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Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is an American reality television series that aired on TLC featuring the family of child beauty pageant contestant Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson.
The show premiered on August 8, 2. August 1. 4, 2. 01. Thompson and her family originally rose to fame on TLC's reality series Toddlers & Tiaras.[1] The show mainly revolves around Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson and "Mama" June Shannon, and their family's adventures in the town of Mc. Intyre, Georgia. The reality series has received predominantly negative reviews from television critics.
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On October 2. 4, 2. TLC cancelled the series after four seasons, following reports stating that cast member June Shannon was romantically involved with a registered sex offender, which both Shannon and her older daughter Lauryn denied.
A fifth season of episodes remains unaired as a result of the cancellation. On April 2. 1, 2. TLC aired, "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo: The Lost Episodes" which were the episodes filmed for the fifth season that never aired due to the abrupt cancellation of the show in 2.
On the same night, TLC aired re- runs of the original series. Cast and premise[edit]In addition to Alana, who was six years old when the first season was filmed, the show features her stay- at- home mother, June "Mama June" Shannon; her father, Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson, a chalk miner; and her three sisters: Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon, Jessica "Chubbs" Shannon, and Anna "Chickadee" Shannon (now Anna Cardwell).[2][3][4] Anna Shannon gave birth to a daughter, Kaitlyn Cardwell, in the first season finale.[5][6]The first season of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo aired from August 8 to October 2. In September 2. 01. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo was renewed for a second season.[7] The second season debuted July 1. September 1. 1, 2. The second season featured preparations for the wedding/"commitment ceremony" of June Shannon and Mike Thompson.
For the second season premiere, TLC distributed "Watch 'N' Sniff" cards, allowing viewers to release scents correlating with specific scenes.[8]It was announced on September 2. TLC had ordered a twelve- episode third season and three specials.[9] The third season premiered on January 1. March 6, 2. 01. 4. Ratings and reception[edit]The series premiere episode attained a 1. The series was one of TLC's highest- rated shows in its first season.[1. The August 2. 9 episode, airing on Wednesday night during the 2.
Republican National Convention, attracted almost 3 million viewers and scored a 1. Fox News convention coverage was second in the time period with a 1. NBC coverage with 1. Critical reaction to the series has been mixed, with some characterizing the show as "offensive," "outrageous," and "exploitative," while others call it "must- see TV."[1.
Criticism[edit]The A. V. Club called the first episode a "horror story posing as a reality television program,"[1. James Poniewozik mostly praised the show, but criticized the producers for "the way that the show seems to assume that those viewers will look at this family and the world."[1. A reviewer for Forbes criticized TLC as trying to "portray Alana's family as a horde of lice- picking, lard- eating, nose- thumbing hooligans south of the Mason–Dixon line," stating that "it falls flat, because there’s no true dysfunction here, save for the beauty pageant stuff."[1. The Guardian also criticized the attempt to portray the Thompsons as people to "point and snicker at," saying, "none of the women or girls who participate in the show seems to hate themselves for their poverty, their weight, their less- than- urbane lifestyle, or the ways in which they diverge from the socially- acceptable beauty standard."[2.
The Hollywood Reporter pronounced the show "horrifying," explaining: You know this show is exploitation. TLC knows it. Maybe even Mama and HBB know it, deep down in their rotund bodies. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is a car crash, and everybody rubber- necks at a car crash, right? It's human nature.
Yes, except that if you play that card, you also have to realize that human nature comes with the capacity to draw a line, to hold fast against the dehumanization and incremental tearing down of the social fabric, even if this never- ending onslaught of reality television suggests that's a losing effort. You can say no to visual exploitation. You can say no to TLC. And you can say no to Honey Boo Boo Child.
Somebody has to.[2. TV Guide's "Cheers & Jeers 2. Jeers to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo for existing. Alana Thompson and her family have lowered the TV bar to new depths while introducing viewers to the terms 'forklift foot' and 'neck crust.' In a word, ewww."[2. June Shannon herself has been criticized for her daughter's diet, which includes "Go Go Juice," a mixture of Red Bull and Mountain Dew that contains as much caffeine as two cups of coffee. The drink is used to get her daughter ready for pageants. Shannon has responded to this criticism, saying.
There are far worse things.. I could be giving her alcohol."[1]Out praised the show for Alana Thompson's attitude toward her gay paternal uncle Lee "Poodle" Thompson; Thompson stated, "Ain't nothing wrong with bein' a little gay." Out noted the show's "clear message of equality" and said that Alana's acceptance of her gay relative "confounded" the stereotype of the "redneck" working- class, Southern white female.[2. June Shannon has been praised by Mother Nature Network for her "keen business sense" with which she feeds her family on $8. Prior to the show's second season, Hank Stuever of The Washington Post said the show "feels as real to me as the Great Depressionimages shot by the WPA photographers" and praised the "solid—if unorthodox—family values."[2. Parodies[edit]Here Comes Honey Boo Boo has been lampooned by the animated TV series South Park, in its season 1.
Raising the Bar",[2. TV series MAD, in a short called "Here Comes Yogi Boo Boo", and in an online spoof uploaded on College.
Humor called "Precious Plum."[2. Christopher Walken, Colin Farrell and Sam Rockwell took time from promoting their new film Seven Psychopaths to deliver a dramatic rendition of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.[2. The film Scary Movie 5 featured a scene parodying Sinister where Simon Rex is frightened by an Alana look- a- like that pops out of a cardboard box and says, "A dollar makes me holla, honey boo boo child."Cancellation[edit]On October 2. TLC announced the cancellation of the show after reports surfaced that June Shannon was dating a man convicted of child molestation.
Shannon and her older daughter Lauryn denied these reports.[2. The man in question, Mark Anthony Mc. Daniel, Sr., was convicted of aggravated child molestation of an 8- year- old in March 2.
Mc. Daniel is listed as a registered sex offender with the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.[2. Shannon's eldest daughter confirmed that she is the child who was molested by Mc. Daniel 1. 0 years earlier.[2. TLC commented on the future of the series regarding the current situation with the following statement: "We are currently reassessing the reports, but we do not currently have Here Comes Honey Boo Boo in production".[3. An entire season's worth of episodes – which could reportedly fill six months of schedule[3. Post cancellation[edit]Upon hearing of the show's cancellation, Vivid Entertainment president Steven Hirsch sent a letter to June Shannon, offering her and her former live- in mate, Mike Thompson, US$1 million to appear in a pornographic film. Hirsch stated that the studio’s BBW themed productions have become a very popular genre on Vivid.
Vivid. TV, and he would make the couple’s experience “enjoyable” for them both, as well as give them creative input.[3. In February 2. 01. Alana and June had appeared on an episode of The Doctors after Alana had noticeably gained more weight and had weighed 1. Watch Lake Eerie HD 1080P. Upon seeing the family's refrigerator, a health intervention was staged to help Alana lose weight with healthier food. The former child star was to lose 1.