{"id":1115,"date":"2013-05-15T10:45:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T16:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2013-05-15T10:45:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T16:45:27","slug":"if-it-quacks-like-a-duck-it-must-be-the-robertson-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/if-it-quacks-like-a-duck-it-must-be-the-robertson-family\/","title":{"rendered":"If it quacks like a duck, it must be the Robertson family"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DuckDynasty\"<\/a>In case you haven’t heard, the current TV ratings powerhouse is a reality TV show on A&E about a family from Louisiana that made $millions making duck calls. Duck Dynasty<\/em> is cleaning up in the ratings and has surpassed the long-time ratings champ American Idol <\/em>(which had fallen on hard times of late).<\/p>\n

The season finale last Wednesday attracted an amazing 9.6 million viewers and beat everything else on TV according to Nielsen. With a 4.3 rating in the desirable 18-49 demographic,\u00a0DD<\/em> is the highest rated reality show on cable, and only one scripted show on cable, The Walking Dead,<\/em> does better.<\/p>\n

Broadcast TV programs traditionally pull higher ratings than cable TV shows, but DD<\/em> has even been beating its broadcast competitors on Wednesday nights.<\/p>\n

Some critics have been left scratching their heads over DD’<\/em>s rise to fame. Some say it is the folksy, down-home humor of the main characters. Others point to the authenticity of the relationships between the patriarch Phil Robertson, his sons, and their Uncle Si. And still others<\/a> point to the Evangelical Christianity of the family members as a draw for viewers who live in the Bible Belt.<\/p>\n

Whatever it is, Duck Dynasty<\/em> is a certifiable hit…and just one more example of how good programming ideas are difficult to come by, and impossible to predict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case you haven’t heard, the current TV ratings powerhouse is a reality TV show on A&E about a family from Louisiana that made $millions making duck calls. Duck Dynasty is cleaning up in the ratings and has surpassed the long-time ratings champ American Idol (which had fallen on hard times of late). The season … <\/p>\n

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