The Shannon family is an American family, its members best known for their involvement in reality television. The family first appeared on TV in 2011, when June "Mama June" Shannon and then five-year-old daughter, Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, appeared on the TLC series, Toddlers & Tiaras. Alana's victories within the children's beauty pageant circuit coupled with her outgoing personality meant the two regularly appeared on the show and their success with audiences ultimately allowed them to have their own reality TV series, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, which featured Alana's siblings, Anna, Jessica, and Lauryn, and other extended family members. Other programs featuring the family include Mama June: From Not to Hot, Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, Dr. Phil, and The Doctors.The family has been the center of numerous controversies early on and one their biggest scandals to date, the revelation that June had rekindled a relationship with the same man who'd molested one of her daughters, ultimately resulted in TLC cancelling HCHBB, in the wake of the show's popularity and cost the family any chance at royalties earned from syndication. The family received another chance at their own series on We TV with MJFNTH, which chronicled June's weight loss following bariatric surgery, but the fate of that show currently hangs in the balance, as June and her longtime partner, Eugene "Geno" Doak, were both arrested in March 2019 for felony drug possession.
