December 10th, 2012
05:05 PM ET
'Buckwild' producer: Show isn't like a train wreckMTV's new reality series might not be as "Buckwild" as its title would suggest. The executive producer for the program, which chronicles the reality TV-worthy antics of nine young adults living in Sissonville, West Virginia, told Entertainment Weekly that "Buckwild" is "quite the opposite of everything else on TV."
The EP, John Stevens, points to the fact that these kids aren't as attached to technology and social media as others in their age group, and that their idea of fun involves time spent hanging in the woods and riding ATVs. "[I]t's not like looking at a train wreck. ... There is a certain coolness to it," Stevens said. "It’s different than a lot of the stuff that has been produced. I think it’s going to get people talking and it might change people’s perspectives. These kids are totally wild and carefree. It will be very refreshing to the MTV audience.” The concept hasn't been so refreshing for West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who called "Buckwild" a "travesty" in a letter to MTV and asked the network to cancel the show ahead of its January 3 premiere. On the "Today" show Monday, Manchin reiterated his stance that "it's just not who we are. It's not how we were raised, and to portray this as the norm is wrong ... the viewers must understand that this is not reality, that this is not real West Virginia." CNN has yet to receive comment from MTV on Manchin's call for cancellation. The network has ordered 10 episodes of "Buckwild," which will air in the same Thursday night timeslot that once hosted "Jersey Shore."
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RIP SHANE
Rip Shane .
I am sorry for the death.I will miss gandy candy.rip Shane gande
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we didn't do a darn thing....other then act..
The governor is right and always was...but hey no worries...she's had the sh-ttiest clients in history so this was a matter
of acting, playing and bingo....
Maybe the gov. was right but yet he could be rong...they want to do what they do..let them live theyre lives..there not ours...maybe its a differ part of WV
would be a good start for them.
For all haters towards ~WV~ the show is just for fun!At least they are being theirselfs they just want to show how proud of who they are and where they come from! They are not hurting no one. Ppl out there are just jelious that they had the balls to make it on mtv...............
Now you are giving WV a bad name. Look at that wonderful grammar.
whoa
I agree with u wvpride
I totally agree with the Senator from West Virginia.. I absolutely think society is going downhill in the respect that they have to resort to "trash" just for ratings and to make money as unfortunately so many people will watch the show and endorse it.. What kind of an example for future generations are we setting? I really don't see too many idols that they can look up to these days, whether it be athletes, policitians, etc. It is getting worse and worse and they are pushing the envelope with every reality program, excuse me NOT reality and I do not see in the future it getting any better. How sad!!!!
Agreed it's not the best situation, but unless ur from this state, you wouldn't know how it is "economy wise". It's a lot more "sad" than any TV show out there! Put it this way....WV needs a boost....PERIOD! And if you believe this stuff is REAL and doing what they're doing is the best thing, then apparently school is the place you should be. It seems every time someone wants to bring in business (casinos, racetracks, amusement parks, etc.), WV says hell no. Take what you can since the govt is screwing the coal miners! I thunk they need to take down the sign at the border of WV...."OPEN FOR BUSINESS". Open, my a$$! Of course people like Munchin and Rock-e-fellar doesnt care....they're rich as hell! It's no wonder more and more young people leave this state day after day.....
me want tall girl to leave other indians. now.
TV = Talmud Vision
Sumner Murray Rothstein calls the shots here.
He just got a gentile to take the flack.
Our society is certainly on the way down hill when so many are ""entertained"" by watching degenerate behavior. It should be against the law to waste resources producing that trash.
I don't understand what all the fuss is about. I mean, do people take anything shown on MTV seriously?
I grew up as a teenager in WV. Yes, we got into things. We had parties in fields, we hunted and we rode ATVs. We also had a lot of fun doing it. This is actually a pretty fair representation of not what only WV kids get into, but what 'country' kids as a whole get into. If Senator Manchin is so upset over how his state acts, maybe he should consider representing another more classy state. It would be the same argument if it were a show about a bunch of elderly super religious folk, which there are plenty of too in WV by the way. Someone somewhere would be offended that they would show WV people as clinging to their Bibles like a bunch of uneducated hicks. It's as simple as this, if you don't want to watch something, change the channel. No one is holding a gun to your head making you watch.
The problem is that plenty of people "choose" to watch Jew-produced anti-white agitprop, since there's so much of it.
As for anti-nonwhite agitprop, well, that's offensive and demeaning, so there isn't any.
Couldn't have said it better myself, SomeGirl. But I have a question.....I didn't know there were "classy states" out there?! Which ones are they? LOLOL Not.
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obviously the producers' personal operating values do not have a very high standard....just remember producer....reputation through affiliation......down the road this will come back to bite you professionally as well as personally.
what? Ur talking to a minor remember...cant use big words. im uneducated and need new shoes. why hasnt u left the us? U should stand by your state at least! Regardless if you leave the us. if ur state is a traitor then you are included...just like all west virginians are hillbillies..right?
Of course it's a train wreck. That's why people watch these shows......BECAUSE they feature people who are train wrecks.
How about a little originality MTV.. At least make it Buckwild in 3D!
Great, another MTV television show that I'll blatantly ignore. I miss the days when the "M" in MTV actually meant something.
Just like Teen Mom..a way to get ratings through the uneducated. This gives those involved a way to make a few bucks all the while making those that are not familiar with the actual living environment and culture think this is actually a way of life in WVA.WHAT A JOKE. All this does is boost ratings for a TV network while making the youth of today dumber. This is no way a help to anyone in anyway. It should be called GARBAGE AT ITS BEST. I wonder what these kids parents are thinking about this; I hope not happy..but ya never know do ya. MTV is not what it once was.
I am educated and I am from the country. While i never participated in stupid stunts or field parties,atv/dirt bike riding, swimming in creeks, or jumping off bridges, they did happen all around me while I was growing up (I am now 32). I find it fun to watch this because it shows a different part of America that isn't a bunch of rich people living in the city. At least these young adults either have jobs or are going to college. They are not spending time playing video games but are outside enjoying nature.
I love it...yee haw !
imbreeding is everywhere...too bad only 3% of those that are actually know they are...just a quick fact for u. And another one for you..there is at least 38% inbreeding cases in each state....google it
Jeebus... Looks like Hannibal Lecter wasn't too far off the mark with his rude comments about West Virginia...
at least our state is proud to b part of the US! Dont see us trying to break apart from the united states..traitor
Brian: What, exactly, leads you to believe that I'm from Texas? Not my screen name, surely. Google it and enlighten yourself.
And ask the President for a new pair of shoes.
whats wrong with my shoes?!? Fu@#n cyber-bullies..
Brian: Cyberbully? BWAHAHAHA!!! All apologies- I had no idea I was conversing with a minor, and one a pre-adolescent one at that. Out of your fear and ignorance you brand me a "traitor." Know what a "hypocrite" is? Go look in the mirror.
Cyberbully. Welcome to Teh Intarweb, kiddo. Sorry if I hurt your feewings. :..-(
Mancin's giving this show a lot of free publicity. I had no plans to watch until I'd heard about the show as the result of all the controversy.
But seeing the photo of the cast makes me wonder what Mancin's problem is. These kids aren't West Virginia stereotypes at all. They seem to have all their teeth, and there's diversity in the cast. I don't see any banjos, no KKK propaganda, and no coal. Seems to me like ALL of the negative stereotypes of West Virginia are missing from this show.
With all due respect to the hard working people of West Virginia, Mancin DOES know the state's got a pretty bad reputation already, right? This show may help ramp up tourism to the state, and may give us all a positive insight into the lives of youth living in rural America.
ALL states have their own bad stereotype. Hell, many of us believe California and New York have bad images. California is full of fruit loops and libs, New York is pretty much the same thing.
It really shows in just how uneducated people really are, the ones talk so much crap about WV and call everyone hillbillies, definitely shows just the intellect of people from all of these other states. I guess if we want to start pointing out the bad, maybe each should start with their own state, probably your family members should be at the top of the list! I think the show is nothing more than ignorance, and I am from Sissonville, grew up there, have lots of family and friends that live there, however to let your children be made out as being a bunch of trash is beyond me!
SO YES, E.P Sato…. They have teeth, and what the heck is wrong with banjo’s, and coal. It would really be nice to see your picture and what you “really” look like. I’m sure WV’S STEROTYPE, would be a much better person than most of you IDIOTS on here that have to try to bash WV and probably have never even been to the state!!! IT IS WHEN “US” HILLBILLIES ARE GLAD PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON’T LIVE IN OUR STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Helluva fire in Sissonville the other day day, huh "Luv Living"?
Not nearly as BAD as that fat, greasy, retarded, redneck, ignorant Sweetie Pie!
Pure dreck....no surprise
these chicks are pretty hot..from everything i've seen they are ABOVE AVERAGE for west virginia women..so from that perspective i don't see how it's putting the state in a bad light..if they casted a bunch of west virginia's heaviest and ugliest that would be different
and i'm not gay but same with the guys
no...they are average...we have a hellava lot hotter than that
How hedonistic can it be? Do they all have their own teeth? Any incestuous frolicking? You mean it's just a bunch of East coast hillbillies riding ATV's out in the woods? Unless it has more entertainment value than Xbox and Internet porn, I'm out...
im sure u cant find any toothless brother/sister redneck porn...i've looked
It's always nice to see what I'm missing by not having cable.
i woulld'nt be afraid to bet that most mountain girls could easlily out drink most men around.
i use to bring home friends while in the navy and they would be a little afraid. use to take them down the hollar and let them see some real rednecks..if you think the streets folks in the city are bad these rednecks eat them for lunch. lolo
I have lived most of my life in WV but for four years I lived in Orlando, Florida. There is a small town north east of Orlando called Bithlo. Bithlo was the redneck capitol of Florida, I think the confederate flag was their towns flag (not really). The point is, rednecks are in every state. West Virginia has always been and will always be the "hillbilly" state and I'm proud of it. Yes, we like to chew tobacco, fish, hunt, drink Budweiser, and ride ATV's....and we are good at it. Go Mountaineers!
i'm proud of bangin your sister jimmer.
I want to bang Jimmer's sister too.
one thing we are "BUCK WILD."
Live Action...whoops, sorry wrong show.
Riiiiiight....um really its the same catagory as jerry springer show. Everyone knows it is what it is, mtv gradually progressed into that dark realm of "TEEN TRASH shock value JERRY SPRINGER QUALITY TV" ever since real world was created, then road rules...then teen mom, sweet 16, jersey shore. lol why doesnt mtv shut up they always sound stupid trying to defend their programming.
I like the feel of turd squished between my toes.
I was alive and was lucky enough to see the birth of MTV.....(Hat was when Music TV actually played MUSIC!......little did any of us think that what we thought was kick ass music videos would change to what can only be described as Moron TV......the crap they show now is a good part of why todays youth are as stupid as they are to the ways of the real world....o wait I forgot any youth reading this might think I'm talking abot another moronic show on the Moron TV network......BRING BACK THE MUSIC!
I smell an explosion comin on!
Ha!!! Dude. Just heard about it on the radio. Very good sir.
Yes, because it's just hilarious when a major gas line explodes, causing enormous amounts of damage and injuring innocent people. Hilarious, I say, hilarious. Get a life.
we need to pray have hope for the children. frigid is nice and toasty now. enjoy the rest of you fantastic
day ahead of you. let me see a smile. come on.
Unfortunately, these kids have no idea how their "boring" lives will be forever ruined by the exploitation of an MTV "reality" series. In just about everyone's teen years there were some pretty wild antics but it was not perpetual and probably not as constantly booze-driven as MTV makes sure these kids' antics are/will be. West Virginia is a state of such beauty and is so misunderstood as far as its citizens and this isn't going to help anything. Team Manchin.
the filthy children in the field do not know what they are doing....it is up to us as adults to try and make them understand that. pray for these kids.
The show is just plain stupid
we should always be positive even for the trash - i know i try to be.
I hope there is toxic waste on there land so they cannot reproduce or if they do they would be on discovery health and not MTV.
If you are going to go so far as to say you hope that we (the people of West Virginia) cannot reproduce, at least do so in a grammatically correct manner in an effort to at least support your point of view. Every state has people they are not proud of, West Virginia included. Not every citizen of West Virginia behaves in such a way as this ignorant television show portrays. So, yes, I will stoop to your level, and tell you to shut your face and move on.
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i completely agree
this isnt facebook............misclick.
If you're trying to be funny by referencing the movie "Wrong Turn," it wasn't even filmed in West Virginia. It was filmed in Ontario, Canada. Google it. It's everywhere. So, if you've never been to our state, you do not know how our people act; which if you've ever been here and interacted with the people of West Virginia, you would know that the movie Wrong Turn did us no justice.
no seriously....looking for my facebook...
well said justin
I hear those chicks dig mullets
i am still voting for the tall girl with the animal t-shirt....she's the smartest and the cleanest.
how can u tell? U know it takes a drug addict to see a drug addict, right? Is she holding?
if you were a goodboy–this would not be happening. now drink your chocolate milk to get rid of the hangover.
II love this show. No cell phones here, just good old friends. Yeehaaa
great job!
goal
Another brain-less & soul-less production brought to you by MTV – people, please do something more productive with your lives & time than watching all this garbage that the networks are selling you.
More genius kids in the making...
Who cares about W Va I have no inclination to see on tv how kids grow up in W Va I could careless , they all look like losers anyway and MTV sucks haven't watched MTV for 10 yrs since I was prolly 8!
thats the point idiot. U need to start reading the stories before u post on them. It has nothin to do with how kids in wv grow up they just gonna follow a few teenagers around and say this is how wv kids grow up..poor wv, those teens have alot on their shoulders...they maybe make wv look bad like everyone else haha
what does duelin banjos have to do with this? If ur impling the movie deliverance that wasnt in west virginia...it was georgia if my memory serves me well..
what does duelin banjos have to do with this? If ur referencing the movie deliverance that wasnt in west virginia...it was georgia if my memory serves me well..
totally agree Howard
That's not who we are here buddy. That is another ridiculous show to make us look bad. People here work hard, yes we have fun, but that is pushing the limits.
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o i c u deleted ur post about the duelin banjos...poster name was "peace" btw...
MTV = Media Taping Victims! STOP THE HATE!
excuse me
Being a resident of West Virginia, I must say that I am supportive of both sides on this "issue". Defending MTV's case, there is a slight sigh of relief from their preordained niche of rich, city dwellers who have nothing else to do with their time but to go shopping with Daddy's plastic and bar-hopping at night, only to wake up in the morning to repeat the process. On the other hand, to defend my fellow West Virginians: West Virginia has been beaten, broken and scarred from previous "renditions" of what Hollywood and others believe we must be like. It's a shame we are so easily judged as a whole based on a few movies. Now, I am not saying West Virginia is the perfect state nor am I saying West Virginia is better than any other state, but keep in mind we all have bad apples. Just because the apples are bad, doesn't mean the tree is bad. West Virginia is looked at as a bad tree. In my honest opinion, I dont think this series is gonna make our forest look any better.
West Virginia is a beautiful state with very intelligent people throughout the state. I agree that this show is just going to make our forest look worse. MTV is exploiting the fact that these families need money due to the economic trouble that has affected the entire nation. The lure of money is a very powerful motivator to do crazy things. I was born and raised in the glorious state and hate when people see things like this and are ignorant enough to believe this is the way everyone is.
Looks like a special ed version of Jersey Shore based purely on shock value. That Senator must be stupid for thinking MTV cares and is only adding publicity for the show. I bet more WV watch it than anyother state.
I rest my case.
I have to admit though. A "special ed" version of Jersey Shore would most likely be more watchable.
This is not real WV. This is trash. I am sick of people trying to make us look like trash. And I grant you not many West Virginians are going to be proud of this.
at least 2 of em have nice racks.. sadly not the ones with cute faces though..
I thought I heard dueling banjos when I opened this 1.
YAAAAAAY PEACE ! WE MISSED YOU !
i see what u did there...not cool brah
Doesn't Manchin have bigger issues to tackle rather than what's on MTV???
It shows WV for what it is a wild state full of wild people.
6 girls, 3 guys. Nice odds.
Especially if a few of those girls are their sisters.
wow, really? R u like 12?