   mattben     10-28-07     2  
     RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   Snidget     10-29-07     3  
         summary writing   mattben     10-29-07     4  
             RE: summary writing   Snidget     10-29-07     5  
                 RE: summary writing   mattben     10-29-07     6  
         RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   syren     10-29-07     7  
             RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   Snidget     10-29-07     8  
                 RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   foonermints     10-29-07     9  
                 RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   syren     10-31-07     10  
   RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   SurvivaBear     11-01-07     11  
     RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   SurvivaBear     11-01-07     12  
   This weeks Ratings for Kid Nation   Sunny_Bunny     11-02-07     13  
     RE: This weeks Ratings for Kid Nati...   Sunny_Bunny     11-10-07     14  
         RE: This weeks Ratings for Kid Nati...   michel     11-11-07     15  
             RE: This weeks Ratings for Kid Nati...   true     11-11-07     16  
                 RE: This weeks Ratings for Kid Nati...   Sunny_Bunny     11-12-07     17  
                     RE: This weeks Ratings for Kid Nati...   mattben     11-12-07     18  
                         RE: This weeks Ratings for Kid Nati...   Sunny_Bunny     11-13-07     20  
             RE: This weeks Ratings for Kid Nati...   joeyshox     11-13-07     19  
   RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   Sunny_Bunny     11-16-07     21  
   Last weeks ratings -   Sunny_Bunny     11-24-07     22  
   RE: Ratings for Kid Nation   Agman2     01-15-16     23  

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