“Duck Dynasty” stars hosting their 1st Google Hangout on Wednesday

Normally when I put in a screener for a new series, my attitude is somewhere between unbridled enthusiasm (your Sons of Anarchy, Longmire) to weary skepticism (anything CW). But with Modern Dads, it bordered on outright fear. We all have our sensitive spots when it comes to seeing aspects of ourselves and our backgrounds portrayed on TV. Mine happens to include people from small towns and fathers. With so much of reality TV revolving around rural folk, you might think that the whole genre would be one big land mine. But whether it’s the over-the-top outrageousness of Honey Boo Boo […]

By ButtonKnows Time to dig your shiny harem pants out of the rummage pile and resurrect your stripey fade, my fellow post-Boomers! Because there ain’t no reality show star like a past-his-prime rap star with a brand new gig (especially one who’s too legit to quit), A&E is at work on a docu-series following the life of “U Can’t Touch This” artist Stanley “MC Hammer” Burrell, Mrs. Burrell and their family of seven, scheduled to air later this year. “Hammertime” will feature 11 half-hour episodes that lay bare the life of Hammer, who rapped and danced his way into the […]

The sign of a strong series is when you know it has a deep bench of supporting characters. The best example is The Simpsons, which has hundreds of characters most fans — even casual ones — know by name. And at any time the writers could choose to build an entire episode around any one of them. I mean, I would totally watch a Duff Man episode, wouldn’t you? Depth has never been a problem for Duck Dynasty, with the members of the Robertson family alone accounting for more possible storylines than any reality series has a right to. But […]