TLC Schedules Specials With Two Duggar Sisters Who Were Allegedly Abused

FILE -- In this Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, second from left, after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. (AP Photo/ Beth Hall, File)
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TLC is planning network specials with the two Duggar sisters, Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard, who were allegedly sexually abused by their older brother Josh, according to a report Thursday in The Hollywood Reporter.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s family made headlines this summer after a tabloid reported that the Duggars’ adult son, Josh, had been investigated for sexually molesting five underage girls when he was a teenager. It was later revealed that two of the alleged victims were Seewald and Dillard, who are also now adults. Seewald and Dillard did national TV interviews about their experiences.

Josh resigned from his position at the lobbying arm of the anti-gay Family Research Council in the wake of the report, and TLC canceled the family’s long-running reality series, “19 Kids And Counting.”

But TLC wants (at least some) of the Duggars back on its network.

The channel is slated to cover a missionary trip that Dillard, her husband Derick, and infant son plan to take to El Salvador, according to the report.

The network is also scheduled to document Seewald’s first pregnancy with her husband, Ben, according to the publication.

A year-end premiere is planned for at least one of the specials, according to the report.

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  1. Shorter TLC: “Dammit, Duggars, you owe us TV time, and we are going to get it one way or the other. Now show me on the doll where he touched you!”

  2. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    A long long time ago, I still remember when…TLC was actually known as The Learning Channel. Really, it was. Back in the far distant yesteryear of the 1980s! I know, before some of you were born, but believe me, they had some fascinating programming and not a reality show in sight. Think about that. NO reality shows! How did we manage to get through the week without a constant barrage of mindless insulting shit?

    Actually, very well if I remember correctly, and America collective IQ was likely 15 points higher.

  3. Does Trump own TLC?

  4. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Yep, that’s pretty much the lineup for the Truly Lousy Channel.

  5. I am sure than the people of an El Salvadoran village are just clamoring for the victims of an incestuous child molester to show up and help them dig a well.

    They won’t dowse for it, though. That’s the Devil’s Work.

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