Quantify 'Honey Boo Boo'?

As someone without a television I tend to be aware of only “cultural phenomenon”level shows. For example, Jersey Shore, and of course South Park.  The past week something has impinged upon my consciousness, Honey Boo Boo. I am quite willing to cede ground to the humanists in analyzing this new cultural phenomenon. Of course there is the issue that the young Sayyid Qutb-‘s-to-be are watching this….