I think that it is a total mistake both professionally and personally for A&E to remove this show from its programming! First of all the shows ratings speak for themselves. I’m sorry if there are viewers that can’t handle watching what REALLY happens in America. I wonder if these same WEAK viewers are able to watch the evening news? Caving in to viewers that can’t handle reality is a mistake! I have more than 200 channels available to me to watch....if there is something on that offends me I can very simply switch the channel. Until this decision, my tv was rarely tuned to anything but A&E but if the numbers showing what your viewers want is no more important to your programmers than that then I can AND will delete A&E from my package! No point in paying money to a company that does not care about its customers!