'Hollywood Hillbillies' features Georgia family | Inquirer Entertainment

‘Hollywood Hillbillies’ features Georgia family

/ 08:34 AM July 29, 2013

This undated publicity photo released by TLC shows Alana, better known as Honey Boo Boo, in McIntyre, Ga. AP

BEVERLY HILLS, California – Honey Boo Boo is getting some competition.

Another family from rural Georgia is coming to reality television, with “Hollywood Hillbillies” set to debut in January on cable TV’s ReelzChannel.

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The show follows Michael Kittrell and his grandmother Delores Hughes, known as “Mema,” as the family moves from Grayson, Georgia, to Hollywood. Along for the ride are Kittrell’s aunt, Dee Dee Peters, her boyfriend Paul Conlon, and Kittrell’s uncle John Cox.

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Kittrell is known as “The Angry Ginger” on YouTube, where a video he made to protest a “South Park” episode that claimed redheads have no soul gained attention.

“I made a lot of money on my YouTube channel, and I saved it all from the past four years,” Kittrell said. “I got my family with me to support me and help me while we all look for our place out here.”

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Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, her mother and their rural Georgia family are the subjects of a hit TLC cable TV show that focuses on their lives in a small town.

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