Season 4
Tabatha Takes Over (known as Tabatha's Salon Takeover prior to Season 4) is an American reality makeover television series produced by Reveille Productions in which former Shear Genius contestant and hair salon owner Tabatha Coffey helps failing salons, in a format similar to that of Fox Broadcasting's Kitchen Nightmares.
The series premiered in the USA on Bravo on 21 August, 2008.
Tabatha's Salon Takeover premiered in South Africa on DStv's M-Net Series channel on Friday 18 September 2009, at 21h00. It moved to Vuzu from Season 2 and also aired on M-Net Series Reality, from Season 5. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 4 did not air in South Africa.
Season 4
For the first time in series history, Tabatha Coffey takes her entrepreneurial expertise to a whole new level when the newly titled series, Tabatha Takes Over returns.
The straight-talking, charismatic business owner and Australian native uses her sound advice and savvy expertise to help turn around not only salons, but a wide variety of struggling businesses including a beauty school, gay dance club, yogurt shop, doggy day care and even Bed and Breakfast.
Season 4 follows Tabatha as she travels across the country taking over various failing establishments and whipping them into shape with her professional advice on everything from management style and marketing materials to customer service and aesthetics.
For one week, Tabatha takes over as boss and confiscates the keys as she brings her unapologetic, brutally honest approach to the business owners who are in dire need of her assistance.
In the premiere episode, Tabatha heads into the Jungle Red salon in Minneapolis, Minnesota where owner Suzanne Erickson seems more interested in acting like a teenager than a boss. Her staff is out of control and Suzanne has put most of the responsibility on her daughter Kari.
To make matters worse, Tabatha is quick to discover that Jungle Red is a failing salon by day and the owner's home by night. Tabatha has to motivate Suzanne to grow up and stop relying on her daughter to manage her staff so that Kari is free to pursue her own dreams.
The salons and businesses Tabatha will makeover this season include:
Barkingham Palace - West Hollywood, California
Beyond Salon - Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Chill - Ventura, California
Cinema Suites - Los Angeles, California
Club Ripples - Long Beach, California
Flavio Beauty College - Torrance, California
H Design - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jungle Red - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pat's Hair Shoppe - Douglasville, Georgia
Salon Bridgette - Swedesboro, New Jersey
Salon Deco - Atlanta, Georgia
Sweetgrass - Atlanta, Georgia
Tabatha Takes Over is produced by Reveille LLC for Bravo with Heather Schuster and Tabatha Coffey serving as executive producers.
Seasons
Note: the show moved from M-Net Series to Vuzu for Season 2. Only the first episode of Season 3 aired on Vuzu, after which the channel broadcast Season 5. Season 4 did not air in South Africa and the first four seasons did not air on M-Net Series Reality.
Season 1 (8 episodes)
Channel: M-Net Series | Premiere: 18 Sep 2009 | Finale: 6 Nov 2009 | Fri, 21h00
Season 2 (10 episodes)
Channel: Vuzu | Premiere: 7 Feb 2010 | Finale: 11 Apr 2010 | Sun, 19h30
Season 3 (10 episodes)
Channel: Vuzu | Aired: 3 Aug 2013 | Sat, 22h00
Season 4 (12 episodes)
Did not air in South Africa
Season 5 (12 episodes)
Channel: Vuzu | Premiere: 10 Aug 2013 | Finale: 26 Oct 2013 | Sat, 22h00
Channel: MS Reality | Premiere: 25 Dec 2013 | Finale: 9 Jan 2014 | Weekdays, 23h30