In 2012, a six-year-old girl purportedly drew more viewers than the Republican National Convention.
That girl was Alana Thompson, better known by her stage name, “Honey Boo Boo.”
When Thompson first burst onto the scene in an episode of TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras with her larger-than-life personality and seemingly endless supply of country catchphrases, her star persona seemed tailor-made for reality television. To a large extent it was, thanks to the efforts of family matriarch “Mama” June Shannon, whose ethos anchored Thompson’s headlining show, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
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