| By Bob Weaver
The History Channel, after its award-winning "Hatfields and McCoys" mini-series, is trying to strike gold twice with the famous feud with a so-called reality show - "Hatfields and McCoys-White Lightning," which premiered last week.
The storyline is a modern day feud between the two families to make the best moonshine, make money and get their kids out of those treacherous coal mines.
Will the kin of original feuding patriarchs Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy put aside their animosity long enough to create a potentially lucrative West Virginia business, specifically a "Hatfields & McCoys" branded moonshine?
To get there, the families must share their legendary recipes, well water and family labor.
Does peace stand a chance?
The mostly West Virginia cast play their hillbilly, dumb arse, drink'in and cuss'in roles to the hilt, asking you to believe the unscripted show is reality.
Spencer Newspapers is reporting that part of the 16-episode series is being shot in Roane County, where a great-grandson of the famous Devil Anse Hatfield lives on Colt Run.
Mark Hatfield says that film crews have already spent three days filming some of the series where he and his wife live.
Hatfield grew up at Gilbert, Mingo County, in Hatfield country, but sold his property to a mining company before moving to Roane County.
Hatfield told Spencer Newspapers that the series is not going to be another "Buck Wild," but after watching the first episode...well.
The "Hatfields & McCoys" miniseries, which starred Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton as the patriarchs of the feuding families premiered last May with 13.9 million total viewers, setting a new record for non-sports, ad-supported cable programs.
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