A&E’s Duck Dynasty continues to be an insane hit: its season finale Wednesday was watched by 9.6 million viewers, making it “the most-watched series telecast in network history among all key demos,” according to the network, which noted that the show’s rating among 18 to 49-year-olds “was also 34% stronger than last night’s top broadcast show, American Idol.”
Billy the Exterminator, aka William Patrick Bretherton, pled guilty to marijuana posession after being arrested along with his wife in a hotel room, where they had synthetic marijuana; he received a 60-day suspended sentence and a year of probation, plus treatment for substance abuse.
If you have the same name as a contestant on a reality show, expect to get nude photos tweeted at you; that’s what happened to a Northwestern grad student Kristin Thomas, whose name on Twitter is @KrisThomas, prompting The Voice fans to confuse a white female with black male The Voice contestant Kris Thomas.
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about Andy Dehnart
Andy Dehnart’s writing and criticism about television, culture, and media has appeared on NPR and in Vulture, Pacific Standard, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He has covered reality television for more than 18 years, and created reality blurred in 2000.
A member of the Television Critics Association who serves on its board of directors, Andy, 41, also directs the journalism program at Stetson University in Florida, where he teaches creative nonfiction and journalism. He has an M.F.A. in nonfiction writing and literature from Bennington College. Learn more about reality blurred and Andy.
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