A&E's newest reality show, The Wahlburgers premiered to great fan response Wednesday, Jan. 22, and future episodes may feature Donnie Wahlberg's famous girlfriend, Jenny McCarthy.

The new show follows the Wahlberg brothers--Donnie, Mark and Paul-- as they discuss expanding their Hingham, Mass. burger restaurant, Wahlburgers.

The premiere episode showed Mark, 42, Donnie, 44, and older brother Paul looking over old family photographs with their mother, Alma, as they talked about expanding the restaurant, both locally and internationally.

Mark, who has grown from being the teenage, shirtless rap artist Marky Mark to a respected actor and producer, pushed for the international expansion, while his brothers were a little more hesitant.

The episode also featured Donnie, formerly of New Kids on the Block, talking to Paul about a burger that was named after him, called the Donnie Double D.

The actor seemed unpleased about the name, and even asked his brother to change it, saying, "I like boobs as much as the next guy, but I don't want it to be the name of my burger."

However, though Donnie wasn't pleased with the burger that was named after him, his girlfriend, View co-host Jenny McCarthy, may be expressing interest in having a burger named after her at the restaurant.

According to The Daily Mail, McCarthy is slated to appear in the next episode and will sit down with her boyfriend and Paul to talk about possibly having a burger named after herself.

Donnie also sat down with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, to discuss the show and the possibility of McCarthy's future burger.

"She's getting a lot of stamps of approval, as she should. She's a wonderful lady. She's awesome," Wahlberg said.

"My perfect burger is definitely available at Wahlburgers-I think it's yet to be invented though," he added. "Who am I kidding? It's a Donnie burger smushed up with a Jenny burger!"

Both the Donnie Double D burger (featuring 2 1/3 lb. burger patties, white cheddar cheese, bacon, avocado, fresh jalapenos and BBQ sauce) and Jenny's Chicago Dog (an ode to McCarthy's hometown of Chicago, Ill. featuring 3 hot dog patties, yellow mustard, chopped onion and tomato, pickles and celery salt) have been the featured burger of the month at the restaurant in the past.

Other featured burgers include the O.F.D. (Originally from Dorchester), the Jolly Wahly Burger, Fall Brew, Dixieland Burger, Gronk burger, Chili Cheese Burger, and the Better than Breakfast burger, though none have notes which dedicate them to members of the Wahlberg clan.

The Wahlburgers airs Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. on A&E.


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