Greater than eight years after Duck Dynasty aired its last episode in 2017, the beloved actuality present is returning to A&E. Duck Dynasty: Revival is coming and can characteristic acquainted faces again on tv screens.
A&E introduced the revival sequence on January 22, 2025, and revealed a number of the forged members we are able to count on to see. Two seasons that can embody 20 one-hour episodes have already been ordered on the community.
“The Robertsons earned a seat in properties throughout the nation with their distinctive model of downhome practicality, Southern appeal, and relatable humor,” stated Elaine Frontain Bryant, Govt Vice President & Head of Programming at A&E and Lifetime. “Duck Dynasty performed an enormous a part of the success of A&E for a few years, and we stay up for reuniting with the Robertsons on the revival.”
Scroll down for every little thing we find out about Duck Dynasty: Revival.
When does Duck Dynasty: Revival premiere?
An actual date for the premiere has not been revealed, however A&E stated that the sequence is slated to air in “summer time 2025.” The episodes will air on A&E “with a second window on a significant streaming service following the conclusion of every season.” The streaming service in query has not been confirmed.
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Willie and Korie Robertson might be main the cost when Duck Dynasty returns. The brand new present will observe them “and their rising household of grownup kids and grandchildren, the subsequent technology of Robertsons, dwelling on the household homestead in Louisiana,” based on a press launch. The discharge famous that the dynasty has expanded “into extra than simply geese,” and that Willie and Korie “will deliver their signature humor and household enjoyable as they grapple with mapping out the way forward for Duck Commander, watching the youngsters navigate marriage, kids and companies of their very own, and passing down the household legacy.”
The couple have three organic kids — John Luke, Sadie, and Bella — and three adopted kids — Rebecca, Will, and Rowdy. Their first 5 kids have been featured on the unique Duck Dynasty, however Rowdy didn’t be part of the household till proper earlier than the sequence concluded in March 2017.
“Going again on A&E feels slightly like going again residence,” Willie and Korie stated in a press release. “We’re grateful for all who’ve adopted alongside as our household has grown and expanded and might’t wait to get cameras rolling once more on all our new adventures, or maybe misadventures.”
What occurred to Phil Robertson?
Willie’s father, Phil Robertson, was a distinguished determine on the unique Duck Dynasty. Nonetheless, he was suspended from the present in 2013 after making insensitive remarks about homosexuality in an interview with GQ journal. Whereas discussing what he discovered “sinful,” Phil stated, “Begin with gay habits and simply morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping round with this lady and that lady and that lady and people males.”
When the remainder of the household stood by Phil and refused to proceed filming if he was not a part of the present, A&E reversed the suspension.
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“We at A&E Networks expressed our disappointment along with his statements within the article and reiterate that they don’t seem to be views we maintain,” A&E stated in a press release. “However Duck Dynasty will not be a present about one man’s views. It resonates with a big viewers as a result of it’s a present about household… a household that America has come to like. As you may need seen in lots of episodes, they arrive collectively to mirror and pray for unity, tolerance, and forgiveness. These are three values that we at A&E Networks additionally really feel strongly about.”
He made one other spherical of controversial feedback whereas accepting the Breitbart Defender of the First Modification Award on the 2015 Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC). Throughout his half-hour speech, Phil made outlandish claims about sexually transmitted ailments, Nazis, and extra. In 2020, he came upon that he had a daughter from an affair that passed off within the Seventies.
Phil was identified with Alzheimer’s illness in 2024 and won’t be a part of the Duck Dynasty revival.