‘Duck Dynasty’ Returns To A&E With New Series; Phil Robertson Won’t Appear After Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Wheelhouse To Produce
deadline.comDuck Dynasty is back – eight years after it was canceled and ended up in the middle of a legal battle. A&E is bringing the series back with Duck Dynasty: The Revival with a two-season order of 20 episodes in total.
It will premiere in the summer. The new season will focus on Willie and Korie Robertson and their growing family of adult children and grandchildren, the next generation of Robertsons living on the family homestead in Louisiana.
It will not, however, feature Phil Robertson, the controversial patriarch of the family, who has said some things in the past that have been homophobic and was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
The show also has a new production company; it will be produced by Wheelhouse’s Spoke Studios and Willie and Korie Robertson’s Tread Lively Productions.
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