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If there’s a family that embodies all that the anti-God, do-as-you-please (as long as they agree with it), so-called liberals (Brent Bozell calls them “libertines”, but that word doesn’t really describe the freakier-than-thou attitude they exhibit), it’s the Duggars.  Here’s a family that really does do as they please, and violates just about every single American cultural norm.  They are as off-the-trail as any family since the fictional Addams family hit the airwaves. Reality TV has few series that make it past the Great Barrier of the third year (3 or 4 seasons, depending on who’s counting).  Within the subgenre...

At the last White House Correspondents' Association Dinner I was walking towards the ballroom with my guests, Duck Dynasty's Willie and Korie Robertson, when a man dressed in a black suit approached them. "I'm with the White House and I need you to come with me," he said. Willie and Korie obeyed and quickly disappeared, beard and all, into the crowd. Some 45 minutes later the two reappeared at CBN's table grinning from ear to ear. The man in the black suit had whisked them away to President Obama's private pre-dinner reception. After waiting in line in front of Nicole...

A&E was hit by a 12-gauge “Duck Dynasty” backlash Thursday as religious and conservative groups denounced the network for suspending the reality show’s gay-bashing star — whose family suggested it could be the end. Supporters of show patriarch Phil Robertson — who in a magazine interview compared homosexuality to bestiality — called for a boycott of the cable network.

Evening By Sherri Hill fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2014 at Trump Tower on September 9, 2013 in New York City. Photos at link.

In the Season 4 premiere of “Duck Dynasty,” Robertson family patriarch Phil and his wife of 48 years, Miss Kay, have a wedding ceremony in their back yard, officiated by their oldest son. They were just teens when they got hitched and couldn’t afford a party. There are no fights, no nudity, no designer gown and no other celebrities in sight, and yet nearly 12 million people tuned in. Wednesday’s premiere set the record for most-watched nonfiction series on cable ever. Compare that to the overhyped Kim Kardashian nuptials, which only had a third as many viewers (not to mention...

It draws 11.8 million viewers as well as the summer's top demo score for any series on TV Rick Kissell @ratesrick 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. The show about a Louisiana family also set an A&E record as the biggest telecast in the network’s history in all key demos. In adults 18-49, “Duck Dynasty” did a huge 5.0 rating (roughly 6.3 million viewers in the age group), up 26%...