‘Duck Dynasty’ ratings tumble to lowest numbers since 2012

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/25/duck-dynasty-ratings-tumble-to-lowest-numbers-since-2012/



‘Duck Dynasty’ ratings tumble to lowest numbers since 2012
By David Ferguson
Saturday, January 25, 2014 14:55 EST

Ratings for the A&E show “Duck Dynasty” have fallen to their lowest point since 2012 in the wake of the scandal following racist and anti-LGBT remarks by family patriarch Phil Robertson. According to entertainment industry trade paper Variety, the show is hemorrhaging viewers, with audience numbers falling by about 2 million from week to week.

“One week after returning to kick off its fifth season with a 3.3 rating in adults 18 to 49 and 8.5 million viewers overall,” wrote Variety’s Rick Kissell, “’Duck Dynasty’ slid to a 2.9 in the demo and 6.65 million total viewers, according to Nielsen. This is the smallest same-night crowd for an original episode of the series since the second-season finale drew 6.45 million in December 2012.”

As Kissell points out, it’s hard to say whether the controversy itself has damaged the show’s appeal, or whether it was the revelation that the long-bearded, unkempt millionaires of the Robertson family were once clean-cut country-club preppies before they got a TV deal.

Or perhaps the show is simply a one-note flash in the pan whose popularity has run its course. Kissell suggests the latter, pointing out that ratings were already trending downward at the end of Season Four, which aired before Phil Robertson’s now-notorious interview with GQ.

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1. ‘Duck Dynasty’ ratings tumble to lowest numbers since 2012

Totally agree this show is loosing its charm.

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2. Never watched that crap...

so I can't say I'm one of the people who have stopped watching it.

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3. When I went down to GA for my granddaughter's wedding reception last fall,

most of the folks down there watched it religiously. As I result I watched maybe 10 minutes of the show.

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4. I don't think I know anyone who watches it.