The first season of SOG was reather good to be honest, but with each season you started to notice it got more and more scripted as time went on.
Pitty as I give up watching it in the end.
I tend to find that this is fairly common with shows like these. Take Pawn Stars for example which seems to be heading into a more and more scripted direction with each episode. Mythbusters is another good example when you compare the early episodes with the new ones, they become a lot more polished and lose some of their charm.