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TLC’s ‘Breaking Amish’ Spin-Off Debuts Sharply Down From Original’s Finale

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday May 14, 2013 @ 1:28pm PDTTags: Breaking Amish, Breaking Amish: Brave New World, TLC, TV Ratings

Abe, Rebecca, Kate, Sabrina and Jeremiah may have worn out their welcome. Sunday’s debut of TLC’s Breaking Amish: Brave New World garnered 2.14 million viewers and a 0.9 rating among Adults 19-49. That’s way down from the 3.1 million viewers who watched the September 9 premiere of the fish out of water Breaking Amish last year. That show was the highest-rated debut in two years for the network in total viewers and in the 25-54 demo. Sunday’s spin-off debut is also nearly 45% down from the 3.8 million (1.7 rating) who tuned in for the season 1 finale on November 13. Brave New World picks up the original cast’s stories nine months after the first season ended. A second season of Breaking Amish, with a whole new cast, is scheduled to debut later this year.

Despite proving a ratings hit with 3.2 million viewers on average watching the first season, the original Breaking Amish was repeatedly hit with allegations of fakery, fraud and slight of hand almost from its premiere. Even TLC admitted about halfway through the first season that some of the stories about the show’s cast — like them not knowing each other beforehand and not being so new to big-city life — were not true. The network later aired two one-hour reunion specials hosted by Access Hollywood’s Michelle Beadle to address the rumors.

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‘Breaking Amish’ Spin-Off Coming In May From TLC; Season 2 To Premiere This Summer

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday April 3, 2013 @ 10:27am PDTTags: Breaking Amish, Breaking Amish: Brave New World, TLC

TLC announced today that Breaking Amish: Brave New World will debut May 12 at 10 PM, with a separate Season 2 of the original series to come sometime in the summer. The spinoff of the controversial Breaking Amish will reunite the cast from the first season of the reality series as they make new lives for themselves in Florida. Besides bringing Abe, Rebecca, Kate, Sabrina and Jeremiah back together, TLC also said today a second season of Breaking Amish will begin production this spring. The series will have a “new group of young Amish and Mennonite men and women who are eager to live a life beyond the limited upbringings they’ve known,” according to the network.

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TLC Bringing ‘Breaking Amish’ Back For Season 2

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday February 25, 2013 @ 10:00am PSTTags: Breaking Amish, TLC

The controversial Breaking Amish is returning for a second season in May, TLC said today. The network has ordered eight episodes of the fish-out-of-water reality show, which is moving from New York City to Florida for the upcoming … Read More »

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TLC’s ‘Breaking Amish’ Reunion Specials Downplay Fraud Rumors

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Sunday November 18, 2012 @ 9:31pm PSTTags: Breaking Amish, TLC

Last month TLC promised that the Breaking Amish: The Shunning Truth specials would “address all of the swirling rumors and allegations” that have surrounded the authenticity of the reality show. But tonight on the last of the two-part cast reunion shows, the series’ Jeremiah, Kate, Sabrina, Rebecca, and Abe were mostly circumspect about the controversies and how much of the show was fake. The five avoided answering some questions from Access Hollywood’s Michelle Beadle. And the cast insisted that many other revelations of their prior experiences with the modern world, including DUIs and previous marriages, aren’t anyone else’s business. “They can believe whatever they want but if they want to know they can watch the show,” said Rebecca about the cast’s lives. “I don’t give a [beeped out] what anybody thinks.”
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TLC’s ‘Breaking Amish’ Reunion Specials To Address Fraud Rumors

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday October 25, 2012 @ 12:15pm PDTTags: Breaking Amish, TLC

Breaking Amish TLCA month ago, amidst accusations that its hit reality show Breaking Amish was bogus, TLC said the truth would be “addressed in upcoming episodes.” Today the network finalized those dates:. A two-part cast reunion special will air after the show’s season finale November 11 and on November 18. Breaking Amish’s Jeremiah, Kate, Abe, Rebecca, and Sabrina will sit down with Access Hollywood’s Michelle Beadle for the one-hour shows to “speak candidly about their experience in New York and address all of the swirling rumors and allegations,” TLC said in statement today. “They also disclose where their relationships currently stand with their family and friends, and tackle the rumors and questions about the authenticity of their Amish and Mennonite backgrounds.” Read More »

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TLC Admits ‘Breaking Amish’ Bends Truth

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday September 20, 2012 @ 4:35pm PDTTags: Breaking Amish, TLC

TLC’s new reality show Breaking Amish is not quite what it appears to be, and now the network is admitting it. “There is a lot of information floating around about the group featured on Breaking Amish. Much of … Read More »

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