TLC Comms VP Departs for CBS in Wake of Duggars Scandal
Dustin Smith spent almost eight years with the network.
One of TLC’s top PR executives has left the network weeks after the Duggar scandal ended in the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting.
TLC and its parent company Discovery Communications have scored more bad press than your average network in recent months, shutting down production on the inexplicably popular Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and the Duggar family’s show due to the real-life misbehavior of cast members.
The latest headlines regarding the latter hold that its cancellation cost TLC well over $19 million and led matriarch Michelle Duggar to experience a “mental breakdown” due to difficulties “accepting the fact that her clan will no longer be starring in a worldwide TV program.”
Recent staffing changes atop Discovery’s PR operations may well be pure coincidence–but today VP of comms Dustin Smith announced that he would be leaving the network for a similar position with CBS.
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