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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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TLC Sets ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Season 2 Summer Return

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday May 6, 2013 @ 7:25am PDTTags: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, TLC

One day after tiny pageant sensation Alana Thompson’s parents actually tied the knot, TLC has announced that Here Comes Honey Boo Boo will be back for a second season this summer. The hit redneck reality series returns July 17 at 9 PM for another cycle. “This summer, get ready to watch the family take part in hijinks like butter rolling, tap dancing lessons and wrestling events,” said TLC in a statement this morning. On Sunday, June “Mama Bear” Shannon and Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson got married in a ceremony where guests were encouraged to attend in full redneck attire but not allowed to bring cameras, according to the invite. The couple’s three daughters, including 7-year old Alana, were in attendance. The wedding will be part of the new season. Read More »

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Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet & ID Unveil Programming Slates

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 4, 2013 @ 10:24am PDTTags: Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, Investigation Discovery, TLC
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At Discovery Communications’ upfront today, the company’s Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet and Investigation Discovery presented their slates of new and returning series. (See Discovery/Harpo-owned OWN’s announcement here). Discovery Channel, which had its highest-rated January ever in total viewers and adults 25-54, is putting an emphasis on live events with specials Fast N’ Live and the Grand Canyon tightrope walk Wallenda Live as well as scripted TV with its first scripted project, miniseries Klondike. The network’s unscripted slate features 10 new series, including The Huntsmen, Rock Raiders, two Naked shows, Hidden Kingdom and Survival.

Related: Discovery Shows Off Star Power At Upfront Presentation

TLC’s slate features 52 new and returning series, including the return of pop culture hit Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Breaking Amish and its spinoff. Animal Planet returns 20 series and new ones like Eel Of Fortune, about hunting prized eels off the New England coast. Its best-performing series ever, River Monsters, returns April 7. Investigation Discovery, meanwhile, is offering up its second original newsmagazine Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall and the Jerry Springer-hosted Tabloid.

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TLC Orders ‘Letters To Jackie’ Special From Bill Couturié & Amblin TV, Sets Voice Cast

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 4, 2013 @ 7:07am PDTTags: Amblin Television, Letters To Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy, TLC
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TLC has commissioned the two-hour film Letters To Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy, co-produced by Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Bill Couturié’s The Couturie Co. and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television. Based on the book Letters To Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation by Ellen Fitzpatrick, the film revisits the months following Kennedy’s assassination, when more than 800,000 U.S. citizens and mourners around the world reached out to the First Lady in support. Letters To Jackie spotlights the strength and unity that emerged during one of the most difficult times in American history. It will premiere in the fall to mark the 50th anniversary of the President’s death. Bringing the letters to life are 20 celebrities including Bérénice Bejo, Demián Bichir, Jessica Chastain, Chris Cooper, Viola Davis, Zooey Deschanel, Kirsten Dunst, Anne Hathaway, Allison Janney, John Krasinski, Melissa Leo, Laura Linney, Frances McDormand, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mark Ruffalo, Octavia Spencer, Hailee Steinfeld, Channing Tatum, Betty White and Michelle Williams. Read More »

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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.

Related: TLC Bringing ‘Breaking Amish’ Back For Season 2 Read More »

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Discovery To Launch TLC In UK, Ireland

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday March 27, 2013 @ 3:12am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Discovery Networks International, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, TLC

Discovery Networks says it has invested “millions” in the UK and Ireland launch of TLC which will go live on April 30. The channel will be available on the Sky, Virgin Media and BT platforms and … Read More »

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TLC’s ‘What Not To Wear’ To End After 10th Season

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday March 6, 2013 @ 3:17pm PSTTags: TLC, What Not To Wear

What Not To Wear TLCThe network’s longest running primetime series will come to a close this year after airing its upcoming tenth season, TLC announced today. BBC Worldwide Productions created the American program … Read More »

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Discovery Chief Says Programming Cost Growth To Moderate “Dramatically”

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday March 5, 2013 @ 8:13am PSTTags: David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, TLC

The cable networks company has enough successful programming so “we don’t need to greenlight as many new swings,” Discovery CEO David Zaslav told investors at the Deutsche Bank Media, Internet and Telecom conference this morning. … Read More »

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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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Global Showbiz Briefs: Savile Claims Hit BBC, Sony TV In Russia, TLC’s ‘Bizarre ER’, Fremantle’s ‘Family Harmony’ And More

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 9:37pm PSTTags: BBC, FremantleMedia, Global Showbiz Briefs, Jimmy Savile, Phone-Hacking Scandal, Sony Pictures TV, TLC

BBC Hit With Civil Claims In Jimmy Savile Scandal
A lawyer acting on behalf of 31 victims of the late Jimmy Savile has lodged civil claims for compensation in the high court against the disgraced host’s estate and the BBC over allegations of sexual abuse. Attorney Alan Collins told The Guardian that all claims are against Savile’s estate with “seven or eight” against the BBC itself, which the suits allege has “vicarious liability” in the case. Another lawyer working on behalf of a further 62 victims told Bloomberg  that the action was premature, because parties involved had agreed to wait for the results of the police investigation into Savile. “We do not believe the commencement of litigation at this stage to be either necessary or in our clients’ best interest,” she said. – Joe Utichi
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TLC Trailer Park Series ‘Welcome To Myrtle Manor’ To Debut In March

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday February 7, 2013 @ 12:50pm PSTTags: The Weinstein Company, TLC

TLC is heading back down to Dixie and straight to the trailer park. The network home of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo will debut Welcome To Myrtle Manor on March 3 at 10 PM. The ten-part one-hour … Read More »

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TLC Orders ‘Bakery Go Time’ Pilot With ‘Cake Boss’ Buddy Valastro

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday January 30, 2013 @ 12:03pm PSTTags: Cake Boss, TLC

TLC is going back in the kitchen with Buddy Valastro. The network has ordered a one-hour pilot with the Cake Boss host helping struggling family-owned bakeries find their way. With the working title Bakery Go Time, the show will … Read More »

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TLC Orders ‘Pageant Wives’ Backdoor Pilot About Married Women In Beauty Pageants

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 8:00am PSTTags: TLC
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EXCLUSIVE: From the network that made reality stars out of pageant toddlers and their moms comes a new series about moms who themselves compete in beauty contests. TLC, home of hit Toddles & Tiaras, has greenlighted Pageant Wives (working title), a new unscripted backdoor pilot/special that goes inside the world of the highly competitive Mrs. Pageant circuit in Denver. Pageant Wives revolves around five aspiring married pageant queens from the Denver area whose every waking moment is focused on primping and looking competition-ready as they devote their time, money, and family’s patience to do everything they can to win that coveted sash and crown. Read More »

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TLC Moves ‘Best Funeral Ever’ To January After School Shooting

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday December 17, 2012 @ 3:45pm PSTTags: TLC

In light of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, TLC today shifted its Best Funeral Ever special to January 6. Best Funeral Ever was supposed to air December 27 but will now be broadcast after the … 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 Renews ‘Long Island Medium’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 11:09am PDTTags: TLC

TLC reality series Long Island Medium has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network ordering 30 half-hour episodes that will begin premiering in March 2013. Season 3 of the series following mom-turned-medium Theresa Caputo and her … Read More »

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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 Orders ‘Totally T-Boz’ Series About Former TLC Singer

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday October 1, 2012 @ 10:22am PDTTags: TLC

It’s TLC on TLC. The network said today it has ordered four episodes of Totally T-Boz, a reality series that will chronicle former TLC singer Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins’ attempt to revive her music career in Los Angeles. John Doe Media is producing the series, which has begun filming ahead of a scheduled debut in early 2013. “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,” TLC GM Amy Winter said. Read More »

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TLC Orders More ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday September 26, 2012 @ 9:34am PDTTags: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, TLC

There’s going to be more of tiny pageant sensation Alana Thompson and her family on TV. TLC said today it ordered more episodes of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, the redneck reality series that has become something … Read More »

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