In an apparent effort to steer clear of the original controversy over Kid Nation, which included charges that the network and the show's producers had skirted child-labor laws, advertisers may have shunned the show's season premiere, resulting in the opening segment running 38 minutes without a single commercial.A CBS spokeswoman responded that the network has debuted other programs with a light commercial load in the past and that Kid Nation will contain a "regular and full" commercial load when the second episode airs next week.
