DESTINATION AMERICA TAKES ON BACKWOODS SECURITY IN ITS NEW SERIES "PREPPER HILLBILLIES"

-- PREPPER HILLBILLIES Premieres with Back-to-Back Episodes on Saturday, April 5 at 10/9c -

(Silver Spring, MD) - For Americans, protection and safety are top priorities and can now be prepared to learn the necessary tools in creating hillbilly home security in Destination America's all-new series PREPPER HILLBILLIES. Follow the show's highly skilled craftsmen - old-school prepping guru Barry, high-tech expert Eric and lifelong builder Fred of The Moss Shop in Jonesboro, GA - as they put the safekeeping of South Georgia into their own hands, stopping danger in its tracks with inventive and entertaining home security systems. No threat is too small as the trio devises creative solutions for warding off possible hazards from trespassing and burglary to high-intensity doomsday scenarios. At their one-stop shop for home protection, The Moss Shop team construct what they see fit to ensure the highest level of safety for their clients, from exploding trees and secret escape routes to booby-trapped driveways and distracting decoys. Prepping for over three decades, this jovial crew has witnessed it all and has had fun along the way, at this rate there is no trap they won't set. Tune in to the series premiere of PREPPER HILLBILLIES on Saturday, April 5 at 10/9c only on Destination America to watch the masterful Moss Shop crew take on all types of hillbilly defense.

"Family is the #1 priority for most Americans and the PREPPER HILLBILLIES viewers will learn low-cost solutions for safety and protection," said Marc Etkind, general manager of Destination America. "The Moss Shop team shows us their wit and ingenuity preparing every American for any given scenario".

In the premiere season of PREPPER HILLBILLIES, see firsthand how the right plan of attack in home security can save a farmer's goats from coyotes, protect pricy lawn equipment from pesky neighbors, and prepare for the biggest threat of all: an apocalyptic event.

The series premiere episodes are:

Backwoods Barricades Premieres Saturday, April 5 at 10/9c Georgia prepping experts Barry, Eric and Fred don't just want their client to be warned the next time intruders try to trespass - they want to stop potential interlopers in their tracks. Along with high-tech surveillance, Barry comes up with an old-school "fake driveway" designed to swallow up anything that dares to travel over it.

The Hatfields and the Decoys Premieres Saturday, April 5 at 10:30/9:30c The Moss Shop team have inventive security solutions after thieves break into a small business to steal its tasty product: smoked jerky. Barry hides the storeroom behind a 'spy movie-style' bookcase door, and the team designs decoys to fool possible intruders.

PREPPER HILLBILLIES is produced for Destination America by MorningStar Entertainment with Gary Tarpinian and Paninee Theeranuntawat as executive producers. For Destination America, Caroline Perez is executive producer, Sara Kozak is senior vice president of production, Marc Etkind is general manager, and Henry Schleiff is Group President of Investigation Discovery, Destination America, American Heroes Channel, and Discovery Fit & Health.

About Destination America

Destination America is the only network to celebrate the people, places, and stories of the United States. The inclusive network targeting Adults 25-54 is available in nearly 60 million homes, emblazoning television screens with the grit and tenacity, honesty and work ethic, humor and adventurousness that characterize our nation. Destination America features travel, food, adventure, home, and natural history, with original series like BBQ Pitmasters; A Haunting; Mountain Monsters; Buying Alaska; Buying the Bayou; and Railroad Alaska. For more information, please visit DestinationAmerica.com, facebook.com/DestinationAmerica, or twitter.com/DestAmerica. Destination America is part of Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), the world's #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 2 billion cumulative subscribers in 220 countries and territories.