Extreme Cheapskates | |
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Genre | Reality |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Sharp Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | TLC |
Release | October 16, 2012 – November 19, 2014 |
Extreme Cheapskates is an American reality television series that aired on TLC and premiered on October 16, 2012. [1] [2] It documents the lives of those who take frugality to an extreme. TLC aired the series' pilot episode in December 2011, and ordered a six episode first season on February 23, 2012. [3] [4] Season 2 premiered on October 30, 2013. [5]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
Pilot | December 28, 2011 | |||
1 | 6 | October 16, 2012 | October 30, 2012 | |
2 | 8 | October 30, 2013 | November 27, 2013 | |
3 | 12 | September 24, 2014 | November 19, 2014 |
No. | Title | Original air date | Production code | U.S. viewers (million) |
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0 | "Pilot" | December 28, 2011 | 100-60 | 1.61 [6] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Kate Hashimoto" | October 16, 2012 | 101 | 1.28 [7] |
2 | 2 | "Terence Candell/Greg Insco" | October 16, 2012 | 102 | 1.23 [7] |
3 | 3 | "Victoria Hunt" | October 23, 2012 | 103 | 1.00 [8] |
4 | 4 | "Abdul Mohammed & Vickie Smith" | October 23, 2012 | 104 | 1.09 [8] |
5 | 5 | "Jeff Yeager" | October 30, 2012 | 105 | 0.93 [9] |
6 | 6 | "Roy Haynes & Ben Livingston" | October 30, 2012 | 106 | 0.98 [9] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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7 | 1 | "Rick & Karissa Parran/Torski Dobson-Arnold" | October 30, 2013 | 1.33 [10] |
8 | 2 | "Shelly (Shelly Watson, Ashley Watson)" | October 30, 2013 | 1.59 [10] |
9 | 3 | "Angel Durr/Mark Parisi" | November 6, 2013 | 1.04 [11] |
10 | 4 | "Melody Rose/Marlin Thomas" | November 6, 2013 | 1.14 [11] |
11 | 5 | "Matt Rivera/Sarah Gracel-Anderson" | November 13, 2013 | 1.24 [12] |
12 | 6 | "The O'Briens" | November 13, 2013 | 1.48 [12] |
13 | 7 | "Jordan Page/Michael McSurley" | November 20, 2013 | 1.14 [13] |
14 | 8 | "Stephanie Bennett/Larry Melvin" | November 27, 2013 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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15 | 1 | "Hats Off To You Fella" | September 24, 2014 | N/A |
16 | 2 | "In Sickness and In Wealth (Karen & Barry Hearn)" | October 1, 2014 | N/A |
17 | 3 | "All Wrapped Up" | October 1, 2014 | N/A |
18 | 4 | "Home Is Where The Cart Is ( Steffanie Rivers, RJ Andrews)" | October 8, 2014 | 0.81 [14] |
19 | 5 | "Cheap Hair Day (Kelley Watson, Pelin Mathis)" | October 8, 2014 | N/A |
20 | 6 | "Father Knows Debt (Raul Pinto, Patricia Pinto, Nicholas Pinto, Kia Cambridge)" | October 15, 2014 | 1.01 [15] |
21 | 7 | "Pool Rules: No Spending (Jeni Cox, Lisa DiMercurio)" | October 15, 2014 | 1.27 [15] |
22 | 8 | "Nobody Pays Retail (Lydia Abate, Mason Roberts)" | October 22, 2014 | 0.81 [14] |
23 | 9 | "The Grass Is Always Cheaper (Jamie Jay, Justin Roiland)" | October 29, 2014 | 0.89 [14] |
24 | 10 | "Feast or Famine (Goldy Locks, Ron Maestri)" | November 5, 2014 | 0.86 [14] |
25 | 11 | "Diving for Dollars (Anne Marie, Peter Anthony)" | November 12, 2014 | N/A |
26 | 12 | "Vacations" | November 19, 2014 | 0.85 [14] |
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