Extreme Cheapskates

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]

Extreme Cheapskates
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 (2012-10-16) – November 19, 2014 (2014-11-19)

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
Pilot			December 28, 2011 (2011-12-28)
1	6		October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)	October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)
2	8		October 30, 2013 (2013-10-30)	November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27)
3	12		September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)	November 19, 2014 (2014-11-19)

Pilot

No.	Title	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
0	"Pilot"	December 28, 2011 (2011-12-28)	100-60	1.61[6]

Season 1 (2012)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Kate Hashimoto"	October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)	101	1.28[7]
2	2	"Terence Candell/Greg Insco"	October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)	102	1.23[7]
3	3	"Victoria Hunt"	October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23)	103	1.00[8]
4	4	"Abdul Mohammed & Vickie Smith"	October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23)	104	1.09[8]
5	5	"Jeff Yeager"	October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)	105	0.93[9]
6	6	"Roy Haynes & Ben Livingston"	October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)	106	0.98[9]

Season 2 (2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
7	1	"Rick & Karissa Parran/Torski Dobson-Arnold"	October 30, 2013 (2013-10-30)	1.33[10]
8	2	"Shelly (Shelly Watson, Ashley Watson)"	October 30, 2013 (2013-10-30)	1.59[10]
9	3	"Angel Durr/Mark Parisi"	November 6, 2013 (2013-11-06)	1.04[11]
10	4	"Melody Rose/Marlin Thomas"	November 6, 2013 (2013-11-06)	1.14[11]
11	5	"Matt Rivera/Sarah Gracel-Anderson"	November 13, 2013 (2013-11-13)	1.24[12]
12	6	"The O'Briens"	November 13, 2013 (2013-11-13)	1.48[12]
13	7	"Jordan Page/Michael McSurley"	November 20, 2013 (2013-11-20)	1.14[13]
14	8	"Stephanie Bennett/Larry Melvin"	November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27)	N/A

Season 3 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
15	1	"Hats Off To You Fella"	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)	N/A
16	2	"In Sickness and In Wealth (Karen & Barry Hearn)"	October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)	N/A
17	3	"All Wrapped Up"	October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)	N/A
18	4	"Home Is Where The Cart Is ( Steffanie Rivers, RJ Andrews)"	October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)	0.81[14]
19	5	"Cheap Hair Day (Kelley Watson, Pelin Mathis)"	October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)	N/A
20	6	"Father Knows Debt (Raul Pinto, Patricia Pinto, Nicholas Pinto, Kia Cambridge)"	October 15, 2014 (2014-10-15)	1.01[15]
21	7	"Pool Rules: No Spending (Jeni Cox, Lisa DiMercurio)"	October 15, 2014 (2014-10-15)	1.27[15]
22	8	"Nobody Pays Retail (Lydia Abate, Mason Roberts)"	October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22)	0.81[14]
23	9	"The Grass Is Always Cheaper (Jamie Jay, Justin Roiland)"	October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29)	0.89[14]
24	10	"Feast or Famine (Goldy Locks, Ron Maestri)"	November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05)	0.86[14]
25	11	"Diving for Dollars (Anne Marie, Peter Anthony)"	November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12)	N/A
26	12	"Vacations"	November 19, 2014 (2014-11-19)	0.85[14]

Reception

Allison Keene of The Hollywood Reporter said fans of Hoarders won't be disappointed by the show.^[16] Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media gave the show 2 out of 5 stars.^[17]

See also

• Miser