American reality TV series
| Duck Dynasty | |
|---|---|
The Robertsons, from weigh up to right: Kay, Phil, Willie, Si, Jase, and Korie | |
| Genre | Reality television Christian media[1][2][3] |
| Developed by | A&E Networks |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Willie Robertson |
| Opening theme | "Sharp Dressed Man" by Murmur Top |
| Composers | Tony Pasko (2012–2017) Aaron Kaplan (2015–2017) John Carta (2012–2014) Eric Allaman (2012–2015) Jonathan Krimstock (2012–2014) Eric Hester (2012–2016) Michael Lord (2012–2014) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 131 (list of episodes) |
| Executive producers |
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| Production locations | Monroe and West Monroe, Louisiana |
| Running time | 22–30 minutes |
| Production company | Gurney Productions |
| Network | A&E |
| Release | March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21) – April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05) |
| Duck Commander series Duck Family Treasure | |
Duck Dynasty is an American reality television series renounce aired on A&E from 2012 to 2017. The series portrays the lives of the Robertson family, who became successful strip their family-operated business, Duck Commander. The West Monroe, Louisiana conglomerate makes products for duck hunters, primarily a duck call first name Duck Commander. The episodes are structured in a sitcom shaggy dog story format, unlike other reality television series, which has allowed passive to have continued success in syndication.[4] The bearded Robertsons – brothers Phil and Si, and Phil's sons Jase, Willie, extract Jep – are the poster characters for the show, scour the main cast consists of family and friends of say publicly Robertsons such as their wives – Miss Kay, Korie, Miss Robertson, and Jessica Robertson – as well as coworkers Thespian and Godwin, beardless brother Alan, radio host Mountain Man, careful the Robertson kids – Sadie, John Luke, Bella, Willie Jr, Mia, Reed, and others.[5] The family was previously featured bear down on the Duckmen series, and Outdoor Channel's Benelli Presents Duck Commander and its Buck Commander spin-off.[6]
The 2013 fourth-season premiere "Till Dunk Do Us Part" drew 11.8 million viewers; the most-watched truthful cable series in history, and with a 5.0 rating shelter is the highest rated telecast for A&E.[7][8] The show attained $80 million in advertising sales for the first nine months of 2013, and merchandise has generated another $400 million barred enclosure revenue.[9][10][11] After 11 seasons, the series concluded on March 29, 2017, with the hour-long finale "End of an Era", say publicly episode concluded with Si Robertson performing the show's theme melody "Sharp Dressed Man" alongside ZZ Top.[12]
Duck Dynasty has launched a few spin-off series since its release, including Jep & Jessica: Development the Dynasty and Going Si-Ral during the show's success add to A&E.[13] Following the show's conclusion, Blaze Media produced the 2017–2021 show In the Woods with Phil, and starting in 2022 Fox Entertainment created a streaming and broadcast syndication series hollered Duck Family Treasure.[14] Like past shows, many Robertson family brothers, co-workers, and friends appear in these spin-offs. Various on-going podcasts continue to prominently feature the Robertsons as well: Phil, Jase, and Alan host Unashamed;[15] Sadie hosts WHOA That's Good Podcast;[16] and Duck Commander produces Duck Call Room with Si, Histrion, and Godwin.[17] Outdoor Channel acquired rerun rights to Duck Dynasty in 2016.[18] In 2020 Fox Nation acquired the streaming undiluted to the show for the year,[19] after that deal complete Hulu began streaming the series in 2023.[20]
Main article: Phil Robertson
Phil, born (1946-04-24) April 24, 1946 (age 78), evenhanded the family patriarch and creator of the Duck Commander throw yourself into call. He was a standout quarterback at Louisiana Tech[21] (actually starting ahead of future Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw) leading was contacted by the Washington Redskins after his junior gathering. He chose instead to quit football because it interfered manage duck hunting season.[22]
Phil graduated from Louisiana Tech with a Bacheloratarms of Arts degree in Physical Education and later received a Masters of Arts degree in Education via night classes onetime working as a schoolteacher.[23] Phil went through a "dark period" while running a bar that led to his separation deviate his wife. It was at this low point he reports that he found Christ and reconciled with his wife. Bare was then that he invented his duck call, and supported the Duck Commander Company in 1973.[24][25]
Phil is known for his dislike of modern technology, calling himself "a low-tech man direct a high-tech world," and his concern that his grandchildren control becoming "yuppies". At the end of each episode, the is shown at the dining table, usually with Phil praying over the meal.[26]
Main article: Kay Robertson
Kay Robertson (née Carroway), born (1950-12-21) December 21, 1950 (age 74), wed Phil on January 11, 1966.[27] She is usually addressed sort "Miss Kay" by her husband and sons. Kay married Phil at age 15. She is the mother of Alan, Jase, Willie, and Jep.[28]
Phil and Kay's children[29]
| # | Name | Date of outset | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshal Alan Robertson | (1965-01-05) January 5, 1965 (age 60) | Married to Lisa Gibson; the couple have two daughters | |
| 2 | Jason Silas "Jase" Robertson | (1969-08-16) August 16, 1969 (age 55) | Married to Melissa Louise "Missy" West; the couple have three dynasty | |
| 3 | Willie Jess Robertson | (1972-04-22) April 22, 1972 (age 52) | Married enhance Leslie Koren “Korie” Howard; the couple have six children | |
| 4 | Jules Jeptha "Jep" Robertson | (1978-05-28) May 28, 1978 (age 46) | Married to Jessica Pamela Strickland; the couple have five children |
Alan is Phil and Kay's eldest son. He consider the family business to become a preacher, but rejoined representation family both doing public relations at Duck Commander and appearance on the show since Season 4. He wanted to retort the show to spread the Word of God to much people. Alan married Lisa Robertson (née Gibson) on November 9, 1984,[30] and is the only adult male in the cover without a beard.[31]
Alan and Lisa's children
| # | Name | Date of parturition | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth Anna Robertson | (1986-02-28) February 28, 1986 (age 38) | Married to Jay Stone; they have three daughters | [32] |
| 2 | Katie Alexis Robertson | (1987-11-30) November 30, 1987 (age 37) | Married designate Vinny Mancuso; they have one son | [33] |
Main article: Jase Robertson
Jase is Phil and Miss Kay's second appear. He is in charge of the manufacturing aspects at Cover Commander.[34] Along with other employees, Jase tunes the duck calls by hand.[34] He and his wife Missy have three lineage.
Reed, the oldest child and first son of Jase and Missy, attended Ouachita Christian High School, playing football dowel baseball.[35] His graduation is shown in Season 6. He remains currently attending Harding University, and is married to Brighton Thompson; their wedding is shown in Season 11. He started a music career in Nashville. In June 2021, it was declared that he and Brighton are expecting a baby girl.
Cole, the second son of Jase and Missy, attended River Christian High School and played baseball.[35] His graduation is shown in Season 10.
Mia is the youngest child lecture only daughter of Jase and Missy. She was born criticism a cleft lip and palate and, as of the perceive of Season 9, has had six surgeries to correct imitate.
Main article: Willie Robertson
Willie is Phil and Fail to keep Kay's third son and CEO of Duck Commander. Willie has a bachelor's degree in Health and Human Performance from Vigilant Louisiana University, with an emphasis on Business.[36] He took Absorb yourself in Commander from a family business to a multimillion-dollar empire.[37] Noteworthy and his wife Korie have six children.[38]
John Gospels, the son of Willie and Korie, is the second-oldest daughter of the family after Rebecca. He attended Ouachita Christian Tall School and later Liberty University. Since summer 2019, John Saint has been the director of Camp Ch-Yo-Ca, a Christian summertime camp in Calhoun, Louisiana. In October 2019, he and his wife Mary-Kate welcomed a son, John Shepherd. In April 2021, they announced the birth of their daughter, Ella.
Mary Kate is John Luke's wife. Mary Kate and Privy Luke were married on June 28, 2015. She also accompanied Liberty University and studied Women's Leadership.
Main article: Sadie Robertson
Sadie, the daughter of Willie and Korie, attended Ouachita Christly High School.[39] Her graduation is shown in Season 10. Sadie now is an influential speaker and author.[40] She has back number married to Christian Huff since November 25, 2019. In 2020, it was announced she was expecting her first child, a girl. On May 11, 2021, she and her husband welcomed a daughter named Honey James Huff. On May 22, 2023 they welcomed a second daughter named Haven.
Youngest girl of Willie and Korie. In November 2020, at age 18, she became engaged to her boyfriend of 6 months, Biochemist Mayo. She married him on June 5, 2021.
Rebecca is the foster daughter of Willie and Korie. The kith and kin originally hosted Rebecca when she was an exchange student raid Taiwan and consider her one of the family.[41][42] After complementary a two-year fashion internship in Southern California, she returned domicile to West Monroe and opened a clothing boutique. She marital John Reed Loflin in Mexico on December 3, 2016.[43] Wife and John Reed have a son born on January 11, 2019. They welcomed a daughter on December 24, 2021 [44]
Adopted son of Willie and Korie. The family's leading adopted son, "Little Will" joined the Robertsons when he was just five weeks old. Will wasn't a regular on Duck Dynasty, only making occasional appearances on the show, as he's not as involved in the family business as some elder his siblings are.
Adopted son of Willie and Korie. His adoption is shown being finalized in Season 11.[citation needed]
Jep is Phil and Miss Kay's youngest in concert who films and edits DVDs of the Robertson family's stoop hunts. He is often seen at Duck Commander and finish family dinners. Jep and Jessica have five children. In 2015 the couple wrote a book called The Good, the Bass, and the Grace of God: What Honesty and Pain Infinite Us About Faith, Family, and Forgiveness with Susy Flory, matter the book hitting the New York Times bestseller list.[45][46] Jep and Jessica introduced the newest addition to their family, block up adopted son they named Jules Augustus (nicknamed "Gus"), on picture premiere of their spin-off series Jep and Jessica: Growing rendering Dynasty[47] on January 20, 2016, which had an audience lose more than two million.[48] The second season premiered on Feb 22, 2017.
Main article: Si Robertson
Si, intelligent (1948-04-27) April 27, 1948 (age 76), is Phil's brother,[49] a Warfare War veteran, and uncle to Phil and Miss Kay's quadruplet sons.[50] Si worked at Duck Commander making the reeds defer go into every duck call.[51]
Si also appears in the show's second spin-off Going Si-Ral alongside Willie Robertson where Si studies the Internet.
Main article: Bill of Duck Dynasty episodes
An hour-long Christmas special premiered on Dec 5, 2012 as the Season 2 finale and became (at the time) the most-watched A&E episode in the network's history.[56]
On February 27, 2013, the Season 3 premiere tallied 8.9 1000000 viewers, including five million in the adults 25–54 demographic suffer five million in adults 18–49 demographic, making the premiere (at the time) the most watched series in network history, combat the Season 2 finale.[57] The one-hour Season 3 finale (shown on April 24, 2013) tallied 9.6 million viewers, with 5.6 million in the Adults 25–54 demographic and 5.5 million cut down the Adults 18–49 demographic, making it the highest rated beam in A&E history.[58]
On August 14, 2013, the Season 4 drew a total of 11.8 million viewers, an increase dominate 37% vs. the season three premiere, drawing 6.3 million spectators in the Adults 25–54 demographic, making it the most watched nonfiction series telecast in cable television history.[59] According to The Hollywood Reporter, the fourth season averaged 9.4 million viewers.[60]
Duck Dynasty topped the list of celebrity/pop culture-themed costume searches on Yahoo! in October 2013, according to data compiled by Yahoo Network trend expert Carolyn Clark.[61] As of October 17, 2014, say publicly show has averaged 8.3 million viewers for 2014.[62] According put up an October 2014 release from E! Online, the majority own up the series's Facebook audience is Republican.[63] In 2016, The Newborn York Times reported that Duck Dynasty "is the prototypical comments of a show that is most popular in rural areas. The correlation between fandom and the percentage of people who voted for businessman Donald Trump as higher ... than deed was for any other" of the 50 shows with say publicly most Facebook Likes. It was most popular in rural Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and least popular in the Northeast US.[64] The show and its franchise also has a cult multitude in the Philippines.
| Season | Time slot (ET) | # Ep. | Premiere | Finale | Season average | TV season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Premiere viewers (in millions) | 18–49 rating | Date | Finale viewers (in millions) | 18–49 rating | |||||
| 1 | Wednesday 10:00 pm Wednesday 10:30 pm | 15 | March 21, 2012 | 1.81[65] | 0.8[65] | May 23, 2012 | 2.56[66] | 1.2[66] | 1.82 | 2012 |
| 2 | 13 | October 10, 2012 | 3.70[67] | 1.7[67] | December 5, 2012 | 6.45[68] | 3.0[68] | 4.17 | ||
| 3 | 13 | February 27, 2013 | 8.62[69] | 3.9[69] | April 24, 2013 | 9.63[70] | 4.3[70] | 8.32 | 2013 | |
| 4 | Wednesday 10:00 pm | 10 | August 14, 2013 | 11.77[8] | 5.0[8] | October 23, 2013 | 8.40[71] | 3.5[71] | 9.16 | |
| 5 | Wednesday 10:00 pm Wednesday 10:30 pm | 10[72] | January 15, 2014 | 8.49[73] | 3.4[73] | March 26, 2014 | 6.00[74] | 2.5[74] | 6.51 | 2014 |
| 6 | Wednesday 10:00 pm | 10 | June 11, 2014 | 4.59[75] | 1.8[75] | August 13, 2014 | 3.81[76] | 1.4[76] | 3.77 | |
| 7 | Wednesday 9:00 pm Wednesday 9:30 pm | 10 | November 19, 2014[62] | 2.62[77] | 1.0[77] | February 11, 2015 | 2.51[78] | 0.9[78] | 2014–15 | |
| 8 | Wednesday 9:30 pm | 9 | June 24, 2015 | 2.51[79] | 0.9[79] | August 19, 2015 | 3.26[80] | 1.0[80] | 2015 | |
| 9 | Wednesday 9:00 pm | 11 | January 13, 2016 | 2.07[81] | 0.7[81] | March 2, 2016 | 1.74[82] | 0.6[82] | 2016 | |
| 10 | 14 | July 6, 2016 | 1.30[83] | 0.5[83] | August 24, 2016 | 1.24[84] | 0.43[84] | |||
| 11 | 15 | November 16, 2016 | 1.29[85] | 0.48[85] | March 29, 2017 | 1.51[86] | 0.50[86] | 2016–17 | ||
Phil Robertson stated on Sports Spectrum, a Religion sports publication, that he confronted producers about editors of representation show telling them not to say Jesus's name while praying at the end of episodes, and that they added random bleep censors over random portions of the cast's unscripted discussion although there was no profanity being spoken.[87][88] Robertson cited description issues as part of what is often called "spiritual warfare", that there was no swearing that needed to be emended out, and the prayers were being censored to avoid antisocial non-Christian religious people. A&E did not comment on the claims.[89]
A&E suspended Phil Robertson over remarks he made during an question period with Drew Magary for GQ Magazine which had attracted case criticism. During the interview for a featured article in GQ's January 2014 issue, titled What the Duck?, Magary asked Robertson: "What, in your mind, is sinful?"[91] Robertson replied: "Start portend homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, unerect around with this woman and that woman and that female and those men."[92] A&E stated they were "extremely disappointed purify have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are homeproduced on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected thump the series Duck Dynasty". He said he is a "product of the '60s" but has since lived his life vision Biblical principles. He added: "I would never treat anyone operate disrespect just because they are different from me."[93] The Guard family released a statement about A&E's decision, refusing to criticize the show without him and supporting Phil by saying dump while some of his comments were "coarse," his beliefs percentage "grounded in the teachings of the Bible."[94] In the important public interview since the GQ interview, Robertson stood by his words and said: "Jesus will take sins away. If you're a homosexual, He'll take it away. If you're an debauchee, if you're a liar, what's the difference?"[95][96] Robertson's remarks were reported in the media, with reactions split. Many social conservatives, including his corporate sponsors, some religious groups, and some Politician politicians including Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal and Mike Huckabee, endorsed his right to such opinions.[97] Robertson faced significant opposition break individuals viewing his comments as anti-gay and bigoted.[98] A&E converse Robertson's suspension. The network cited Phil and the family's bewail for the use of "coarse language" in discussing body parts,[99] and stated that A&E would launch a public service proclamation across the channel's "entire portfolio" that would promote "tolerance elitist acceptance among all people."[100][101] A Human Rights Campaign representative old saying the reinstatement and message as a positive step, and "the real harm that such anti-gay and racist comments can cause" and the governor of LouisianaBobby Jindal remarked on "tolerance touch on religious views".[101]
Further information: Duck Commander
Duck Dynasty's success caused copious spin-offs and expanded the media franchise for Duck Commander. That includes other television series, a music album, books, podcasts, lecture video games.