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...measure of a successful reality show is how many people it ticks off before airing a single frame (think Joe Millionaire), then CBS's Kid Nation is one of the most successful reality shows of all time. The series, in which 40 children, ages 8 to 15, create their own society in a New Mexico ghost town, has been accused of violating child-labor laws. Various publications have reported that several kids mistakenly drank bleach from an unmarked bottle, and one was spattered with hot grease while cooking. Embarrassment-wise, CBS is only lucky that the cast is by definition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kid Nation Divided | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

KATIE COURIC, CBS Evening News anchor, reporting from Iraq. A widowed mother, she previously voiced concern about traveling to a war zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Sep. 17, 2007 | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...question is whether voters have changed. Borrowing rhetoric from one of the least popular Presidents in history may backfire, even for America's mayor. In a recent CBS poll, 46% of respondents said the war in Iraq is actually creating more terrorists. For many, though, the same words sound different when Giuliani says them. Sherie Silverman, 62, went to hear Giuliani in Rockville and left convinced that he "gets it" on terrorism. "He said what I wanted to hear," she said. "I'm looking for a more competent version of Bush." The crowd gave Giuliani a standing ovation. -With reporting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Giuliani's Tough Talk | 8/22/2007 | See Source »

Reality shows can humiliate B-list celebrities on national television, force people to live for weeks in confined spaces with psychotic strangers, and even flirt with child abuse (as some have accused CBS's upcoming Kid Nation of doing). But tamper with the sanctity of Broadway? Now you're asking for trouble. At least, that seemed to be the reaction in some quarters to Grease: You're the One That I Want, the NBC reality show last winter in which home viewers got to select which two of a dozen young acting hopefuls would get to star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hopelessly Devoted to Grease | 8/21/2007 | See Source »

Sitting on the porch outside his bungalow on the CBS lot, where he is a co-executive producer of Ghost Whisperer, Van Praagh spewed predictions, often interrupting his fashion visions with personal revelations about my future. "Headpieces?I don't want to say hats. Not hats. But a simple hat kind of thing," he pronounced. And then, "I see kids in your future. Sooner than you think. You're going to have a son." Followed by, "Bolder prints for women. Big prints like 1965, '66?that look." And, "Who's Alex? That's someone you'll meet. Maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling The Clairvoyant Hotline | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

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