In an exclusive Toddlers & Tiaras clip, Brooke’s dad adds some pizzazz to her performance by joining her onstage — in an outfit that leaves little to the imagination.
Brooke’s stepmom thinks it’s a performance to remember. Brooke’s mom is not so amused with her ex-husband. Watch it below.
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Break out the sketti: A new season of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo will premiere July 17, the network announced today.
TLC says this season will see the outrageous family participating in “butter rolling, tap dancing lessons and wrestling events.” It will likely also showcase behind-the-scenes moments of Mama June and Sugar Bear’s wedding — the longtime couple exchanged vows yesterday.
The show, which first premiered last August as a spin-off of Toddlers & Tiaras, averaged 2.3 millions viewers last season. Most recently, the show aired special “holladay” episodes this winter featuring the Thompson family celebrating the holidays.
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Today, TLC announced a slate of new series, none of which involve strange addictions. The rundown:
• Women of Homicide: It tails the most elite female homicide detectives in the country. This is as close as you’re going to get to guilt-free TLC programming, because…
• Alaskan Women Looking for Love (working title): This one follows five women, some of whom have never left Alaska, who travel to Miami in search of men. We look forward to the bikini shopping montage.
• Husband Hunters: These women have everything picked out for their weddings but the grooms.
• My Teen Is Pregnant And So Am I: The special becomes a series, which means this must happen a lot. READ FULL STORY »
A federal judge heard arguments on whether Utah can prohibit plural marriage but issued no immediate ruling in a lawsuit by the stars of the reality show Sister Wives.
Kody Brown and his four wives claim the law is unconstitutional. The family fled Utah for Las Vegas last year under the threat of prosecution. They did not attend Thursday’s hearing in Salt Lake City, leaving arguments to a constitutional law professor. READ FULL STORY »
In the wake of Friday’s tragic school shootings in Newtown, Conn., TLC has delayed the premiere of Best Funeral Ever. The hour-long special was originally scheduled to air on Dec. 27, but has now been pushed back to Jan. 6 after Here Comes Honey Boo Boo‘s Halloween special. The reality show follows Golden Gate Funeral Home director John Beckwith Jr. and his staff behind the scenes as they organize unconventional funerals — described as home-going celebrations — including Christmas, disco, and boxing match-themed services. READ FULL STORY »
The following video is NSFWPWGGOE (Not Safe For Working People Who Get Grossed Out Easily).
On Tuesday’s premiere of Extreme Cheapskates on TLC, Kate, the woman in the exclusive video below, goes to great lengths (of disgusting) to save on food. Her solution? Dumpster diving!
Now, she has her standards — only fancy dumpsters, guys. But it’s all in the name of saving what she estimates would be a $100-per-month food bill. READ FULL STORY »
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TLC is coming to TLC!
The network has ordered four episodes of a new reality show — Totally T-Boz — starring Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins of 90s girl group TLC, EW has confirmed. The show will revolve around Watkins’ attempt to reboot her music career in L.A. after years of recovery from a life-threatening brain tumor, which forced her to relearn how to walk and talk. Totally T-Boz is set to premiere in early 2013.
“Tionne dominated the charts for years, turning the group TLC into household name, and her personal journey is as fascinating as her professional one,” said Amy Winter, GM, TLC, in a release. “This series will open the door into T-Boz’s struggles and successes, and the people who are there to support her as she works to make her dreams come true all over again.”
Watkins previously was featured on The Celebrity Apprentice in 2009.
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Major League Baseball’s all-time hit leader is hoping for one more — in the form of a TV show. EW has learned that TLC has begun production on a reality series starring Pete Rose, the polarizing 17-time All-Star who was banned from his beloved sport for gambling on games while he was a manager for the Cincinnati Reds. READ FULL STORY »
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The world’s smallest siblings — Bri and Brad Jordan — are about to take one giant step… into the limelight on TLC’s new docu-series Big Tiny.
EW has an exclusive first look at the upcoming show, which will premiere on TLC Aug. 13 at 10 p.m. Big Tiny chronicles the tiny Jordans — 23-year-old Bri is 18 pounds and 27 inches tall; 21-year-old Brad is 35 pounds and 38 inches tall — as “they make something big out of being tiny,” according to the series’ description.
Cameras follow the two primordial dwarf siblings as they go about their daily lives: Brad is a cheerleader who likes to sing and do gymnastics and karate, while Bri spends her time baking cupcakes and gossiping with friends. Joining them on the show is older sister Brandi — the self-proclaimed outcast of the family for being average height — and their mother Christy, who’s a registered nurse.
In the exclusive clip below, Christy takes Bri and Brad out for a shopping trip to the grocery store, where the pair encounter a particularly pesky, and large, bag of sugar. Watch — and get to know the pair a little bit — here:
Virgin Diaries — the TLC special that introduced us to this monstrosity of a kiss — returns next week with two additional hour-long episodes. On Wednesday, viewers will meet Skippy, a 34-year-old Mormon who lives in his parents’ basement. In this exclusive clip, Skippy shares his unique hobby of collecting his belly button lint, and reveals what a night out on the town with his “wing mom” entails. In case you were wondering, a wing mom is exactly what it sounds like: Skippy looking for love with his mom at his side. Oh, and spoiler alert(!) Skippy’s still a virgin. Warning: The video is all kinds of awkward.
Elvis Presley! So that’s what Hoarding: Buried Alive has been missing. The TLC show returns July 8 with its season four premiere. In it, viewers are introduced to 51-year-old Cary, who is both a compulsive hoarder and an Elvis impersonator. Every inch of his apartment has been taken over by Elvis memorabilia and (excuse me for editorializing) the other disgusting things typically found in a hoarder’s home. In this exclusive clip, Cary tries to deal with his compulsive behavior. ”Sometimes I feel like throwing him out, but I can’t do that,” he says. “I love him too much, Elvis. He’s the one that helps me through things.”
Since hundreds of thousands of women like to say yes to the dress on TLC, the cabler is adding a new night of wedding programming this summer.
Beginning July 19, TLC will expand its nuptial coverage to Thursdays by airing the season 4 premiere of Four Weddings. Episodes will air back to back at 9 and 10 p.m. and will continue to feature four very competitive brides who vie for a fancy honeymoon by attempting to throw a better “I do” shindig. Some of this season’s weddings include bull riding and a plastic red carpet (huh?).
Weddings have been very, very good to TLC: Anything bridal-related helps the net to become the No. 1 destination for women in 18-34.
Here’s a sneak peek of the new season of Four Weddings featuring a beach ceremony that no one seems to be at, except a Charlie Chaplin impersonator: READ FULL STORY »
In Sunday’s tell-all special of Sister Wives, Kody Brown and his wives sit down with NBC News’ Natalie Morales to discuss polygamy, life in Las Vegas, and their new book, Becoming Sister Wives. In the no-holds-barred interview, the Browns open up about how each wife came into the family and discuss some of the personality conflicts that nearly drove them apart.
The wives also address some of the turmoil they experienced because of pregnancy issues. After three years of being unable to conceive, Meri had to adjust to the news that Janelle was pregnant. In this exclusive clip, Janelle shares her indifference for Meri’s feelings: ”I didn’t care how she felt about my news,” Janelle admits. “If it upset her, so be it.”
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