'Kid Nation' parents speak up

Kind of. Confidentiality agreements prevent the 40 kids participating in the upcoming reality series - and their parents - from talking to the press without CBS flackery, but some of them are chatting it up with two L.A.-based groups that monitor child labor in the entertainment industry. Their big gripe? That the producers gave their kids lines to say or asked them to recast dialogue. All of which is pretty routine in the reality world (you didn't really think those comments were spontaneous, did you?). But it might fuel efforts by the guilds to have show contestants - along with producers/writers - covered in union contracts. Meanwhile, CBS gave advertisers a sneak peak of the show, just to allay any concerns that the kids were being exploited - and even the network acknowledged that some have taken a wait-and-see approach. (LAT, NY Post)