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[Macho Madness]

TLC officially canceling '19 Kids and Counting' following Josh Duggar's molestation revelations - @AP

It's about time.

 

[Akronis]

Good.

 

[wenis]

I'm surprised it took that long.

 

[Savitar]

So they're not going to do the spin off with the daughters?

Good if not.

 

[Soi-Fong]

Good riddance.

 

[ImpalingNarwhal]

I'm surprised it took that long.

Yes. How did it not happen sooner? I just assumed it had happened when all the news was breaking.

 

[braves01]

Good. Quiverfull is a disgusting movement and it's a shame they've popularized it so much already.

 

[PhoenixDark]

I'm surprised it took that long.

I'd imagine they did their own investigation.

 

[TheSlySoul]

Good news, such a boring show about boring people. Also yeah, the parents were creepers as well.
Honey had the same issue with the mother dating a creeper as well.

 

[FlyinJ]

The title of this show has taken on a disturbing new meaning.

 

[Hagi]

That's an unfortunate name for a TV show that features a child molester.

 

[Patryn]

Yes. How did it not happen sooner? I just assumed it had happened when all the news was breaking.

They supposedly had been trying to setup a spin-off that could avoid having the son ever appear. I'd guess either that totally fell through, so they're cutting ties, or it's about to be announced, so they're getting rid of the original.

 

[hoos30]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 

[Violence Jack]

Awesome. The less attention this family gets, the better.

How I wish TLC would actually go back to showing educational stuff instead of being the home of shit reality shows.

 

[EdibleKnife]

The chorus of sympathizers on the internet will certainly be incensed again. "He apologized! Why are you persecuting the Duggar's!?" Glad this family has been chided instead of returning to the status quo

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Awesome. The less attention this family gets, the better.

How I wish TLC would actually go back to showing educational stuff instead of being the home of shit reality shows.

This will give them a bump in attention now though. They can start playing up the persecution angle.

 

[j-wood]

Queue the "TLC is bullshit, doing this to a good Christian family!" outburts on facebook.

 

[Rootbeer]

The right choice.

And yet the lesser evil, Duck Dynasty, is still trucking away despite its controversies.

It's hard to hold these reality stars accountable. But I guess when it's molestation there's really no recovering from that. Racism and anti-gay sentiments though? That can be swept under the rug.

 

[Holmes]

 

[wenis]

I'd imagine they did their own investigation.

"How bad of a PR move would this be if we kept the show on?"

 

[Black Republican]

Some how Obama will be blamed for this

 

[Africanus]

A rapid set of clacking was heard in the night, as if someone was typing with urgency.
*G-O-F-U-N-D-M-E-.-C-O-M*

 

[backflip10019]

Put me in the camp that says good riddance and fuck these people. Not only did they allow sexual assault to continue under their watch, but I'm sure most of those kids will grow up pretty fucked due to 1. the lack of attention they received from their parents and 2. being on a reality show for most of their lives.

 

[tmarques]

Funny it took them so long when the Honey Boo Boo crowd got the axe pretty much immediately.

Maybe now they'll stop with the white trash "reality" shows? Nothing good can come from this crap.

But keep Toddlers and Tiaras, please.

 

[HariKari]

Can they cancel all of TLC?

 

[cameron]

TLC is not moving forward with an 11th season of "19 Kids" featuring the Duggars, whose show "will no longer appear on the air," the network told The Associated Press on Thursday.

"We spent the past month and a half in thoughtful consideration about what is the best way forward here," said Marjorie Kaplan, group president of TLC, Animal Planet and Velocity networks

In a move to redirect the attention and public outcry, TLC also announced it has teamed with two prominent child-protection organizations for an ongoing campaign to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.

The multi-platform initiative will begin with a one-hour, commercial-free documentary likely airing in late August, the network said. It will include the participation of Jill and Jessa Duggar, two of the sisters Josh Duggar touched inappropriately, as well as other survivors and families affected by such abuse.

More at the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...els-19-kids-counting-32490088?singlePage=true

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Thought this was already a thing..

 

[depths20XX]

I don't even get how it went on that long. The show was boring as shit from what I saw.

 

[JDSN]

Having two shows cancelled over people on it ending up being child molesters should make a sensitive CEO consider some of their programing, but nope.

 

[Slayven]

I'm surprised it took that long.

trying to hedge their bets and see if it would blow over.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Having two shows cancelled over people on it ending up being child molesters should make a sensitive CEO consider some of their programing, but nope.

Yeah..doubtful.

trying to hedge their bets and see if it would blow over.

Yup..

 

[BigAT]

I'd imagine they did their own investigation.

An investigation into if the show could remain profitable despite the controversy, perhaps.

 

[EdibleKnife]

More at the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...els-19-kids-counting-32490088?singlePage=true

That's a really good extra step. Faces need to be put to these stories so that people stop letting these kinds of abuses slide with limp apologies and ignorant defenses.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I have a feeling another network will pick them up.

 

[tmarques]

I have a feeling another network will pick them up.

Doubtful. The backlash would be tremendous.

 

[Princess Viola]

good

 

[EdibleKnife]

I have a feeling another network will pick them up.

I can't even imagine that. Even with the stink from sympathizers, picking it up will be like taking on someone's loan debt or rusty car. You can't spiff this shit up at all. There has to be multiple pilots on the floors of multiple studios that are more inciting than this tainted show.

 

[Ayumi]

Thought this was already a thing..

Pretty sure this thread was made months ago. Or was that another related show...?

 

[Slayven]

I can't even imagine that. Even with the stink from sympathizers, picking it up will be like taking on someone's loan debt or rusty car. You can't spiff this shit up at all. There has to be multiple pilots on the floors of multiple studios that are more inciting than this tainted show.

and wacky midwest white families are a dime a dozen.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Doubtful. The backlash would be tremendous.

They have enough support to justify it, especially if the reboot makes it clear the show is about the kids and parents and Josh is never discussed or referenced.

 

[EdibleKnife]

and wacky midwest white families are a dime a dozen.

Right. Show's like this flow like water on multiple channels these days. No one's gonna put the Duggar's on any TV schedule again.

 

[Daria]

good. disgusting family

 

[Dan]

The multi-platform initiative will begin with a one-hour, commercial-free documentary likely airing in late August, the network said. It will include the participation of Jill and Jessa Duggar, two of the sisters Josh Duggar touched inappropriately, as well as other survivors and families affected by such abuse.

If you think this isn't the start of a campaign that will culminate with launching a spinoff show, you're fooling yourself.

 

[Ayumi]

good. disgusting family

Shouldn't blame them all for what the dad did...

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

The Learning Channel my foot

 

[zeemumu]

Good riddance.

Well the creation of the show was definitely something unpredictable, but in the end cancelling it was right.