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Exclusive: WE-TV’s ‘Mama June: From Not To Hot’ coming back for third season

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 09: (L-R) June Shannon, Alana Thompson, Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Shannon, Ella Grace Efird, and Joshua Brandon Efird attend "Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta" season 2 premiere party at Woodruff Arts Center on January 9, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for WEtv)

Credit: Paras Griffin

Credit: Paras Griffin

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 09: (L-R) June Shannon, Alana Thompson, Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Shannon, Ella Grace Efird, and Joshua Brandon Efird attend "Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta" season 2 premiere party at Woodruff Arts Center on January 9, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for WEtv)
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Nov 3, 2018

Originally posted Friday, November 2, 2018 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

WE-TV is currently shooting the third season of “Mama June: From Not to Hot.”

According to the Georgia film office, the reality show will be in production through April of 2019.

"Mama" June Shannon, who now lives in Hampton, had gastric bypass surgery in 2016 and lost 300 pounds, getting down for a time to a size 4. The first season in 2017 chronicled her adjustment to being so much smaller.

Season two this year showed her backsliding as she began regaining some of that weight. She also found a new boyfriend Geno.

"Mama June" - which is in effect a spin-off from the original TLC show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" - also features Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, Lauryn "Pumpkin," Mama June's sister Doe Doe, Alana's dad and Mama June's ex Sugar Bear and his wife Jennifer.

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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