Shiny Happy People puts the spotlight on the Duggar family — and its victims

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The new Amazon Prime docuseries Shiny Happy People pulls back the curtain on one of America’s most well-known reality families, the Duggars. Over several years, their reality show, 19 Kids and Counting, portrayed a wholesome family of 21. In 2015, TLC canceled the show following news of oldest son Josh Duggar’s sexual abuse of minors that had happened years prior. In 2021, TLC also canceled the spinoff Counting On in the wake of child pornography charges against him.

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