Amazon Duggar Family Docuseries Releases Trailer

Eight years later”19 kids and countingwent off the air, a new docuseries is pulling back the curtain on the Duggar family, their conservative religious faith, and the controversies that led to their fall from grace.

On Friday, Amazon Prime Video gave viewers a glimpse of “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” through a new trailer. Premiering on June 2, the four-episode series “seeks to expose the truth beneath the wholesome American surface of reality TV’s favorite megafamily.” according to press releases.

“As the details of the family and their scandals are revealed,” the synopsis continues, “we realize that they are part of an insidious and much larger threat that is already underway, with democracy itself in jeopardy.”

Various members of the Duggar family, including Jill Duggar Dillardseems to have participated in the series.

“There is a story that is going to be told, and I would rather be the one to tell it,” he explains in the trailer.

Check out the trailer for “Bright Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” below.

The Duggars, consisting of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children, rose to fame in 2008 as the stars of the TLC reality series “19 Kids and Counting.”

The Arkansas family were members of an ultra-conservative religious group, the Institute for Basic Life Principles, and adhered to strict rules that included dressing modestly and homeschooling their children.

In 2015, the show was canceled after Josh Duggar, the eldest of the Duggar children, was charged of sexually abusing his sisters, Jill and Jessa, along with three other girls, when he was a teenager. He later acknowledged having “acted inexcusably.” apologize for what he described as “my wrongdoing.”

A spin-off series, “Counting on”, was released in 2015 without the participation of Josh. However, that show was canceled in 2021 after Josh was found guilty receiving and possessing child pornography. He is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence.