The Duggar family effectively left the TV landscape when Counting On was canceled in the wake of Josh’s arrest on child pornography-related charges. Now, however, they are the subject of a new streaming TV series Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets. The doc dropped earlier this month, and now its producers are touching on the fandom surrounding the family and what viewers were essentially doing when 19 Kids and Counting initially hit the TV schedule back in 2008.
Cori Shepherd, who produced the IBLP documentary that is currently streaming for those of you with an Amazon Prime subscription, opened up about the current landscape surrounding the show and the fans who tuned in for years. The producer noted there’s specifically been a major change in the way the family and their lifestyle is perceived now compared to in previous years, noting what fans were watching was essentially "misogyny as entertainment" before.
