No More Boo Boos: TLC Cancels ‘Honey Boo Boo’

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TLC has cancelled its reality series Honey Boo Boo after reports that star June Shannon was dating a convicted sex offender.

The network released a statement Friday cancelling the show a day after saying that it was “reassessing the series” following a  TMZ reported earlier in the week 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.

Shannon on her facebook page denied that she was dating McDaniel.

"TLC has cancelled the series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and ended all activities around the series, effective immediately," TLC said in the statement. “Supporting the health and welfare of these remarkable children is our only priority. TLC is faithfully committed to the children's ongoing comfort and well-being.”

TLC finished airing new episodes from the series’ fourth season of the series in August 2014.

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.