A&E’s Duck Dynasty is an unqualified hit, crushing even broadcast TV shows in the ratings. Why is it so successful? And what does that tell us about the inevitable copycats? My friend Mo Ryan, AOL’s TV critic, breaks down its success into four parts: time to develop its audience, merging formats, and great characters with …
A&E’s smash hit Duck Dynasty returned last night for its third season and destroyed its competition, both on cable and broadcast TV. The network said that it is now “the #1 nonfiction series on cable in 2013” and the “season three premiere grew by 132% in total viewers, 117% in adults 25-54 and 127% in …
A&E’s reality series Duck Dynasty was the most popular show Wednesday night on all of television among key demographics, easily beating Survivor, The X Factor, and other shows. Yes, a scripted reality show following a Louisiana family with a successful business and beards does better than CBS’ high-quality reality competition, or all of the noise …