A&E thought they'd broadcast DD thinking that the audience would be effeminate leftists poking fun at them, not realizing that the majority of viewers would come from the heartland. Now the Robertsons dared expressed their beliefs and A&E is panicking over what to do with them.
Like I said on another one of your posts nailing it......BINGO!
Just so. I think the geniuses [sic] at A&E originally envisioned DD would be a show where people would gawk and laugh at the nouveau riche rednecks.
Surprisingly, the show was an enormous success, which brought A&E incredible revenue. However, it was successful, not because of the original concept, but because Americans identified with the Robertsons.
A&E was stuck. They loved the money, but hated what the Robertsons represented.
Yup. The A&E execs expected Honey BooBoo with ducks.
“nd A&E is panicking over what to do with them. “
Probably a ploy to boost ratings.
“A&E thought they’d broadcast DD thinking that the audience would be effeminate leftists poking fun at them...”
So then, A&E has made the same mistake with DD that Norman Lear made forty years earlier with “All In The Family” when he discovered to his horror that the audience wasn’t laughing AT Archie Bunker, they were laughing WITH him.
Interesting!