'The Dukes of Hazzard' Axed: Re-Runs Pulled from TV Land Due to Confederate Flag Controversy
"The Dukes of Hazzard" re-runs have been pulled from TV Land and it could be because of the recent Confederate flag controversy, the New York Post reports.
TV Land confirmed Tuesday that the network will no longer be showing the re-runs of the show on its daily schedule. "The Dukes of Hazzard" was playing twice per day on the channel.
TV Land would not say why they pulled the re-runs of the show, but the show was criticized for its use of the Confederate flag. The flag sits atop the Duke boys' 1969 orange Dodge Charger. The show is also set in the South.
The show's rights are owned by Warner Bros. and last week they decided to stop production of a toy replica of the car called the General Lee. This is just the latest move by companies that are trying to stop selling items that have the Confederate flag on them.
Walmart, eBay and Amazon have all removed items from their stores that feature the Confederate flag. These policy changes are in response to the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina last month.
A petition on the website Change.org has already gained almost 400 signatures as of Tuesday. The petition calls for Viacom and Warner Bros. to "stop banning 'The Dukes of Hazzard.'"
"The Dukes of Hazzard" ran from 1975 and 1979 on the CBS network. In the show, cousins Bo Duke and Luke Duke raced around in the orange General Lee.
According to ABC News, episodes of the show can still be found online and on the CMT network.
One of the stars of the show, Ben Jones, supports the flag.
"That flag on top of The General Lee made a statement that the values of the rural south were the values of courage and family and good times," he wrote on Facebook last week.
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