Where are the Duggars Going/Show Coming Back?

[LittleSpouseOnThePrairie]

On January 29, 2016 at 5:46 PM, EmCatlyn said:

 

I would be surprised if TLC is planning to bring the old show back.  For one thing, it is clear that "and counting" no longer applies.

Jill & Jessa: CountingOnTLCforIncome

19 kids and CountingOnTLCforIncome

[nst]

On 2/4/2016 at 3:49 AM, RosyDaisy said:

I'll happily accept the title of witch hunter. Josh molested 5 girls multiple times. One of them was only 5 years old. That makes him a threat in my eyes. Therefore, I'll happily accept the title of one of Josh Duggar's witch hunters.

I will second you - I will happily accept the title of witch hunter.  Josh molested children - enough said a freaking five year old - there are no more words for me 

put a fork in it his is done imo. 

 

[quiverofdoubt]

To change the subject: the duggars are coming back on the air. And with most of the family, if not all.  Maybe they'll change the show title, but not sure.

1) The public  has a very short attention span. Next week they will be onto the next scandal, t he next celebrity break up.

2) the duggars are D list at best. Most people don't know who they are, and if they do, they know them vaguely as "that crazy family with all the kids"

3) it's a presidential election year. This will keep people distracted and off of the duggars.

4)TLC needs the duggars. they've been the bread and butter for far too long to just dump them

5) it's clear they've been paving the way to bring them back for some time, and getting us used to that idea

6) judging by facebook and other accounts there are still lots of supporters out there. and what can the haters do? write letters?  

7) advertisers: they pay for airspace. they may or may not get a choice of where the ad is placed, or even care. and again, what can anyone do about it? not shop at certain stores? hobby lobby isn't going to go bankrupt if a couple of hundred people boycott them.

Most, if not all the family will be back in the show because

1) doing otherwise will be an admission on tlc's part that there's something fishy here. they've played up "good misunderstood christian family" angle from day 1

2) the duggars are always together. They never do anything solo.  eventually it will be impossible to not start showing the whole family, or large portions of t hem. They can keep 1 or 2 individuals off the air, but they can't just do whole episodes and series on one or two people. 

[allthegoodnamesrgone]

On 2/3/2016 at 0:15 PM, sawasdee said:

Okay, deep breath. I don'tbelievethatateenagerwhoassaultshissistersisnecessarilyapedo. I think, in the environment in which they grew up, it was always a possibility, and , perhaps, an inevitability, that sexuality would be explored- which would explain the comment that it was common in their circles for such incidents to occur.. There is a reason that paedophiliacs are not diagnosed until they are a certain age - until the brain, and the sexuality has matured, it CAN be environment and opportunity. I also believe that Josh's development was seriously delayed by his idiotic parents' beliefs.

There is absolutely no evidence that Josh has assaulted any child since reaching adulthood. I do believe that Josh was socially developmentally delayed by the ridiculous teachings of ATI. I feel that some on FJ have a witch hunt that Josh is an aggressive paedophiliac who should not be allowed to be around his children, and that Anna should divorce him for that reason. I disagree. She surely has many grounds for divorce, but I do not think this is one of them. ( ducks and runs...)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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That was hard to read was it as hard to type.  You must forgive me I have a habit of typing one thing while thinking of another and expecting the magic of the internet to read my  mind.  I was thinking pervert/pig/scumbag and it came out pedo. I was wrong to call him that, I really do need to learn to express written words with my disjointed brain. 

[refugee]

On 1/28/2016 at 10:02 AM, Cleopatra7 said:

I understand intellectually that there are leghumpers but I just don't understand why. JB and Michelle threw their daughters under the bus to protect their eldest son's "testimony" and social standing within the church. They've neglected the educations of all their children, and have taught them a poor work ethic. They've even said that incest is common in their social circle. That alone is a sign that the ATI world is seriously dysfunctional.  There is nothing admirable about this family and certain nothing that merits them a TV show.

There are still people who look up to the Duggars. Why? I don't know. I had a conversation with one of them, who is "friends" with M -- from having met her at annual ATI get-togethers, I assume? They live on opposite sides of the country. And M is a "wonderful, sweet, humble, encouraging lady" and this person "can't imagine why people are so obsessed with throwing dirt on the Ds". It's sad, really.

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Worst of all, this person has also seen molestation in their own family.

 

[Jana814]

49 minutes ago, refugee said:

There are still people who look up to the Duggars. Why? I don't know. I had a conversation with one of them, who is "friends" with M -- from having met her at annual ATI get-togethers, I assume? They live on opposite sides of the country. And M is a "wonderful, sweet, humble, encouraging lady" and this person "can't imagine why people are so obsessed with throwing dirt on the Ds". It's sad, really.

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Worst of all, this person has also seen molestation in their own family.

 

I don't understand why anyone would admire the Duggar's or Maxwell's. 

[luv2laugh]

On 2/4/2016 at 3:49 AM, RosyDaisy said:

I'll happily accept the title of witch hunter. Josh molested 5 girls multiple times. One of them was only 5 years old. That makes him a threat in my eyes. Therefore, I'll happily accept the title of one of Josh Duggar's witch hunters.

I'll second that, Rosy Daisy. I am a proud witch hunter over here. Josh molested 5 girls- 4 being his sisters, one being his 5 year old sister. He digitally molested them.  I will NEVER forget that day I found out about this in the news. I almost completely vomited. He is among the lowest of the low. I want to see Josh own up to this, leave the "rehab", and check himself into a licensed psychiatric facility, and for the entire family to get the heck off television!  OT, but I bet within 10-15 years, that more than half of the kids are going to leave this lifestyle and do a complete 180. In 10 years, we will hear from some of the kids that got out and talk about how dysfunctional and crazy JB & Michelle are mark my words. Once one of the siblings breaks away, it will pave the path for the others and make it a lot easier. I can seriously see JB having a serious mental breakdown and end up admitted to a psych ward once/if the kids start speaking out. JD may be a self-sufficient, productive member of society but JB & Michelle still have him emotionally controlled. I'd like to see him actually move far far far away from them. Why aren't any of the 18+ kidults out of the house? It's because JB & Michelle are operating their own in-home cult. They have them under so much emotional control that it should be criminal.

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

5 hours ago, luv2laugh said:

I'll second that, Rosy Daisy. I am a proud witch hunter over here. Josh molested 5 girls- 4 being his sisters, one being his 5 year old sister. He digitally molested them.  I will NEVER forget that day I found out about this in the news. I almost completely vomited. He is among the lowest of the low. I want to see Josh own up to this, leave the "rehab", and check himself into a licensed psychiatric facility, and for the entire family to get the heck off television!  OT, but I bet within 10-15 years, that more than half of the kids are going to leave this lifestyle and do a complete 180. In 10 years, we will hear from some of the kids that got out and talk about how dysfunctional and crazy JB & Michelle are mark my words. Once one of the siblings breaks away, it will pave the path for the others and make it a lot easier. I can seriously see JB having a serious mental breakdown and end up admitted to a psych ward once/if the kids start speaking out. JD may be a self-sufficient, productive member of society but JB & Michelle still have him emotionally controlled. I'd like to see him actually move far far far away from them. Why aren't any of the 18+ kidults out of the house? It's because JB & Michelle are operating their own in-home cult. They have them under so much emotional control that it should be criminal.

A psychiatric facility isn't for people who don't have real psychiatric problems that require around the clock care. We know NOTHING about his mental state. We CANNOT diagnose him as having a mental illness from the LITTLE we know of him. Josh is in "rehab" for a "porn addiction," not because he's molesting people. It's a "save face" move, not a "get him away from possible victims" move. And we have absolutely no proof that Josh has done any kind of sexual or physical harm to anyone since he was 15; and no you can't quote the Danica story because 1. when she first went to the press and blabbed, she claimed that he apologized for his actions and that they weren't that bad, it wasn't till after the press got ahold of it and turned it into "the scariest sex of her life" that her story changed; 2. I have yet to see proof that Josh was even with her, it's just a lot of hearsay at this point; 3. the lawsuit has not been ruled on and, as such, proves nothing because you can sue anyone for any claim, but it doesn't matter what you claim until you actually get a ruling that determines the validity of your claim.

[luv2laugh]

29 minutes ago, DuggarsTheEndIsNear said:

A psychiatric facility isn't for people who don't have real psychiatric problems that require around the clock care. We know NOTHING about his mental state. We CANNOT diagnose him as having a mental illness from the LITTLE we know of him. Josh is in "rehab" for a "porn addiction," not because he's molesting people. It's a "save face" move, not a "get him away from possible victims" move. And we have absolutely no proof that Josh has done any kind of sexual or physical harm to anyone since he was 15; and no you can't quote the Danica story because 1. when she first went to the press and blabbed, she claimed that he apologized for his actions and that they weren't that bad, it wasn't till after the press got ahold of it and turned it into "the scariest sex of her life" that her story changed; 2. I have yet to see proof that Josh was even with her, it's just a lot of hearsay at this point; 3. the lawsuit has not been ruled on and, as such, proves nothing because you can sue anyone for any claim, but it doesn't matter what you claim until you actually get a ruling that determines the validity of your claim.

You have no evidence that he is not still, currently molesting people. You have no evidence on if he is currently suffering from a severe psychological disability that indeed, requires around the clock 24/7 care.I agree that his "rehab" stint was in part, to save face of course and rehab the Duggar brand with him out of sight, out of mind. I did not bring up the Danica story. However, again, you have no proof that he did physically harm her.  His issues from the molestation were NEVER dealt with by a professional, and need to be ASAP. 

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

6 minutes ago, luv2laugh said:

You have no evidence that he is not still, currently molesting people. You have no evidence on if he is currently suffering from a severe psychological disability that indeed, requires around the clock 24/7 care. His issues from the molestation were NEVER dealt with by a professional, and need to be ASAP.

You CANNOT say that something someone did at 15 is something they will DEFINITELY do at 28. My friend was an arson at 15. At 26, he's decided to become a firefighter. The acts of a teenager do not predict the acts of an adult. Yes, what he did was horrible, but that does not mean he's a threat. And, more so, what he did as a teenager DOES NOT equal him being mentally ill. Nor does it mean that he has "unresolved issues." We know that he didn't get the proper care as a teenager, but that doesn't mean that he never received the help he needed. Or, maybe the wrong help did help him. We don't know. Not that it matters because professional counseling for those types of crimes is NOT THE SAME THING as locking someone away in an psychiatric facility.

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

Someone mentioned Kirk Cameron earlier (I'm too lazy to figure out who), and I got to thinking. The Duggars could always use their connection to him to get on his sister's show, Fuller House. She's crazy fundie enough to probably be all for it, and I'm sure the producers would do whatever she wants...

[Kira]

 

Have TLC or the Duggars denied these reports? Why would TLC interview the Duggars if they weren't coming back? 

 

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

10 minutes ago, Kira said:

 

Have TLC or the Duggars denied these reports? Why would TLC interview the Duggars if they weren't coming back? 

 

I doubt they'll say anything until it is in post production. They'll definitely leak it, though, in the months leading up to the official announcement.

[salex]

On 2/6/2016 at 4:51 PM, Jana814 said:

I don't understand why anyone would admire the Duggar's or Maxwell's. 

Admiring either family makes me wonder how bad that person's home life is behind closed doors.

[Jana814]

7 minutes ago, salex said:

Admiring either family makes me wonder how bad that person's home life is behind closed doors.

A few times I have a read on a Maxwell post someone saying how they wished their family growing up was like theirs. It's very odd that someone would admire a family who isolates their kids. 

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

4 hours ago, Jana814 said:

A few times I have a read on a Maxwell post someone saying how they wished their family growing up was like theirs. It's very odd that someone would admire a family who isolates their kids. 

People don't really look too far into the families/people they idolize, or else they wouldn't necessarily idolize them. It's easy to idolize someone when all you see is a family that appears happy and spends lots of time together, loving each other.

[choralcrusader8613]

3 minutes ago, DuggarsTheEndIsNear said:

People don't really look too far into the families/people they idolize, or else they wouldn't necessarily idolize them. It's easy to idolize someone when all you see is a family that appears happy and spends lots of time together, loving each other.

Yeah, it's like this morning when I was watching an old Duggar episode (the one where they go to Colorado Springs for Focus on the Family. A young girl (pre-teenish) said that she admired how the Duggar kids got along and she couldn't imagine having to get along with 18 brothers and sisters. People want to appreciate the "pretty" surface, not realizing that below that surface is a whole lotta ugly.

[Cleopatra7]

On 2/8/2016 at 3:33 PM, DuggarsTheEndIsNear said:

Someone mentioned Kirk Cameron earlier (I'm too lazy to figure out who), and I got to thinking. The Duggars could always use their connection to him to get on his sister's show, Fuller House. She's crazy fundie enough to probably be all for it, and I'm sure the producers would do whatever she wants...

I doubt it. Even a milquetoast show like Fuller House will be too racy for the Duggars, since there will be dancing, singing, single mothers, and sassy kids, among other things. The producers wouldn't want to run the risk of unnecessary controversy. If Bure pulls a Kirk and tries to make everyone do things according to the dictates of her faith, you can bet she'd be replaced with a "fake DJ" like the Brady bunch variety show did with "fake Jan."

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

6 minutes ago, Cleopatra7 said:

I doubt it. Even a milquetoast show like Fuller House will be too racy for the Duggars, since there will be dancing, singing, single mothers, and sassy kids, among other things. The producers wouldn't want to run the risk of unnecessary controversy. If Bure pulls a Kirk and tries to make everyone do things according to the dictates of her faith, you can bet she'd be replaced with a "fake DJ" like the Brady bunch variety show did with "fake Jan."

But, she's a single mom because of death. And, she has to rely on her family for support. I don't see how the Duggars would be upset with that.

[Jana814]

Just now, DuggarsTheEndIsNear said:

But, she's a single mom because of death. And, she has to rely on her family for support. I don't see how the Duggars would be upset with that.

Originally she was suppose to be a single mom do to divorce but Bure didn't want that.  

[December]

29 minutes ago, Jana814 said:

Originally she was suppose to be a single mom do to divorce but Bure didn't want that.  

Because it's always so much better for the children to have a dead parent than divorced parents? At least that's the implication I take from that. Yikes.

That said, I'm surprised they even tried to do the divorce storyline with Cameron Bure in the first place, considering how well known her religious views are. Maybe they thought she'd be willing to act in a fictional role that deviates from her actual life and values? Ridiculous expectation for a professional actress, I know  

[jadis87]

I think Kimmy is divorced.

[Jana814]

13 minutes ago, jadis87 said:

I think Kimmy is divorced.

Both on the show & the person who plays her is now divorced. 

[DuggarsTheEndIsNear]

1 hour ago, Jana814 said:

Originally she was suppose to be a single mom do to divorce but Bure didn't want that.  

No. It was always going to be she was a widow. But, the series was originally going to be "DJ's husband just died and she's pregnant with her third child!" Now it's "DJ's husband died and she already has 3 children" because it was seen as less traumatic that way.

38 minutes ago, jadis87 said:

I think Kimmy is divorced.

I don't think it's been stated why Kimmy has a child but no husband, yet. Or, if it has, it wasn't anywhere I can find with a simple google search.

[Jana814]

16 minutes ago, DuggarsTheEndIsNear said:

No. It was always going to be she was a widow. But, the series was originally going to be "DJ's husband just died and she's pregnant with her third child!" Now it's "DJ's husband died and she already has 3 children" because it was seen as less traumatic that way.

I don't think it's been stated why Kimmy has a child but no husband, yet. Or, if it has, it wasn't anywhere I can find with a simple google search.

I guess I got my information wrong.  I'm not sure how I feel about the reboot of the show.