Mama June admits a ‘To Catch a Predator’ sex offender is the father of 2 of her daughters

Mama June admits a “To Catch a Predator” sex offender is the father of 2 of her daughters
The “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” star tells “ET” that Pumpkin thought the newly released child molester Mark McDaniel was her father – when, in fact, it was a man named Michael Anthony Ford, who served time for sexual exploitation after he was caught on “To Catch a Predator” in 2005. Mama June says Ford is also the father of her daughter Chubbs. PLUS: Mama June says she”s only seen the newly released child molester twice, once by coincidence.

Some parents of autistic children consider Jerry Seinfeld”s self-diagnosis “a slap in the face”
One parent, who says “my kids” lives are irrevocably altered by autism and not in a good way,” has a message for Seinfeld: “Jerry, if you think you have autism, come over to my house for a night, and we”ll show you what it”s all about.”

Explaining “The Cult of Connie Britton”
The “Nashville” star has drawn admiration from women, “mostly between the ages of 20 and 45, who view Britton not just with affection, or awe, but admiration,” says Anne Helen Petersen. That”s because, she adds, Britton is “the thing that the vast majority of mainstream media pretends doesn”t exist: a woman over 40. More specifically, a woman over 40 whose image combines the sexual and the maternal, the ambitious and the empathetic.” PLUS: An appreciation of Britton”s hair.

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Seattle Seahawks star Marshawn Lynch nearly gave “The League” co-creator a heart attack
The “Beast Mode” running back, who makes a cameo on tonight”s episode, pranked Jeff Schaffer by pretending to be unable to make the last-minute shoot in L.A.

Jon Stewart defends “SNL,” calls himself the “Clay Aiken of late-night television”
“The Daily Show” host says “Saturday Night Live” receives an “unfair amount of criticism” when what they are doing is essentially putting on a new off-Broadway show every week. He also compared himself to Clay Aiken in talking about all the late-night jobs he”s lost to hosts like Conan O”Brien and Jimmy Kimmel.

“Mystery Science Theater 3000” on PBS could happen
American Public Television is currently offering four episodes of “MST3K” to PBS affiliates.

Why do female lawyers make great TV characters?
As Lili Loofbourow explains, legal shows are “unusually comfortable with female protagonists who express desire and an edge. They want things, badly, whether it”s professional success, sex, love, or friendship … Because being a good lawyer means advocating – it is literally a lawyer's job to go after things, hard – the authority to chase what you want spills over into other aspects of TV-lady-lawyer life.”

Watch the trailer for VH1″s ’90s-set drama “Hindsight”
Laura Ramsay stars in the do-over drama premiering in January.

Watch Wil Wheaton”s beer ads
The “Big Bang” vet is starring in ads for Newcastle Scotch Ale.

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