TLC canceled “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” this week after TMZ revealed that June “Mama June” Shannon is dating convicted child molester Mark McDaniel, who allegedly sexually assaulted her own daughter, Anna “Chickadee” Shannon Cardwell, years ago.
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“Extreme Makeover,” whose doctors are seen here, was canceled in July 2007. Besides plummeting ratings, the series was plagued with a heartbreaking lawsuit from Deleese Williams in September 2005. CNN reports that producers had told Williams she’d be on the show to get jaw surgery and dental work to “have a smile like Cindy Crawford,” but later canceled her appearance because her procedures would have taken too long to heal. Williams’ sister, Kellie McGee, reportedly had been manipulated by producers to mock Williams’ appearance. When the episode was canned, McGee was so distraught over what she’d said about her sister, the suit claims, she committed suicide four months later. The suit was settled out of court in fall 2006.
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MTV’s “Buckwild,” billed as a redneck “Jersey Shore,” was canceled after 21-year-old castmember Shain Gandee (far left, in the green shirt) died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Sissonville, West Virginia, in April 2013.
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In June 2013, the Food Network gave Paula Deen the heavily-buttered boot after court documents revealed that she’d used racial slurs in the past.
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Alec Baldwin had a short-lived stint as an MSNBC talking head. “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” lasted five episodes, from October to November 2013. The reason it came to an abrupt end? Baldwin cursed out a Post photographer, calling him a “c——-ing faggot.” When reports of the incident surfaced, MSNBC initially suspended the hotheaded actor for two weeks before pulling the plug completely.
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“Man v. Food” star Adam Richman was slated to have a second series, “Man Finds Food,” debut on the Travel Channel in July. That is, the Washington Post reports, until Richman got into a heated war of words on Instagram over the hashtag “#thinspiration,” which Richman claimed to not know was associated with eating disorders.
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Bill Maher’s “Politically Correct” moved from Comedy Central to ABC in 1997, where it enjoyed a decent run … until September 2001. On an episode that aired on Sept. 17, 2001, less than a week after the 9/11 attacks, Maher said on air, “We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That’s cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it’s not cowardly.” The show was canned in July 2002, with the New York Times reporting that Maher attributed the cancellation to his comment — and to the decline in advertising that followed it.
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TBS declined to renew CeeLo Green’s “The Good Life” after he was mired in a rape scandal. The “Forget You” singer was charged with sexual assault in August 2012 and pleaded no contest to furnishing a woman with Ecstasy in August 2014. The Hollywood Reporter notes that in September, Green tweeted, then deleted, missives about the nature of rape, including rants like, “If someone is passed out they’re not even WITH you consciously! So WITH implies consent” and “People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!”
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Jamie Lynn Spears’ Nickelodeon series, “Zoey 101,” got knocked out of the lineup when its star, right, got knocked up. In January 2008, Nickelodeon canceled the series when Spears, then 16, announced she was pregnant by her 18-year-old then-boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, the Daily Mail reports.
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HGTV cancelled “Flip It Forward” before it even aired. In May, the website Right Wing Watch declared that host David Benham was homophobic and anti-choice for leading a prayer rally outside the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The site also published a recording of Benham, who would’ve hosted the show with twin Jason, discussing “homosexuality and its agenda that is attacking the nation.”
After the cancellation, Benham told CNN, “We love all people. I love homosexuals. I love Islam, Muslims, and my brother and I would never discriminate. … Never have I ever spoken against homosexuals, as individuals, and gone against them. I speak about an agenda. And that’s really what the point of this is — is that there is an agenda that is seeking to silence the voices of men and women of faith.”
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“Jon & Kate Plus 8” ended when Jon and Kate Gosselin announced their split during the fifth season finale in November 2009. “Kate Plus 8” continued for two seasons after the nasty public divorce, ending in September 2011.
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Poor Megan Hauserman! The reality show veteran, left, was a winner of “Beauty and the Geek” and heartbroken over Bret Michaels in season 2 of VH1’s “Rock of Love.” The blond bombshell was slated to have her own dating show, but People magazine reports that VH1 canceled both “Megan Wants a Millionaire”and “I Love Money” for valid reasons: alleged murder and suicide. Contestant Ryan Jenkins, seen here at right, who participated in both series, was accused of murdering then-girlfriend Jasmine Fiore and leaving her body in a suitcase in August 2009. Less than two weeks later, Jenkins committed suicide.
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