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| Producer rips MTV's cancellation of Buckwild after Shain Gandee death | |
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| MTV has cancelled top-rating reality TV show Buckwild, days after the death of its 21-year old star Shain Gandee. | MTV has cancelled top-rating reality TV show Buckwild, days after the death of its 21-year old star Shain Gandee. |
| MTV has decided to cancel the show, dubbed the "Jersey Shore of Appalachia", in the middle of shooting its second season. | MTV has decided to cancel the show, dubbed the "Jersey Shore of Appalachia", in the middle of shooting its second season. |
| The decision, which is officially expected to be announced on Wednesday according to US gossip site TMZ, has outraged the show's producer JP Williams. | The decision, which is officially expected to be announced on Wednesday according to US gossip site TMZ, has outraged the show's producer JP Williams. |
| Williams said he plans to continue the show, which follows the lives and antics of a group of young people from a West Virginia town, and criticised MTV for its decision. | Williams said he plans to continue the show, which follows the lives and antics of a group of young people from a West Virginia town, and criticised MTV for its decision. |
| "This is a network that has shows about teen pregnancy," he told the Hollywood Reporter. "They'll stick by a show that allows you to abandon a child, but a kid dies by accident doing what he does for a living and they cancel the show?" | "This is a network that has shows about teen pregnancy," he told the Hollywood Reporter. "They'll stick by a show that allows you to abandon a child, but a kid dies by accident doing what he does for a living and they cancel the show?" |
| Last week Gandee, his 48-year-old uncle David Gandee and Donald Myers died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Ford Bronco after getting trapped in mud while offroading. | Last week Gandee, his 48-year-old uncle David Gandee and Donald Myers died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Ford Bronco after getting trapped in mud while offroading. |
| Production of the show was suspended following Gandee's death on 1 April – with grief counselling set up for the cast, crew and their families – and it is not thought that MTV will air the four episodes it has already shot. | Production of the show was suspended following Gandee's death on 1 April – with grief counselling set up for the cast, crew and their families – and it is not thought that MTV will air the four episodes it has already shot. |
| There is, however, a Buckwild special shot before Gandee's death that could still air and Williams, who manages a number of the show's cast members, said he intends to explore options to continue to shoot the series – and even a possible movie. | There is, however, a Buckwild special shot before Gandee's death that could still air and Williams, who manages a number of the show's cast members, said he intends to explore options to continue to shoot the series – and even a possible movie. |
| Following Gandee's death Danny Jones, the mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, had urged MTV to cancel the show saying that it "only enhanced the negative stereotype the Kanawha Valley already has". | Following Gandee's death Danny Jones, the mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, had urged MTV to cancel the show saying that it "only enhanced the negative stereotype the Kanawha Valley already has". |
| The first season of Buckwild was a breakout hit for MTV, debuting in January with an audience of 2.49 million viewers, twice Jersey Shore's 2009 opening. | The first season of Buckwild was a breakout hit for MTV, debuting in January with an audience of 2.49 million viewers, twice Jersey Shore's 2009 opening. |
| However, Buckwild has been dogged by controversy. West Virginia is America's second poorest state after Mississippi, and the show has been criticised for exploiting stereotypes of the Appalachian poor. Salwa Amin, another star of the show, was taken into custody during a drug raid while another, Michael Burford, was arrested in February for driving under the influence of alcohol. | However, Buckwild has been dogged by controversy. West Virginia is America's second poorest state after Mississippi, and the show has been criticised for exploiting stereotypes of the Appalachian poor. Salwa Amin, another star of the show, was taken into custody during a drug raid while another, Michael Burford, was arrested in February for driving under the influence of alcohol. |
| MTV had not returned a request for comment at the time of publication. | MTV had not returned a request for comment at the time of publication. |
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