The show has progressively worsened with each season. The first five episodes in S1 were fantastic. Since then, it has slowly eased into a documentary of life on the ranch, a continual repetition of themes to emphasize the nature of each character, and in Season 5, degenerated into bashing city-folk caricatured clumsily by the Piper Perabo character. A country song or two every episode is a substitute for any plots being advanced. I suspect it’s now attracting a lot of the Duck Dynasty crowd.
1923 is a lot more promising.