TLC Weighing Future of ‘Honey Boo Boo' Series

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TLC is re-evaluating the future of its hit reality series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo after a recent TMZ report that series star June Shannon is dating a convicted sex offender.

TMZ earlier this week reported that Shannon, who is the mother of 9-year old beauty pageant winner Alana “Honey Boo Boo Thompson,” is once again dating Mark McDaniel, who was convicted of molesting a child in Shannon’s family years earlier when they first dated, according to Fox News.

TLC in a statement said: "TLC is not currently in production on Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. We are very concerned about this new information and are reassessing the future of the series."

The network finished airing new episodes from the series’ fourth season of the series in August 2014. The news was reported earlier, including by Variety.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.