Laura Ingraham Knows What Makes Duck Dynasty So Successful

Filling in for Bill O’Reilly Friday night, Laura Ingraham opened The O’Reilly Factor with a monologue explaining why she thinks A&E’s Duck Dynasty scored the highest ever ratings for a reality TV show with its premiere this week.

“What’s the allure of watching a bunch of long-haired rednecks sitting around teasing each other talking about their business, relationships and family lives?” Ingraham asked. Besides being “genuinely funny,” Ingraham attributed the show’s success to its “focus on family, country and faith.” She pointed out that every episode “ends with a prayer.”

“How often today do we see families in prayer on entertainment television?” Ingraham asked. “As families have disintegrated in America, as our culture has become hyper-sexualized, as kids are losing their innocence at younger and younger ages, I think it’s undoubtedly a welcome relief to many TV viewers to just watch a program that doesn’t offend their core values.”

“Duck Dynasty depicts a colorful, intact, dare I say traditional family and they’re leading a happy and really successful life,” she continued. “What a concept!”

With The History Channel’s The Bible mini-series also setting ratings records, there is certainly a massive TV audience in this country for religious content. But is that really why people are tuning into Duck Dynasty?

Watch video below, via Fox News:

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