Since A+E suspended the number one character of the show, that's evidence that they wanted to destroy the show, thereby the Ducks are free to fly.
Hard to enforce a “non compete” of any kind when you are the party that cancelled the contract. Certainly I don’t know the ins and outs of this, but I would be shocked if there is not a way around it. Even if the show had to slightly change the name…… where there is market demand and a product available, no legalese can prevent the two from meeting.
The Robertsons don’t have to break the contract A&E will.
All the Robertson’s have to do is ... nothing.
If A&E just wants to film them doing nothing with Phil constantly there :) then they are welcome too. A&E can’t force the Robertsons to do ANYTHING funny or entertaining. So if A&E wants to have a season 5 of just watching them make duck calls without saying a word, then let them.
>>> A&E contract precludes the clan from doing another show for a certain period of time.
A&E breached their side of the contract by denying Robertson freedom of speech.
Robertsons need to sue A&E for breech of contract, and then buy what is left of A&E like they bought that winery.
In the meantime, they should bring in another network to film the whole process.
The ant and the banana tree?
If A&E loses DD, they will simply go back to the irrelevant Arts and Entertainment of the past.
If your “fired”..the your work contract ends and you have ever right to take your talent to another company... else your a slave
It might be a lesson to any other group that hits it big - in the contract: “Furlough one, furlough all - See Ya!”
Maybe they could start a spinoff — Goose Dynasty.
* The gay show collapsed
I’ve never heard of either of the networks named in the article —
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