American reality television series
Extreme Couponing
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Genre
| Reality
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Created by
| Gomez Eli
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 5
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No.
of episodes
| 41
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Executive producer
| Matt Sharp
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Producer
| Sharp Entertainment
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Running time
| approx. 22 minutes
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Network
| TLC
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Release
| December 29, 2010
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2010-12-29
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December 4, 2012
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2012-12-04
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Extreme Couponing
(renamed
Extreme Couponing: All-Stars
for its third season) is an American
reality television
entertainment series produced by
Sharp Entertainment
and aired on cable network
TLC
in the United States and Canada.
History
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Extreme
couponing
is an activity that combines shopping skills with couponing in an attempt to save as much money as possible while accumulating the most groceries. The concept of "extreme couponers" was first mentioned by
The Wall Street Journal
on March 8, 2010, in an article entitled "Hard Times Turn Coupon Clipping Into the Newest Extreme Sport".
[2]
On March 25, 2010,
ABC Nightline
followed up with its Season 3 premiere with a segment entitled "Extreme Couponing Competition: How Far Can $50 Go?"
[3]
TLC's
Extreme Couponing
is a show about shoppers who make extensive and focused use of coupons to save money while accumulating large quantities of goods.
[4]
It was previewed in December 2010; after surpassing network expectations with more than 2 million viewers, it received a series order
[5]
[6]
and began regular airings in April 2011.
[7]
On June 6, 2011, TLC announced it ordered a second season of
Extreme Couponing
.
[8]
It premiered on Wednesday, September 28, 2011.
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The third season debuted on May 28, 2012.
On November 20, 2015, the show returned to Discovery Family, a sister network to TLC, and was renamed
Greatest Givers: Extreme Couponing
for its run during the Thanksgiving season. It now
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runs regularly on Thursday nights on Discovery Family.
Reception
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New York Times
columnist
Virginia Heffernan
described the show as "a deceptively simple look at the complex drama of American spending and the paradoxes of
parsimony
."
[10]
E! Online
'
s critic Jennifer Arrow called it a "recessionista series" marked by "a lot of tawdry, exploitative 'reality
'
" and participants "just doing their crazy best to stretch dollars and provide a little more for their families."
[11]
Ken Tucker of
Entertainment Weekly
noted that the show "has elicited some extreme reactions", and called it "a canny example of two elements floating through the country right now," citing "a fascination with extreme behavior as it's filtered through reality TV" and "the fact that a lot of people don't have as much money as they used to."
[12]
The show has come under fire by consumer
bloggers
and experts such as Jill Cataldo about potential coupon misuse on the show. Actions such as the use of coupons for incorrect items,
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[14]
[15]
[16]
using counterfeit coupons,
[17]
[18]
[19]
and encouraging
compulsive hoarding
[18]
have been cited as reasons to question the show's authenticity.
Episodes
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Series overview
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Season 1 (2010?2011)
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Season 2 (2011)
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Season 3:
All-Stars
(2011?2012)
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Shoppers compete in a reality series that features 12 of the best "Extreme Couponing" savers in 30-minute challenges to see who can save the most on $500 worth of merchandise, which is then donated to charity.
Season 4 (2012)
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Season 5 (2012)
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References
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- ^
Shows A-Z - extreme couping
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TIMOTHY W. MARTIN,
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, March 8, 2010.
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JOHN DONVAN and MAGGIE BURBANK,
"
, March 25, 2010.
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Laura T. Coffee,
"Extreme couponing! How to get $1,100 of merchandise for $40."
msnbc.com
, April 6, 2011.
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James Hibbard,
"'Extreme Couponing' exclusive: TLC special gets series order"
,
Entertainment Weekly
, January 6, 2011.
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"Cable's oddball agenda"
Archived
November 29, 2022, at the
Wayback Machine
,
Associated Press
at
LaSalle (Ill.) NewsTribune
, May 3, 2011.
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Susan Salisbury,
"Retailers fret over coupon craze"
,
The Palm Beach Post
, May 14, 2011.
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TLC,
"'TLC ORDERS SECOND SEASON OF EXTREME COUPONING"
TLC
, June 6, 2011.
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TLC,
"'TLC UNVEILS FALL 2011 SCHEDULE"
TLC
, August 2, 2011.
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Virginia Heffernan
,
"O Thou Great Redeemer(s)"
,
The New York Times
, May 1, 2011.
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Jennifer Arrow,
"Extreme Couponing Sneak Peek: Awww, Coupon Baby!"
,
E! Online
, May 3, 2011.
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Ken Tucker,
"'Extreme Couponing' review: Weird, selfish people, or thrifty smarties?"
Entertainment Weekly
, April 6, 2011.
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Jill Cataldo,
"Was coupon fraud shown on TLC's Extreme Couponing?"
, April 8, 2011.
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Jill Cataldo,
"The Darker Side of Extreme Couponing"
,
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Archived
2011-06-01 at the
Wayback Machine
, May 25, 2011.
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Valerie Hoff,
"Bloggers take issue with 'Extreme Couponing'"
Archived
2012-07-17 at
archive.today
,
WXIA-TV
, May 25, 2011.
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Quentin Fottrell,
"Extreme Couponing Star: I Was a Scapegoat"
,
SmartMoney
, May 11, 2011.
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"Clash of the Coupon-Clipping Titans"
.
Archived
from the original on February 24, 2012
. Retrieved
September 20,
2012
.
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a
b
"Are the Money-Saving Strategies on 'Extreme Couponing' Bogus?"
.
Time
. February 20, 2012
. Retrieved
September 20,
2012
.
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"Confirmed: 200 more counterfeit coupons used on Extreme Couponing"
. March 6, 2012
. Retrieved
September 20,
2012
.
External links
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