for all you John and Kate + 8 fans

[RACER X]

lol

http://www.click2houston.com/enterta...45/detail.html

TLC's 'Jon & Kate' Is Soon To Be 'Kate Plus Eight'
Show To Focus On Kate Gosselin's Role As Single Mom
FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer

POSTED: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
UPDATED: 10:50 am CDT September 29, 2009



Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Discovery
NEW YORK -- "Jon & Kate Plus 8" will soon be simply "Kate Plus Eight."

That's the word from the TLC network, who announced Tuesday that its hit reality show is adapting to changes in the Gosselin household, which has been disrupted by the split up of Kate and Jon.

The renamed "Kate Plus Eight," which begins Nov. 2, will continue to chronicle the lives of the Gosselin kids (5-year-old sextuplets and 8-year-old twins) but will also focus on Kate's role as a single mother.

"It's not a huge shift, but it's reflective of where the show was already going," said Eileen O'Neill, TLC's president and general manager.

"Jon's going to be involved in the show," she said, adding that he will be seen less often than before. TLC retains an exclusive arrangement with him, as well as the rest of the family, O'Neill said.

The couple made their separation official on a "Jon & Kate" episode that aired in June and was seen by 10.6 million viewers.

The rupture came after weeks of tabloid reports of marital strains and infidelities, which both spouses denied. On the show, the parental co-stars barely spoke to each other.

Since then, media coverage of the squabbling exes has continued full-bore, and both Jon and Kate have made separate he-said-she-said talk-show rounds. They are in divorce proceedings.

It's quite a change since the series clicked with viewers two years ago for its heartwarming look at the challenges of raising eight young children.

Going forward, O'Neill said, "We hope for the sake of the family that things are more manageable. I don't think anyone asked for that amount of attention."

She spoke hopefully of a bright future for the series and dismissed a report circulating Tuesday that Kate Gosselin had posted a tweet that this season might be the last: Kate doesn't have a Twitter account, O'Neill said.

Although the audience for recent "Jon & Kate" airings has dropped below two million viewers, the current season has averaged a robust 3.2 million (even omitting its two record-setting "event" episodes), which represents an increase of 300,000 viewers over last season.

Discussions are under way with Kate Gosselin for another series that might debut in 2010, O'Neill said.

"I think there's an opportunity for Kate beyond her role as a supermom to explore her other interests," O'Neill said.

Meanwhile, with reality-based programming that also includes "Little People, Big World," ''What Not to Wear" and "LA Ink," the network is boasting a year of consecutive month-to-month audience gains.

"We're not a one-hit wonder," O'Neill said.

The series airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EDT.

TLC is owned by Discovery Communications, LLC.

[unknownroad]

Um, you might have noticed the motorcycle up at the top of the page? This is not your knitting forum, princess

[tommymac]

This lady is milking it for all its worth, what i cant believe is that people watch this or any of the other shows listed for that matter. I think its time ot realize tha treality tv has run its course and to move on to something else.

Tom

[azoomm]

[derf]

Originally Posted by azoomm

There is no horse too dead to kick one more time

[RACER X]

Z used to watch, but since the div. she' been turned off. now it seems both are after the $ vs the well being on the kids......

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by RACER X

Z used to watch, but since the div. she' been turned off. now it seems both are after the $ vs the well being on the kids......

like they werent after the money before, why else open yourselves and your children to all that media exposure.

Tom

Originally Posted by derf

There is no horse too dead to kick one more time

Esp if these money grubbing slugs can wring a few more dollars out of them.

Tom

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by tommymac

like they werent after the money before, why else open yourselves and your children to all that media exposure.

Tom



Esp if these money grubbing slugs can wring a few more dollars out of them.

Tom

well how else were they gonna pay for them all, w/ his job? WIC? i didn't mind watching the show at first and even until recently. beacuse there kids paralleled my kids........and the trials and tribulations of being a parent.

anyways.........april said this weekend, she didn't like being brown adn she wanted to be white.........

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by RACER X

well how else were they gonna pay for them all, w/ his job? WIC? i didn't mind watching the show at first and even until recently. beacuse there kids paralleled my kids........and the trials and tribulations of being a parent.

anyways.........april said this weekend, she didn't like being brown adn she wanted to be white.........

They do in the ghetto or all the hasidic/orthodox jewish families with 6plus kids seem to get by so it can be done, otherwise be careful what you ask for.

Seeing how these 2 morons act its obvious they shouldnt be breeding.

[2up]

Originally Posted by RACER X

well how else were they gonna pay for them all, w/ his job? WIC? i didn't mind watching the show at first and even until recently. beacuse there kids paralleled my kids........and the trials and tribulations of being a parent.

anyways.........april said this weekend, she didn't like being brown adn she wanted to be white.........

A. If the only way you can afford to have that many kids is to whore them out on reality TV, perhaps you should rethink how many kids you're going to have. Reality TV is to our time what the Gladiators fighting to the death was to their time. People being entertained by (in most part) the shame and misery of others.

B. My niece, who is half Chilean and has brown eyes and hair and the most beautiful perfect brown skin, went through a faze like that too. She wanted to look like the girls in her Disney movies. My sister reminded her that Pochahontis and Alladin (I think it was that one) have dark hair/eye/skin girls. Who are every bit as beautiful.