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More Money Boo Boo

Alana Thompson reportedly demanding $10,000 per episode to renew

By Corey Levitan Sep 19, 2012 9:49AM
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To keep its trailer hitched to TLC for a second season of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," the family of 7-year-old Alana Thompson reportedly wants $10,000 per episode. According to the Hollywood Reporter, negotiations are ongoing.

 

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The urge is strong to poke fun. After all, the greatest talents so far demonstrated by these people are pig-feet bobbing, flatulence and possible child exploitation. However, they also know how to draw viewers. Two million or more tune in each week to their reality show, spun off earlier this year from TLC's "Toddlers & Tiaras." And the Shannon-Thompson clan was reportedly paid a grand total of only $40,000 to shoot the reality

show's six-episode first season.

 

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The Reporter quotes an unnamed source claiming that negotiations are likely to conclude with $8,000 per episode, plus a possible location fee.

The Season 1 finale of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" airs Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TLC.

165Comments
Sep 22, 2012 9:35AM
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I never heard about this show or these sideshow freaks until today.  Is the American viewer really this low down the food chain to watch this country's lowest social denominators act like morons on the tube?  Really....how much lower can we get?  Every idiot in the country must be clamoring for their 15 minutes of fame, now that social media provides that avenues.  Scum like the Kardashian's, Hiltons and these low-lifes give small countries like Andorra and Leichtenstein hope of taking over our country.  Best time to invade the U.S. would be during a re-run of Jersey Shore.  We really are a rather sad and pathetic lot.

Sep 22, 2012 6:47AM
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Hopefully people who do tune into Honey BooBoo don't think that people in the South are all Rednecks.......this family is not funny but for now making more money than they have ever had and as a result getting greedy by demanding more money so hopefully they will put it to good use such as not eating road kill and WASHING their hair in the kitchen sink......Honey BooBoo needs some extra help learning how to talk and some classes on manners....she is not even a cute child so I do not watch them as one time was enough for me. 
Sep 21, 2012 6:09PM
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Dear God. This is entertainment? Visit any WALMART for the live version. Visit any WALMART parking lot on a cold day in December for HONEY BOO-BOO ON ICE. Eeegads.
Sep 21, 2012 11:09AM
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The only reason viewers are watching Boo Boo's show is to be shocked and disgusted.  This little girl and her Redneck, Mother Thumb, are examples of the lowest Low Class activity.  All of the burps and farts and "me me me"  is just too much!
Sep 21, 2012 11:03AM
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This show really SUCKS<<< get it off the air! 10X worse than Kate +8,,,, And that show sucked too!
What are we teaching our kids of tomorrow???? Money,,Money,,, and more Money,,,, That's all it's about!


Sep 21, 2012 11:00AM
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This station must be really hard up to have produce this TRASH ..... the family is unbelieveable and crude, rude and down right nasty,  My own opinion

 

 

Sep 21, 2012 8:59AM
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just curious. how is it so many can post comments this time of day. you must be part of the 47% Romney was talking about.
Sep 21, 2012 8:16AM
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Wellllllllllll for allLLLLLLLLL the nay sayer's....just turn your TV set off.  Don't bother the rest of the world with your negative views.  I personally say...gooooooooood for you Honey Boo Boo!! Of course the family is not the norm..that's what makes them so entertaining.  I laugh my butt off watching this show.  It's unbelievably funny.  I've always said..to each thier own....and mind your own business.  I personally commend her mother for taking advantage of this opportunity to get some money in the bank accounts, so possibly they all will have a brighter future with resources and money they worked for on their own!  If this is the opportunity that came their way..then so be it!  Take the money and run...this show won't last forever..but for now..it's fricken hillarious..and I personally love to laugh..it's great medicine.  With a bank account and the possibility of a brighter, happier, more educated future...with the resources they can now bank on..then why the heck not.  And TLC..I think they are gettig away with a lot and they are really jipping this family..$40,000.00 for a season of these show's..when they give millions to the other reality show's out there..where all the people are already rich in the first place...TLC needs to pony up and pay this family right in line w/ all these other Kardashians, Basketball Wives, American Idol Judges..(which by the way is ludicrous the amount of money thoseeee judeges make)..all of it.. I say pay these people 100K per episode..right along side the rest of them.  So You go HONEY BOO BOO  your only 7 now..but in a few years when you a little older, and more wiser, and more educated, and all this going on with you calms down...you will have a nice fat bank account that will ensure your future success's in life.  I wish her and the entire family nothing but the very best ..this hard earned money will bring you both now and in your futurer's...God Bless you all!!

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Sep 21, 2012 7:54AM
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I would rather see Honey Boo Boo and her family get 10,000 an episode than to drain our welfare system.  Before we complain about Honey Boo Boo and TLC, Jon and Kate plus 8 got a lot more per episode. Jon and Kate Gosselin filmed their children naked and on the potty, leaving them vulnerable to pedophiles. I hope this family is a lot smarter.
Sep 21, 2012 7:51AM
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The Learning Channel has really taken a dump with this one.  It's not bad enough that I see wedding shows up the wazoo now I see this.  I don't know how to describe this program any other way than it's a train wreck.  Ok sorry for venting, I am just tired of "reality" tv,  Is it ever going to end? 
Sep 21, 2012 7:44AM
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i watched it once out of  curiosity  this is america. if you don't like it don't watch it. i say good for them on the cash.
Sep 21, 2012 7:33AM
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Take this train wreck of a show off the air.  The Learning Channel, really?  Learn how to be ignorant and uneducated.  I'd give them a raise on the end of my foot right out the door.  They are disgusting.
Sep 21, 2012 7:13AM
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People need to realize that this show is for entertainment purposes only. We only see the parts of their family life that the network thinks is amusing. The fact that it doesnt air until 10pm lets you know it is unsuitable for your youngsters to watch. I tune in to enjoy a few laughs. Is it at the family's expense, yes, but that is their decision to make. Is it  glorifying rednecks?  It  is simply a way of life that most of us never dreamed really existed. Is it exploitation, probably, but again, the family makes that decision. No, they are not raising children according to our way of thinking, however, I think Mama is smart like a fox. Get the money while you can. Enjoy the 15 minutes of fame, and then move on.

Sep 21, 2012 6:59AM
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I watched this show the other evening....thought it was rather interesting and somewhat entertaining.  Don't really care for it...but it's one of the shows that you just kind of watch and say"  what the hell????".    I'd rather watch Honey Boo Boo then watch the trashy Kardashians....all the housewives shows....Snookie and her bunch.  Boo Boo and her family are rednecks...nothing wrong with that....they don't live in a big fancy house...drive fancy cars....aren't skinny as hell....no long fake hair.....no tons of make up.  "They are what they are" according to June.   I wouldn't say they were "white trash".....REDNECKS...yes!!!  Now the Kardashians and Snookie and her bunch....are WHITE TRASH....and their not even funny!!
Sep 21, 2012 6:37AM
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Why do they feel it is okay for a six yr old to scream-I'll holla for a dollar? Can u say future overweight stripper and Jerry Springer episode??? God bless em'!
Sep 21, 2012 6:26AM
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NO! Make it stop..make it stop NOW!!!!!
Sep 21, 2012 6:25AM
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I'd put in the contract that, sure, while they get $10,000/episode, at least 60% of the season's earning goes into a college/post-secondary fund for the kids.  Job training, etc. 

Maybe something good will come out of this for them, and for society. 

Sep 21, 2012 6:05AM
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This program, that is to much chagrin, actually watched, is why America is in such dire straits! People know nothing of the world around them, but can tell all of what's useless in real life on television!
Sep 21, 2012 5:53AM
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didn't tlc stand for the learning channel? what r we learning from this show about disgusting  stupid white trash? really i don't know what is worse the people on the show who are profiting from raising their daughter that being a pig, dumb disgusting white trash is agood thing or the people who watch this show and think its "good tv"  
Sep 21, 2012 5:07AM
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Honey BooBoo and family need to go away.......people are making nasty remarks about them which obviously they could careless because they are making money and now demanding more while some are trying to figure out what is the purpose of having this family on reality tv.  The kids are rude, have no manners, can't even speak clearly, they WASH their hair in the kitchen sink, eat road kill, the daddy spits chewing tabacco in a cup, and they load up on junk food.  Honey BooBoo is not even cute so has she ever won a BIG CROWN on the Toddlers and Tiaras which is just a group of mothers who are using their spoiled kids who cry, scream, kick, and just plain spoiled so this needs to go along with HOney BooBoo which is ridiculous.  I watched it one time then changed the channel!!  If TLC wants a true reality show then bring in a Military family as that is the real deal.  Guess next Honey BooBoo and family will be moving to Beverly HIlls.
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