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UPDATED with sentencing: 1:26 PM: Former 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar, 34, was sentenced to twelve-and-a-half years in prison today, according to the Associated Press. The father of seven had faced a maximum of 20 years after prosecutors argued he has a “deep-seated, pervasive and violent sexual interest in…

Jim Bob Duggar of the TLC reality show 19 and Counting has announced plans to run for the Arkansas State Senate. He made the reveal on the Duggar family's official Facebook page. Jim Bob previously served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for four years (1999-2002), a run that came six years before starring on…

TLC has canceled the show Counting On after 11 seasons, the network confirmed to Deadline on Tuesday. “TLC will not be producing additional seasons of Counting On,” read the statement. “TLC feels it is important to give the Duggar family the opportunity to address their situation privately.” That situation is Duggar…

The former stars of the canceled TLC show 19 Kids and Counting spoke out on Friday about their son’s arrest on federal child pornography charges. Jim Bob Duggar and wife Michelle Duggar affirmed their love for eldest son Josh and thanked fans for “your continued prayers,” but they also said they hoped “the truth, no…

Former 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar was charged with receiving and possessing child pornography in federal court on Friday. While the 33-year-old Duggar reportedly declined to have the charges read when he appeared before court via Zoom on Friday, his attorney plead “not guilty to both counts” on his…

TLC arrived with three of the men starring in their new reality series Single Dad Seeking, about five unmarried guys with kids who are looking for love. However, the press corps here at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena expressed grave concerns over TLC’s vetting process when it comes to casting reality stars…

A day after Josh Duggar’s personal information was exposed in a hack of the infidelity website Ashley Madison, the disgraced reality star is apologizing to his fans. The eldest son from TLC’s now-canceled reality hit 19 Kids And Counting issued a statement today on his family’s website, which read in part: “I have…

There were no breaking news stories of riots nor big announcements from Hillary Clinton or Marco Rubio but for the cable news network it was almost as good a week as when they were last in the top cable spot back in late April. With an average audience of 1.64 million for the week of June 1-7, Fox News Channel was…

No one expected it to be as big as the audience that tuned in for Megyn Kelly's interview with Josh Duggar's parents on June 3 but the sisters/victims defense of their brother's "bad choices" certainly attracted a big crowd on cable. The Kelly File's Friday night exclusive with 19 Kids And Counting co-stars Jill Dillar…

Two of Josh Duggar’s sisters/victims seem to be setting up the notion that if their TLC series 19 Kids And Counting gets scrubbed, in the wake of his minor-fondling becoming public, it would be the result of a joint decision by the network and the family. In an interview taped for tonight’s Fox News Channel program The…

UPDATED, 7:20 PM: “We are fine whether they film us or not,” Jim Bob Duggar told Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly tonight, in re their TLC series. The network pulled reruns of the series from its lineup May 22 after allegations surfaced that their oldest son had fondled children, including some of his sisters, in…

UPDATED with quote from one of Josh Duggar’s sisters/victims: “I do want to speak up in his defense, against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist, some people are saying,” Jessa Duggar, one of four sisters that Josh Duggar allegedly fondled when he and they were minors, told Fox News C…