E! Greenlights ‘Botched’ Sixth Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
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E! Entertainment has renewed its reality series Botched for a sixth season in advance of the show’s December fifth season premiere.

The series, which follows doctors who face complicated reconstructive surgeries, will launch its fifth season on Dec. 6. The show averaged 1.2 million viewers during the first half of season four on a Nielsen L+3 basis, according to network officials. 

Botched currently ranks as one of E!’s top 5 original programs with adults 18-49 and consistently ranked across the Top 10 original programs on Sundays and Thursday in Primetime (8-11 pm) across ad-supported cable among key demos, said E!

Botched is an Evolution Media production with Douglas Ross, Alex Baskin, Matt Westmore, Dr. Terry Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif serving as executive producers. 

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.