the issue was the cameras weren t rolling in may when the revelations surfaced so the network was able to wait a little while before deciding what to do. they the show disappeared but they always left open the possibility maybe it would come back. for the first time today they re saying they are not going to resume production however they were leaving the door open to a possible spinoff sim in the future. a spinoff involving jessa and jill? there s an idea maybe some of the daughters will be featured in a new show but that will be down the road. the bottom line is this show will not be returning to the schedule. they won t be resuming production but they also won t be bringing the old episodes back. that s a big deal for tlc on a business level. it s one of the highest rated shows so they are taking a business hit here but culturally there would have been a lot of criticism. so we may or may not see some of the duggar on television again? there s always a possibility for a spin
the one time we know some of the daughters will be back on tlc. they are going to do a commercial-free special about child molestation. they are working with a couple groups to produce a special that will try to tell the stories of jill and jessa. so jill and jessa will appear in this hour-long special. these are the women that were interviewed by fox news who defended their brother in some cases and tried to describe what had actually happened to them. they will be participating in the special. i have a feeling one of the reasons it s taken to get to this point was tlc was in negotiations with this family. they were trying to figure out what they could do with this family in the future. a really difficult situation on a number of levels. this is a family that was really in crisis that never expected these old molestation allegations to surface and become the big story they became. brian stelter, many thanks. i appreciate it. it s very difficult to
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so why dupg we re just hearing about this now? why wasn t it dealt with before? you know i think that they honestly believe that they did deal with it and that s what they keep saying in their reports well they re wrong. they re just wrong. it was something that yeah. there was no professional counseling. there was no criminal charges, so no it wasn t dealt with. but in their minds, this was something that they d already taken care of it was in the past and so it really just didn t need to be brought out into the public. well perhaps that s that s an issue that should be dealt with when people think that they can just deal with their spirituality and not have to deal with the reality of the law in the real world. so let s talk about this. this is father-in-law, josh duggar s sister, jessa, spoke out in support of josh and also said that the duggar parents should be committed
photos that are no longer available on her page. what is that picture? she s upside down like a selfie. an artistic selfie. regardless of all of this, the 26-year-old is back and made nice with instagram. a second image, a cartoon posted on instagram s official account. #riunited. they are having some fun with it. they are making up. all good. another dugger daughter is officially off the market. 21-year-old jessa tied the knot with 19-year-old ben seewald over the weekend before a packed crowd. about 1,000 people in bentonville, arkansas. with a couple major departures from tradition. the 19 kids and counting star saved her first kiss with ben ever for her wedding day. wasn t even at the altar. jessa and ben kissed after the ceremony in private, we are