Weed Country

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Weed Country
Weed Country.jpg
Genre Docudrama
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Bill Pruitt
  • Eli Holzman
  • John Moffet
  • Stephen Lambert
  • Steve Mellon
Running time40 to 44 minutes
Production companyAll3Media America
Original release
Network Discovery Channel
ReleaseFebruary 20 (2013-02-20) –
March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27)
Related
Pot Cops

Weed Country is an American reality television series that aired on the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on February 20, 2013, during Discovery Channel's programming block titled "Weed Wednesdays". [1] The series followed dealers, growers and patients of the marijuana trade located within the Emerald Triangle, along with the enforcers of the law at the Siskiyou County Sheriff's office. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Welcome to the Garden"February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)1.12 [6]
2"Smugglers' Blues"February 27, 2013 (2013-02-27)1.07 [7]
3"Rippers"March 6, 2013 (2013-03-06)1.07 [8]
4"Unarmed and Dangerous"March 13, 2013 (2013-03-13)1.10 [9]
5"Evil Around The Corner"March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20)0.93 [10]
6"Harvest Hell"March 27, 2013 (2013-03-27)0.95 [11]

Criticism

Much like the Discovery Channel series Moonshiners , Weed Country was criticized as a scripted television show promoted as an unscripted show. [12]

Matt Shotwell, the owner of Greenwell's Dispensary, faced criminal charges in connection with the raid and closure of the dispensary in Vallejo, California; charges against him were dismissed in 2013. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Discovery Channel Goes Inside the Underground World of Pot Growers". the Futon Critic. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Bibel, Sara. "'Weed Country' to Premiere Wednesday, February 20 on Discovery". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Bierly, Mandi. "Discovery announces new series 'Weed Country'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ Longoria, Sean. "City of Weed, Siskiyou sheriff featured on upcoming Discovery Channel pot show". Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Weed Country: Cast". Zap2it. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Celtics/Lakers Puts ESPN in Front". the Futon Critic. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda. "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Dominates Night + 'Psych', 'Top Chef', 'The Daily Show', NBA Basketball & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  8. ↑ Bibel, Sara. "Wednesday Cable Ratings:'Duck Dynasty' Wins Night, 'Psych', 'The Americans', 'Workaholics' 'Southland', & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  9. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (14 March 2013). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Dominates + 'Psych', 'Workaholics', NBA Basketball, 'The Americans' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013.
  10. ↑ Bibel, Sara (March 21, 2013). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Wins Night, 'Psych', 'Workaholics', 'The Americans', 'Southland' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 24, 2013.
  11. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (March 28, 2013). "Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Wins Again + NBA Basketball, 'Psych', 'Colbert Report' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 31, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Just watched "Weed Country" on Discovery and the whole thing seemed fake as hell. Especially this scene." Reddit. 26 February 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Charges dismissed against Vallejo pot dispensary operator". The Vallejo Times-Herald. March 22, 2013.


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