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An Accidental Death Resulted In The Cancellation Of MTV’s Buckwild

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The 2013 MTV series Buckwild centered on nine young adults who lived in Charleston and Sissonville, West Virginia, and how they entertained themselves in such a rural area. While filming season two, Shain Gandee, his uncle and a friend died from carbon monoxide poisoning after their truck got stuck in the mud.

The network canceled the program, but producer J.P. Williams wanted the show to go on. MTV prevented Williams from relaunching it on another network. Instead, Williams launched Slednecks about friends living in Alaska. Few people tuned in, so the series was canceled after just one season in 2014.