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‘Duck Dynasty’ Premiere Shatters Cable Records With 11.8 Million Viewers
Variety ^ | 8/16/2013 | Rick Kissell

Posted on 08/16/2013 8:18:11 AM PDT by rktman

A&E had the competition ducking for cover Wednesday, as its redneck reality smash “Duck Dynasty” kicked off its new season with a whopping 11.8 million viewers — the largest audience ever for a non-fiction cable series.

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KEYWORDS: rednecks; woohoo
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To: USS Johnston

I agree with your post. I should have clarified further. I meant non-public people to look up to, and people’s own families. I’ve seen the show multiple times and have enjoyed it. I’m not bashing the show, merely I’m stating people should look closer to home for people to look up to. Thanks for the post.


21 posted on 08/16/2013 8:43:17 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: fwdude
The fact that they bring family values into it just drags family values through the dirt, not elevating the show.

What an absurd comment.

22 posted on 08/16/2013 8:44:00 AM PDT by pgkdan (Marco Rubio can go straight to hell!)
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To: biff

I got you! Iam not an avid fan of the show. It is obvious that the inane scenarios are scripted. But compared to the vast wasteland of American TV, it is a breath of fresh air. I, too, have watched Deadliest Catch. I feel the first seasons were less contrived. I hurt when Captain Phil died.
They are actually risking their lives in the harshest of climates for fortune.


23 posted on 08/16/2013 8:44:50 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment (Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
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To: pgkdan

Why is my comment absurd?


24 posted on 08/16/2013 8:45:06 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: rktman

The only reality show I ever want to see is one that exposes the press for the censoring commie propaganda POS morons they are. They are they ONLY reason we got this commie slimebag in the White house right now.


25 posted on 08/16/2013 8:45:25 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: EEGator

Hear ya totally...


26 posted on 08/16/2013 8:46:04 AM PDT by USS Johnston (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke)
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To: 2nd Amendment

Don’t be surprised at the criticisms. Remember Jesus had his nit-pickers as well.


27 posted on 08/16/2013 8:46:40 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: cripplecreek

The episodes are free on A$E’s website.

I watched part of one this morning. They each live in their own huge house [they’re all millionaires. Their wives are good looking, normal looking.

One of the guys had a tuxedo made of camo material carrying a walking stick with a silver duck handle. Driving a Rolls Royce with a mallard duck on the hood.


28 posted on 08/16/2013 8:47:15 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: rktman

Yeah... I still don’t see the appeal.


29 posted on 08/16/2013 8:47:24 AM PDT by theDentist (FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Wurlitzer
For a society to advance should we all strive to be/do better?

The man-children running round in their 20s and 30s indicate that millions do not want to strive to be/do better. I don't understand the appeal of prolonged adolescent, and especially chasing after women that everyone else seems to have had a turn with. But hey, don't judge right?
30 posted on 08/16/2013 8:48:01 AM PDT by BJ1
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To: supremedoctrine

Pawn Stars? Really?


31 posted on 08/16/2013 8:51:15 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

commie slimebag? You are being too kind.


32 posted on 08/16/2013 8:57:36 AM PDT by rktman (Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
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To: rktman

The show is a showcase of WHITE American values...the values our fore fathers relied upon to make the USA a great nation prior to the liberal agenda that ratchet up with Johnson and up to the lazy ass welfare state we have today...

That is the appeal...the appeal of white men who don’t act like fags, libs, or ghetto trash....


33 posted on 08/16/2013 8:58:29 AM PDT by Caliban (Politics is war conducted by other means...)
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To: Caliban

I did notice that they must be racis’ cause I don’t see any black folks working at the shop or any of them married to one. Sure sign of racis’ tendencies.


34 posted on 08/16/2013 9:01:02 AM PDT by rktman (Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
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To: BJ1

I just don’t get any of the reality shows... every single thing is scripted out, with fake controversy, fake arguments, it’s all for the camera...

and all these supposed real, “salt of the earth” characters on History channel now, Swamp thing and all that crap..

I am sick and tired of all of it. The only thing real about all these shows is the accents of the characters. Other than that, I am not buying it. not for a minute.


35 posted on 08/16/2013 9:01:48 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: fwdude

YOU have your values mixed up, Family values is not talking about accepting homosexuals, blaming Bush, or getting loaded.


36 posted on 08/16/2013 9:02:14 AM PDT by Exton1
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To: rktman

Actually one family adopted a black girl....

She is learning white values for sure


37 posted on 08/16/2013 9:02:16 AM PDT by Caliban (Politics is war conducted by other means...)
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To: rktman
My husband and I LOVE this show!....What you see is what you get...

The patriarch, Phil, played college football at Louisiana Tech with Terry Bradshaw....(& Phil was quite good)

But he threw it all off to build a modest home in the woods and swamps of Louisiana so he could hunt and hone his skills.

He invented a 'duck call' that is very popular with hunters and has amassed a fortune from this little invention.

He has stayed true to himself.....(you should hear his Christian testimony) and his sons are unique men!

We get a big kick out of this show!

Maybe it's not everyone's cup of tea....but you shouldn't put it down either.

These are self made men....who hunt their own food....give charitably ....honor God, their wives and children and believe in the free market.

What's not to like?

38 posted on 08/16/2013 9:03:17 AM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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To: rktman

I’m sure the blacks are sharpening heir knives to go after these guys...just as they did Paula Dean


39 posted on 08/16/2013 9:03:42 AM PDT by Caliban (Politics is war conducted by other means...)
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To: Exton1
What part of "reality show" do you not understand? It's all FAKE.
FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE
40 posted on 08/16/2013 9:03:56 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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