Shiny Happy People

TV-142023•7.6/10

Documentary

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7.6/10(27)

A limited docuseries exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv’s favorite mega-family, The Duggars, and the radical organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles. As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril.

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Production

Amazon Studios, The Cinemart, Story Force, Chick Entertainment

Language

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

June 1, 2023

Last Aired

July 23, 2025

Networks

Prime Video

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Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Meet the Duggars

Air date: 2023-06-01

The shiny facade of America's favorite giant family, and the ministry that guided their conservative values, is shattered, revealing a troubling reality underneath.

Growing Up Gothard

Air date: 2023-06-01

As IBLP's homeschooling empire grows, it becomes clear that patriarchal, abusive authority is at the core of Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar's power.

Under Authority

Air date: 2023-06-01

Bill Gothard and Jim Bob Duggar grow their shared vision into an international empire on the backs of young people. Unpaid labor, abuse, and threats of retaliation build, until Gothard is finally cut down inside of his own organization. But the roots he put down are now spreading everywhere...

Arrows Activated

Air date: 2023-06-01

Despite Gothard's demise and Josh Duggars disturbing new crimes, the movement goes on. Fundamentalists have consolidated political power nationwide to reshape society in their own image.