Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is an American reality television series created as a spin-off from Toddlers & Tiaras that follows child beauty pageant participant Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, along with her mother June Shannon, father Mike Thompson and three older sisters.
The series premiered in the USA on TLC on 8 August, 2012.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo premiered in South Africa on TLC Entertainment (DStv channel 172 and StarSat channel 453) on Wednesday 6 March 2013, at 21h10. StarSat discontinued TLC Entertainment on 31 December, 2013, making the series exclusive to DStv from Season 2 onwards. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 2 premiered on TLC Entertainment on Wednesday 5 February 2014, at 20h00. New episodes broadcast in a double bill, weekly. There are 12 episodes in the second season.
Synopsis
TLC first introduced viewers to Toddlers & Tiaras star Alana Thompson, aka "Honey Boo Boo", where her amusing personality and self-confidence won over viewers and her self-proclaimed nickname became a fixture in pop culture.
The spin-off series, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, is an inside look into Alana's world where the six-year-old pageant sensation proves that she is more than just a Go-Go Juice-drinking beauty queen.
When she's not chasing after crowns, Alana's with her family in rural Georgia doing what her family does best: four-wheeling through mud pits and picking up road kill for the family cookout.
Each episode follows Alana and her family: stay-at-home mom June, chalk-mining dad Sugar Bear, and sisters 12-year-old Lauryn "Pumpkin", 15-year-old Jessica "Chubbs", and 17-year-old pregnant Anna "Chickadee".
From family outings to loud and crazy family get-togethers, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo takes us off the pageant stage and into the unapologetically outrageous family life of the Honey Boo Boo clan.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is produced by Authentic Entertainment for TLC.
Seasons
db = double bill
Note: TLC Entertainment was discontinued on StarSat on 31 December, 2013, making the series exclusive to TLC Entertainment on DStv from Season 2 onwards.
Season 1 (10 episodes)
Premiere: 6 March 2013 | Finale: 3 April 2013 | Wednesdays, 21h10 (db)
Season 2 (12 episodes)
Premiere: 5 February 2014 | Finale: 12 March 2014 | Wednesdays, 20h00 (db)