Honey Boo Boo Child From Toddlers & Tiaras Gets Her Own Show

[OrangeSlice]

I don't know if this is sad or hilarious:

By Sheila Marikar
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Aug 31, 2012 10:45am
‘Honey Boo Boo’ Ratings Top RNC’s

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Credit: TLC.

Mitt Romney and company couldn’t beat the allure of a self-proclaimed “redneck” family. According to Nielsen overnight ratings, TLC’s controversial reality show “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” drew 2.9 million viewers Wednesday night at 10 p.m. In second place: Fox News’ coverage of the Republican National Convention, to which 1.2 million adults tuned in.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Honey Boo Boo” scored more viewers in the key 18- to 49-year-old demographic than the RNC coverage on any one of the individual broadcast networks. But, of course, aggregate coverage of the RNC across networks topped “Honey Boo Boo’s” numbers.
“Honey Boo Boo,” a spin-off of TLC’s equally eyebrow-raising series “Toddlers and Tiaras,” debuted earlier this month to 2.2 million viewers. Its star is Alana, a 6-year-old pageant queen better known as Honey Boo Boo Child. Among the show’s apparent charms: Honey Boo Boo’s catch phrases (for example, ”A dollar make me wanna holler”) and inability to control herself after drinking “go-go juice,” a mixture of Red Bull and Mountain Dew.

[Seth82]

I blame my friend Kenton for getting me to watch this show.

[Air Quotes]

I pretty much hate this family based on looks alone but anything beating the RNC is good in my book.

[MsChiff]

'Cause it ain't beautimous!!!

lol good point

[KristiB]

This is the funniest thing I've seen all day

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[Seth82]

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[MrsDark]

Even as much as I hate the idea of this show, I'm tickled to pieces that it topped the RNC in the ratings.

[Grimmlok]

I think that's a sad indictment of your democracy.

[witchcurlgirl]

and of americans in general.

[gardenwitch]

ROLL CALL: How Much Is Honey Boo Boo & Her Family Making?

Access Hollywood – 2 hours 29 minutes ago

Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans!
"A Dolla Make Me Holla!": Just how much does Honey Boo Boo and her family (reality TV child star Alana Thompson and her family from TLC's "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo") make on their hit series? According to The Hollywood Reporter, not all that much compared to other reality TV stars. A source tells THR that the family of six reportedly pulls in between $2,000 and $4,000 an episode, plus a small "location fee," for their 10-epsiode first season. With over three million viewers for its August 29 episode, we're thinking the Thompson family might be pulling in more money if the show is picked up for another season. Reps for TLC declined to comment about the family's pay when contacted by THR.
ROLL CALL: How Much Is Honey Boo Boo & Her Family Making? - Yahoo! omg!


I was always curious how much reality families get paid for putting their lives on TV like that. Not much. Not much at all.

[pinkbunnyslippers]

^Mega bitchface like McKayla Maroney.

[sweetness]

I love this show!!

[OrangeSlice]

Not nearly enough $$.

[sluce]

Nope. Not even enough to pay for the removal of a spare thumb.

[MmeVertigina]

Nope. Not even enough to pay for the removal of a spare thumb.