Looks like TLC is going to let some of the Duggars back on their network after all! When the network cancelled the family's hit TV show "19 Kids and Counting" almost two months ago following Josh Duggar's molestation scandal, people wondered if they'd ever see the popular family on TV again. It turns out that TLC would like to bring his sisters Jill, 24, and Jessa, 22, back for their own specials, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The specials will be centered on the life of the married girls, who now go by Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard. Production for the specials, which have yet to be named, will begin soon, and at least one of them will premiere sometime towards the end of this year.
"What we will be following in these specials is Jessa preparing for her first child," TLC's executive vice president and general manager Nancy Daniels told the Associated Press. "And we'll be watching Jill preparing to make a major move to Central America with her family, which we know is something our audience will be interested in."
Once Daniels learned that this is "something they wanted to do," and that they could be sure Josh would not be a part of the shows in any way, the projects came together quickly. "We know our audience is really about what's been going on with Jill and Jessa as they move into young adulthood," Daniels continued to explain. "And now they're both at the precipice of big changes. With what was happening in their lives in the next few months, it feels like now is the time [for their specials], and we got going pretty quickly."
Jessa married Ben Seewald in November 2014 and is expecting a child with him, while Jill recently moved abroad with her husband Derick Dillard and their 5-month-old son Israel for a Christian Mission. A source close to the family told People back in May that the network was considering doing spinoff shows on the two sisters instead of their parents Jim Bob and Michelle, because they believed they would be more popular as the girls have continued to keep their fans updated with their happy lives.
