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TLC Just Made A Very Big Duggar-Related Announcement Fans Will Want To See
The millions of fans of the TLC program 19 Kids and Counting received some welcomed news this week: there is going to be a spin-off.
TLC announced on Thursday that the families of the two married daughters of the reality program, Jill and Jessa, will be featured in upcoming specials. The AP reports that filming will begin soon with the anticipated air date of the first of the programs sometime before the end of the year.
“So far untitled, they will feature Jill Dillard, 24, who, with her husband, Derick, and their infant son are preparing to move to El Salvador for missionary work, and sister Jessa Seewald, 22, who with her husband Ben is expecting their first child on Nov. 1,” according to the AP.
“What we will be following in these specials is Jessa preparing for her first child,” TLC Executive Vice President and General Manager Nancy Daniels said, adding, “and we’ll be watching Jill preparing to make a major move to Central America with her family, which we know is something our audience will be interested in.”
The project, Daniels said, came together quickly “after talking with the girls and understanding that this was something they wanted to do.”
“We know that our audience is really excited about what’s been going on with Jill and Jessa as they move into young adulthood,” said Daniels. “And now they’re both at the precipice of big changes. With what was happening in their lives in the next few months, it felt like now is the time (for the specials), and we got going pretty quickly.”
19 Kids and Counting was TLC’s most watched program, averaging 2.3 million viewers per week; but the network pulled it after the revelation that the Duggars’ oldest son, Josh, had engaged in child molestation as a teenager. More recently, Josh, 27, made news again after he was found to have an account with Ashley Madison and cheated on his wife.
The most watched episode of the reality series was last fall, when Jill married Derreck Dillard. Over four millions viewers tuned in, propelling it to the highest rated program on cable television.
h/t: Independent Journal Review
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/tlc-just-made-a-very-big-duggar-related-announcement-fans-will-want-to-see/
