40 children, 40 days, no adults. Can they do it?
Can they build a better world than grown-ups?
A reality-based series in which 40 kids will have 40 days to build a new world…
in a ghost town that died in the 19th Century. These kids, ages 8-15, will spend more
than a month without their parents or modern comforts in Bonanza City, New Mexico,
attempting to do what their forefathers could not: build a town that works.
They will cook their own meals, clean their own outhouses, haul their own water
and even run their own businesses, including the old town saloon (root beer only).
They'll also create a real government: four kid leaders who will guide the kids
through their adventure, pass laws and set bedtimes. Through it all, they'll cope
with regular childhood emotions and situations: homesickness, peer pressure and the
urge to break every rule they've ever known. At the end of each episode, all 40 kids
will gather at an old fashioned Town Hall meeting where they will debate
the issuesfacing Bonanza City.
They'll show wisdom beyond their years and the unflinching candor that only kids can exhibit.
There are no eliminations on Kid Nation. You only go home if you want to. And in every Town
Hall meeting, kids may raise their hands and leave. Will they stick it out? In the end,
will these kids prove to adults everywhere--and to their own parents--that they have the
vision to build a better world than the pioneers who came before them? Just as importantly,
will they come together as a cohesive unit, or will they abandon all responsibility and
succumb to the childhood temptations that lead to round-the-clock chaos?
Watch this promo for the series.
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