The Duggars: In the Media and TLC

[madpsych78]

The only ones on the show actually distancing.

[SMama]

1 hour ago, madpsych78 said:

The only ones on the show actually distancing.

The Dillards are not distancing? 

[Zella]

2 minutes ago, SMama said:

The Dillards are not distancing? 

They're not on the show anymore. 

[SMama]

49 minutes ago, Zella said:

They're not on the show anymore. 

OOPS, sorry. 

[Zella]

7 minutes ago, SMama said:

OOPS, sorry. 

No worries--it's hard to keep track of all these ignoramuses. 🙂

[Oldernowiser]

Here’s the thing, though...if one or more of these ignoramuses (ignorami?) catches this virus...

1) They will no doubt spread it far and wide.

2) They will grift the daylights out of the leghumpers.

3) If they recover, it’s because they’re Godlier Than Thou. See #2, above.

4) If they don’t, TLC will VSE the funerals forevermore. See #2, above.

This smug, selfish, arrogance scalds my ass x1000.

[Temperance]

 I think the Seewalds seem to be taking this seriously as far as I know.  The Dillards are taking this seriously, but they're off the show. The Vuolos are taking this seriously. 

I have no idea how seriously John and Abbie are taking this.

Everyone not mentioned doesn't seem to be taking this seriously. I wish they had more negative publicity for that. 

[JoanArc]

20 minutes ago, Temperance said:

have no idea how seriously John and Abbie are taking this.

Wasn't he doing tornado cleanup?

[Sew Sumi]

1 minute ago, JoanArc said:

Wasn't he doing tornado cleanup?

Not sure if John was there or not. I didn't see him in any of the pictures.

[JoanArc]

1 hour ago, Sew Sumi said:

Not sure if John was there or not. I didn't see him in any of the pictures.

I thought he might’ve flown them, but then I realized they probably just drove. On the other hand this was a good occasion to wear a useless badge and gun on his belt.

Edited April 6, 2020 by JoanArc

[BigBingerBro]

Has TLC announced a new season for Counting On?  There were glimpses of filming at the Vuolos last month, but has there been any filming in Arkansas?  I would imagine that with the pandemic, all filming would be suspended.  Could this mark the end of the series?  Thoughts?

[Sew Sumi]

They filmed the ladies' breakfast when Jinger was in AR (sans Jill), so I guess they can use that. There really hadn't been much going on before the pandemic. Is there even enough footage to put together six episodes?

[GeeGolly]

I hope the Dillards, Seewalds and Vuolos are taking it seriously. The Seewalds and Vuolos are smart enough not to let viewers know they're out and about, if they are.

[Minivanessa]

10 minutes ago, BigBingerBro said:

Has TLC announced a new season for Counting On?  There were glimpses of filming at the Vuolos last month, but has there been any filming in Arkansas?  I would imagine that with the pandemic, all filming would be suspended.  Could this mark the end of the series?  Thoughts?

 

5 minutes ago, Sew Sumi said:

They filmed the ladies' breakfast when Jinger was in AR (sans Jill), so I guess they can use that. There really hadn't been much going on before the pandemic. Is there even enough footage to put together six episodes?

I think it depends on the footage they shot before they had to shut down for the pandemic. This article indicates that editing footage has at least for some shows, continued, with people working at home: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/reality-tv-coronavirus-cable-tlc-bravo-hgtv-1203550807/

If they had a substantial amount shot that could be edited into a few episodes they might go ahead. The "seasons" of this show are now, what, half a dozen episodes? TLC has a captive audience so even the deadly dull Duggars might snag some good viewer numbers with a few new episodes.

[BigBingerBro]

It will be interesting how they handle the next season.  I'm envisioning lots of bad smartphone video footage of Josie and Jana wearing masks while keeping the TTH running.  I honestly think that once we get past this crisis, nobody will want to relive it via reality TV and the numbers of viewers will be low low low.

[Zella]

They might need to jazz it up with some murder for hire and mullets to compete with Netflix. 😉

[Temperance]

3 hours ago, JoanArc said:

I thought he might’ve flown them, but then I realized they probably just drove. On the other hand this was a good occasion to wear a useless badge and gun on his belt.

Si is a pilot and maybe Jeremiah as well? If they flew, the pilot could be Si or Jer. 

I think that they'll find a new courtship in the summer and that will be most of the season. I'm speculating the show will come back in the fall. 

[DangerousMinds]

Weren't the Seewalds at "family night" with dozens of other family members and randoms?

[Sew Sumi]

No. Jessa has recently posted that she misses going to the Big House. They seem to be sheltering in place.

[Temperance]

I was watching TLC again.  There was another commercial where TLC stars thanked essential workers. Ben, Jessa, and Ivy were in this one. 

[JoanArc]

21 hours ago, Zella said:

They might need to jazz it up with some murder for hire and mullets to compete with Netflix. 😉

Josiah courts the Tiger King. He never gave a piece of his heart to Marge or Lauren.

Edited April 6, 2020 by JoanArc

[humbleopinion]

 saw it posted above

Best Reason to continue to keep Ma and Pa and Perv off the teevee and away from the TLC trough...

Edited April 10, 2020 by humbleopinion

[Temperance]

7 hours ago, humbleopinion said:

 saw it posted above

Best Reason to continue to keep Ma and Pa and Perv off the teevee and away from the TLC trough...

Ma and Pa are on tv front and center of their children's show.

Edited April 11, 2020 by Temperance

[Sew Sumi]

15 hours ago, Temperance said:

Ma and Pa are on tv front and center of their children's show.

According to Derelict, it's still JB's show. Always has been.

[ginger90]

Video:

 

 

[BitterApple]

Lauren looked really pretty in that clip, but Josiah's "mommy's little helper" comment makes me want to punch him in the face. Can Bella at least master the art of toilet training before she's assigned cooking and laundry duties? I also love how Lauren was her usual passive/aggressive self, noting some women don't appreciate motherhood but she recognizes it as a gift. Those two must be a barrel of laughs behind closed doors....

Bin struggling to compliment Jessa as she stares pointedly at him. "Jessa's like, really involved...she gets the kids outside and...does...stuff...". Quite the wordsmith, that one.

[Sew Sumi]

Fuck you, Lauren. Fuck you. 

[Temperance]

There's a picture of Jessa in a hospital bed with her three kids and she looks so much like Johannah that I did a double take. (It's in the TLC video above from Instagram.) No JinJer or Joy and Austin. 

[Zella]

28 minutes ago, Temperance said:

No JinJer

But--but--they're the break-out stars! 😉 

[madpsych78]

Not that surprised about JinJer since they are in LA (and I'm not sure how feasible it is for the crew to fly out there in these times). I AM surprised about Joy and Austin.

I totally agree that Jessa looked like Hannie in the hospital pic. Also, Jessa looking at Ben while he was speaking reminded me of how JB would look at Michelle when she spoke. Kind of like making sure that he said the right things while being ready to jump in if Ben got off track.

[Zella]

37 minutes ago, madpsych78 said:

Not that surprised about JinJer since they are in LA (and I'm not sure how feasible it is for the crew to fly out there in these times).

But the set up is just talking heads, so I doubt a crew would have been necessary if they really wanted to include the Vuolos. I'm sure Jeremy would have been more than happy to pontificate if called upon. 

On a side note, though people had commented on how inarticulate Ben was, wow, that still was worse than I expected. The look on Jessa's face the entire time he rambled. 🤣

[PikaScrewChu]

Kendra has the adoring your headship gaze down pat. 

Surprisingly, JD was staring at Abbie the same way. Never thought I would see that from a Duggar male. 

Edited May 13, 2020 by PikaScrewChu

[Tabbygirl521]

I’m ready for TLC to launch a reality show fewturing the Dillards and how Jill seems to be genuinely breaking away from the shitshow she grew up with. Let’s follow adorable little Israel into public school and the real world. Let’s hear Jill talk about her process and struggles in breaking away. It could be a real inspiration and road map for others who were trained in similar restrictive situations.

I’m even a tiny bit hopeful that as this little family continues to interact with others outside the bubble, they may eventually overcome some of their more distasteful prejudices. That’s the only way it really ever happens; a homophobe actually meets a gay person and realizes there isn’t actually a problem and it gets them thinking, etc. Come on, Derrick, you can do it. 

[JoanArc]

1 hour ago, Tabbygirl521 said:

I’m ready for TLC to launch a reality show fewturing the Dillards and how Jill seems to be genuinely breaking away from the shitshow she grew up with. Let’s follow adorable little Israel into public school and the real world. Let’s hear Jill talk about her process and struggles in breaking away. It could be a real inspiration and road map for others who were trained in similar restrictive situations.

I’m even a tiny bit hopeful that as this little family continues to interact with others outside the bubble, they may eventually overcome some of their more distasteful prejudices. That’s the only way it really ever happens; a homophobe actually meets a gay person and realizes there isn’t actually a problem and it gets them thinking, etc. Come on, Derrick, you can do it. 

I hope this time Durwood doesn’t sign the contract in disappearing ink!

[leighdear]

I just can't see any network launching a show with them.  Not a single thing unique or dramatic about the Dillards or their situation.  They weren't in a Doomsday cult.  They weren't chained up in their homes.  They aren't talented, skilled or unique in any way.  They are dull people doing unremarkable things in a dismal area.  

Honey Boo Boo already got the folks looking for low-rent, ignorant hayseeds.  The only thing the Dillards can add is a little education, a LOT of Jesus and less body fat.  

[BigBingerBro]

3 hours ago, Tabbygirl521 said:

I’m ready for TLC to launch a reality show fewturing the Dillards and how Jill seems to be genuinely breaking away from the shitshow she grew up with.

Maybe on a different network.  TLC would have to admit that the Duggars are bad people that did bad things which is completely contrary to their current views on them.

[Tabbygirl521]

5 minutes ago, BigBingerBro said:

Maybe on a different network.  TLC would have to admit that the Duggars are bad people that did bad things which is completely contrary to their current views on them.

Good point. Maybe a Netflix doc 😃

[madpsych78]

Derick won't do business with TLC, so this show, while a great idea, would never happen on TLC.

[Zella]

Derick has proven himself a liability to a network. He turned on other personalities from the channel on social media and has vocally complained about money and contracts and lack of contracts. TLC won't deal with him, and I doubt any other channel is interested in dealing with his bullshit. 

[Nysha]

They could do it themselves on YouTube, but it would take a lot of work and planning to do it right.

[skipnjump]

6 hours ago, Nysha said:

They could do it themselves on YouTube, but it would take a lot of work and planning to do it right.

Work and planning are not things that they are all that good at...

[doodlebug]

15 hours ago, Zella said:

Derick has proven himself a liability to a network. He turned on other personalities from the channel on social media and has vocally complained about money and contracts and lack of contracts. TLC won't deal with him, and I doubt any other channel is interested in dealing with his bullshit. 

Yep, Derick kinda bit himself in the butt when he went on a rant against a child.  There was a lot of publicity surrounding his hateful remarks and I would think that a lot of networks that do expose-type stories would not want to do business with him and risk alienating a significant part of their audience.  We all know that the Duggars undoubtedly share the same hateful beliefs as Derick, but they aren't going to go public with them and risk the franchise, so he stands alone on this one and it is going to hurt the spread of any dirt he has on his in-laws.

[MonicaM]

On 5/13/2020 at 11:57 AM, Tabbygirl521 said:

I’m ready for TLC to launch a reality show fewturing the Dillards and how Jill seems to be genuinely breaking away from the shitshow she grew up with. Let’s follow adorable little Israel into public school and the real world. Let’s hear Jill talk about her process and struggles in breaking away. It could be a real inspiration and road map for others who were trained in similar restrictive situations.

 

Let's don't.  If the Dillards really want to break away, they need to stop using and exploiting their children to make a buck.  Israel deserves to be like any other student and learn through his successes and failures privately.  I'm hoping that as the two boys get older, they are featured less and less on her social media.

Living a happy, private life with Derick earning a good living in the practice of law would be the best revenge they could get on Lolly and Pops.    

[GeeGolly]

I don't know where to put this.

It should be signed, Sincerely, Duggar kid.

 

[ouinason]

I would watch that, but I would want it to be part of a larger doc on people from many different types of restrictive backgrounds breaking free (orthodox jews, menonites, kids on communes, in cults, FLDS, etc.)  But, and here is the hard part, not in a tabloid or fake reality show kind of way.  

 

And a puppy.

[GeeGolly]

Did the entire Duggar clan decide not to acknowledge Memorial Day? If so, I wonder if it was a calculated decision.

[Churchhoney]

14 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

Did the entire Duggar clan decide not to acknowledge Memorial Day? If so, I wonder if it was a calculated decision.

Well, unless it happens to them personally or it's a sad event they can show off in -- waving their guns, flying their helicopters and commandeering bulldozers -- seems to me they seldom show much interest in tragedies, disasters or difficulties of any kind. (Yeah, I know Jer wrote that post one time about how Jim Bob is the most fervent Good Samaritan in all of Arkansas.... But, you know, bullshit....) 

Anyway, no reason to change that tradition just because you hold public office! 

Not much room for empathy in their "I me mine" mentalities. And besides, some ungodly heathens might be involved and they wouldn't want to get involved with them.  

[ginger90]

45 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

Did the entire Duggar clan decide not to acknowledge Memorial Day? If so, I wonder if it was a calculated decision.

This is the only one I saw:

[GeeGolly]

2 hours ago, Churchhoney said:

Well, unless it happens to them personally or it's a sad event they can show off in -- waving their guns, flying their helicopters and commandeering bulldozers -- seems to me they seldom show much interest in tragedies, disasters or difficulties of any kind. (Yeah, I know Jer wrote that post one time about how Jim Bob is the most fervent Good Samaritan in all of Arkansas.... But, you know, bullshit....) 

Anyway, no reason to change that tradition just because you hold public office! 

Not much room for empathy in their "I me mine" mentalities. And besides, some ungodly heathens might be involved and they wouldn't want to get involved with them.  

In past years many of them acknowledged the holiday. Most were met with snarky posts of how none of the Duggar 19 have fought for this country, etc. I wondered if maybe they all agreed not to acknowledge it, because if a couple did and a few didn't, it would 'look bad'.

Edited May 26, 2020 by GeeGolly

[Churchhoney]

Just now, GeeGolly said:

In past years many of them acknowledged the holiday. Most were met with snarky posts of how they none of the Duggar 19 have fought for this country, etc. I wondered if maybe they all agreed not to acknowledge it, because if a couple did and a few didn't, it would 'look bad'.

Yeah, I do remember the snarky responses to things they've said supposedly honoring the military. Didn't remember them being about Memorial Day, but it makes sense that they were.

I don't understand why any of them but Jed! should talk about the holiday, actually. They're not public figures with an obligation to make public statements about the life of the nation. They're a bunch of idiots who are well known because they've received money for being on tv shows that were engineered to showcase their idiocy. That doesn't call for making statements about public events. But it does mean that you've deliberately opened the door for people to lambaste things you do and say in public forums. 

But Jed! probably should, though, since he wants to be a damn legislator.

And he could engineer something that wouldn't call down more than the usual amount of snark on his head....And all politicians get snark, so he should get used to that if he plans to have that career.

He could acknowledge that he's never served but that he greatly appreciates what other people do and have done and write something accurate and simple about one of those veterans he's supposedly been so close to at the veterans' home, for example.