AMERICAN Pickers star Mike Wolfe has been glowing since his reality show has been fairing better.
Mike and his girlfriend, Leticia Cline, stopped to do a video together while they were out on the town.
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Mike, 59, stood in between his girlfriend and another woman, positioning his arms around them.
Leticia, 45, talked the most, promoting the TV personality’s Kid Pickers co-author Lily Sprengelmeyer’s music.
Lily’s musician name is Lily Stella Maris.
“Watch Lily Stella Maris banjo videos,” the model exclaimed, earning a gleeful yee-haw from Mike and the woman beside him.
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The clip was shared on Lily’s Instagram account.
The antique collector’s happy mood could be credited to the increase in American Pickers’ show ratings.
The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed that the January 17 episode, Kiddie Car Heaven, brought in 894,000 viewers, the highest of the season.
The first half of Season 25 kicked off on December 27 with two episodes.
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Classic Car Cemetery had just 723,000 viewers, while the second episode of the premiere, Hidden Cash Stash, dropped down to 676,000.
Episode three’s Mike and Homer on January 3 improved with 880,000 viewers.
The January 10 episode, Picking Against Time, brought in 809,000 viewers.
RATINGS BREAKDOWN
The Season 24 premiere kicked off strong with 943,000 fans watching on January 4, 2023.
The premiere for the second half of Season 24 on July 5 had 918,000 viewers.
The Season 23 premiere on January 1, 2022, reached over a million viewers with 1,050,000 fans tuning in.
he second half of Season 23 premiered on July 22, 2022, with 833,000 viewers.
ROBBIE IS OUT?
The dip in premiere ratings came as fans have called for Robbie to be fired from the series.
Robbie replaced fan-favorite Frank Fritz, 60, as permanent host in 2021.
One viewer said, “Please take Robbie off the show.”
Another fan said of Robbie poking fun at Mike’s negotiating skills on the premiere episode, “Let Mike do the talking. Stop it, Robbie.”
A third critic mentioned, “Where’s Frank? We need him back. We don’t need Robbie.”
Frank last appeared on American Pickers in 2020 when he took a break from the show to undergo back surgery.
He had a falling out with Mike and did not return to the show.
He then suffered a stroke in July 2022 and is currently under conservatorship and guardianship.
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