Weed Country
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- Bill Pruitt
- Eli Holzman
- John Moffet
- Stephen Lambert
- Steve Mellon
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| runtime = 40 to 44 minutes
| company = All3Media America
| network = Discovery Channel
| first_aired = {{Start date|2013|2|20}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2013|3|27}}
| related = Pot Cops
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Weed Country is an American reality television series that aired on the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on February 20, 2013, during Discovery Channel's programming block titled "Weed Wednesdays".{{cite web|title=Discovery Channel Goes Inside the Underground World of Pot Growers|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/02/04/discovery-channel-goes-inside-the-underground-world-of-pot-growers-391302/20130204discovery01/|publisher=the Futon Critic|access-date=February 15, 2013}} The series followed dealers, growers and patients of the marijuana trade located within the Emerald Triangle, along with the enforcers of the law at the Siskiyou County Sheriff's office.{{cite web|last=Bibel|first=Sara|title='Weed Country' to Premiere Wednesday, February 20 on Discovery|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/04/weed-country-to-premiere-wednesday-february-20-on-discovery/167861/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019063701/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/04/weed-country-to-premiere-wednesday-february-20-on-discovery/167861/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2013|publisher=TV by the Numbers|access-date=February 15, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Bierly|first=Mandi|title=Discovery announces new series 'Weed Country'|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/02/04/discovery-weed-country/|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 15, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Longoria|first=Sean|title=City of Weed, Siskiyou sheriff featured on upcoming Discovery Channel pot show|url=https://www.redding.com/news/2013/feb/12/town-of-weed-siskiyou-sheriff-featured-on-pot/|publisher=Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group|access-date=February 15, 2013}}
Cast
- Mike Boutin, farmer{{cite web|title=Weed Country: Cast|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/weed-country/cast/EP01693369?aid=zap2it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320165722/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/weed-country/cast/EP01693369?aid=zap2it|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2013|publisher=Zap2it|access-date=March 6, 2013}}
- Tawni Boutin, farmer and wife of Mike Boutin
- Matt Shotwell, a.k.a. Matt Greenwell, owner of Greenwell's Dispensary
- Skweeze, Vallejo native and driver of the hooptie car for Matt Greenwell
- Nathaniel Morris, cannabis activist and scientist
- B.E. Smith, Aaron Smith, cannabis activist
- Lieutenant Matt Thomson
- Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon E. Lopey
- Sergeant Mike Gilley
Episodes
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| Title = Welcome to the Garden
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Smugglers' Blues
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|27}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Rippers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|6}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Unarmed and Dangerous
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|13}}
| Viewers = 1.10{{cite web|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Dominates + 'Psych', 'Workaholics', NBA Basketball, 'The Americans' & More|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/14/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-dominates-psych-workaholics-nba-basketball-the-americans-more/173337/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317182735/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/14/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-dominates-psych-workaholics-nba-basketball-the-americans-more/173337/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2013|publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=14 March 2013}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Evil Around The Corner
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|20}}
| Viewers = 0.93{{cite web|last=Bibel|first=Sara|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Wins Night, 'Psych', 'Workaholics', 'The Americans', 'Southland' & More|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/21/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-wins-night-psych-workaholics-the-americans-southland-more/174305/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324001700/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/21/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-wins-night-psych-workaholics-the-americans-southland-more/174305/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2013|publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=March 21, 2013}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Harvest Hell
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|27}}
| Viewers = 0.95{{cite web|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Duck Dynasty' Wins Again + NBA Basketball, 'Psych', 'Colbert Report' & More|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/28/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-wins-again-nba-basketball-psych-colbert-report-more/175355/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331004300/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/28/wednesday-cable-ratings-duck-dynasty-wins-again-nba-basketball-psych-colbert-report-more/175355/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 31, 2013|publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=March 28, 2013}}
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Criticism
Much like the Discovery Channel series Moonshiners, Weed Country was criticized as a scripted television show promoted as an unscripted show.{{cite web|title=Just watched "Weed Country" on Discovery and the whole thing seemed fake as hell. Especially this scene..|date=26 February 2013 |url=https://m.reddit.com/r/television/comments/19ab8h/just_watched_weed_country_on_discovery_and_the/|publisher=Reddit|access-date=August 16, 2016}}
Matt Shotwell, the owner of Greenwell's Dispensary, faced criminal charges in connection with the raid and closure of the dispensary in Vallejo, California; charges against him were dismissed in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/20130322/charges-dismissed-against-vallejo-pot-dispensary-operator|title=Charges dismissed against Vallejo pot dispensary operator|work=The Vallejo Times-Herald|date=March 22, 2013}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/weed-country}}
- {{IMDb title|tt2814102}}
{{Discovery Channel programming}}
Category:2013 American television series debuts
Category:2013 American television series endings
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Discovery Channel original programming
Category:American television series about cannabis
Category:Cannabis in California
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