Honey Boo Boo and her family, Mama June Shannon, dad Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson and sisters Jessica (“Chubbs”), Anna (“Chickadee”) and Lauryn, will return for a fifth season premiering in January 2015.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo reality show on TLC features the family of child beauty pageant contestant Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, now 9.
The show is primarily filmed in and around their rural hometown of McIntyre, Georgia.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo averaged 1.8 million viewers in Season 4, which ended on August 14 — down from 2.5 million viewers the season before (January through March 2014), according to Nielsen.
The show’s inaugural season, which aired from August 2012 through February 2013, averaged nearly 3 million viewers.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo was originally spun off from Toddlers & Tiaras, on which Alana Thompson appeared.