June Shannon

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, 2012 and ended on August 14, 2014. Thompson and her family originally rose to fame on TLC's reality series Toddlers & Tiaras. The show mainly revolves around Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson and "Mama" June Shannon, and their family's adventures in the town of McIntyre, Georgia. The reality series has received predominantly negative reviews from television critics. On October 24, 2014, 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 21, 2017, 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 2014. On the same night, TLC aired re-runs of the original show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo".