Stay Connected
Atlanta Black Star/News
NewsTV

'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' Confirmed For More Episodes

Posted byBy Kim Burnell | Published on: CommentsComments (0)

 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, the trashy TLC reality show phenomenon, has been confirmed for specials to air around Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Along with the HOLLAday specials, ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’ will likely be back next spring for a complete second season. The show follows a lovable redneck family, focusing on 7 year old Alana Thompson. Alana or “Honey Boo Boo Child” is a pudgy beauty  pageant star who stole the show on TLC’s other hit ‘Toddler’s and Tiara’s”.

While “Honey Boo Boo” was responsible for the spin off, she is by no means the only star of the new show. Every member of her family proves equally as entertaining. Alana’s family includes mama June, dad Mike (‘Papa Sugar Bear’), and her three sisters, Lauren (‘Pumpkin’),12, Jessica (‘Chubbs’), 15, and  Lauren (‘Chickadee’), 17, the last of which just gave birth. It’s no surprise the show is getting more episodes considering it has averaged 2.3 million viewers for its eight episode first season.

On top of the additional episodes the family of 6 is asking for a raise. The Thompson family is asking for $10,000 each per episode instead of the $4,000 per episode they made on the first season. Seeing as how Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is TLC’s third highest rated show and a pop-culture sensation they deserve a little pay boost.

Personally, I think the holiday timing of the additionally episodes couldn’t be more perfect. Who wouldn’t want to feel better about their dysfunctional family by watching the hilarious antics of a dysfunctional redneck family?

Don’t miss the hour long Season 1 finale tonight at 10pm ET/PT.

Democracy needs journalism it can trust.

This election season, the stakes are higher than usual — and so is the pressure on newsrooms to soften their coverage, stay quiet, or just disappear. Independent reporting, the kind that answers to readers instead of advertisers or political pressure, matters more in a moment like this, not less.

For over 14 years, Atlanta Black Star has stayed independent and reader-funded. We have no corporate owner and no shareholders telling us what to cover or how to cover it. That independence is also our biggest vulnerability: nothing protects it except readers choosing to fund it directly.

Newspaper ad revenue has fallen more than 80% since 2005, and local newsrooms are closing at a rate of roughly two a week nationwide. When outlets go under in a moment like this, it's rarely the independent, reader-funded ones that get to stick around.

We know a request for support isn't why you came here. But without readers choosing to fund this work directly, the depth of reporting we can do at home and abroad shrinks along with everyone else's. If you're not in a position to give, that doesn't change how much we value you as a reader.

If you are able to, a recurring contribution does more for us than a single one-time gift, because it lets us plan the next investigation instead of just the next invoice. It takes about 30 seconds, no long form, no account. Thank you for continuing to support independent journalism and freedom of the press.

Give once Give monthly Support another way

Related Stories

Back to top