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First Look: One of TLC's Extreme Cheapskates Gets By Without Using the Toilet

You think you're frugal? You've probably got nothing on the people profiled in TLC's new series Extreme Cheapskates, which is back for a second episode tonight at 10/9c. TLC has ordered six episodes of the show, which features penny pinchers as they dumpster dive and reuse toilet paper, among other things, to save a few bucks.

Michael Schneider

You think you're frugal? You've probably got nothing on the people profiled in TLC's new series Extreme Cheapskates, which is back for a second episode tonight at 10/9c. TLC has ordered six episodes of the show, which features penny pinchers as they dumpster dive and reuse toilet paper, among other things, to save a few bucks.

Exclusive: TLC Orders Extreme Cheapskates to Series

On tonight's episode, viewers will meet Victoria Hunt, who saves money by urinating in a jar (which, naturally, helps cut back on her water bill).  But don't worry: "I poop like everyone else," she explains. Hunt also refuses to shower at home and cooks dinner with items foraged from the wild. In the episode, her boyfriend Steve moves in temporarily to see if he can live under her rules.

The Frugal Families of TLC's Extreme Cheapskates Get an Airdate

Here's a clip from the October 23 episode of Extreme Cheapskates.

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