Duck Dynasty Season 5 premiered January 15, 2014.
Post-show headlines ran heavily toward the preferred Left-Wing Nooz Meme that nobody wants to support gun clinging, Bible-thumpers like that horrible Phil Robertson QUACCCKKK! QUACCCKKK!
Sample headlines:
- Duck down! ‘Duck Dynasty’ returns to lower ratings after controversy
- Is ‘Duck Dynasty’ played out?
- Duck Dynasty Doomed
- ‘Duck Dynasty’ done
I’m sure GLAAD was glad. But was any of it actually true? Let’s take a gander at some CONTEXT, shall we?
“Duck Dynasty” is A&E’s highest-rated show of all time and was the second-biggest cable series last year.
The hurrahs above were about how the Season 5 premiere was down from the Season 4 premiere. But the Duck Dynasty Season 4 premiere (11.8 million viewers) shattered the record for any cable show in its class (nonfiction series telecast on cable).
How does “Season 5 didn’t break any new records” add up to “doomed”? Hmmm? Especially since, hellooooooooo, the Duck Dynasty Season 5 premier took the top spot in cable that day.
But, but, but … that doesn’t fit the MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME.
Quack me a river.
Sources:
- http://www.examiner.com/article/duck-dynasty-done-looks-like-the-goose-may-be-cooked-for-hit-reality-tv-show
- http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/08/15/duck-dynasty-season-4-premire-garners-11-8-million-viewers-becoming-the-number-1-nofiction-telecast-in-cable-history/197848/
- http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/16/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-tops-night-american-horror-story-crazy-hearts-nashville-more/229745/
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