19 Kids and Counting

*19 Kids and Counting*
19 Kids and Counting
Genre	Reality
Starring	The Duggar family
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	229 (plus specials)
Production
Executive producers	Bill Hayes; Deanie Wilcher; Kirk Streb;
Producer	Sean Overbeeke
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	17–44 minutes
Production company	Figure 8 Films
Original release
Network	TLC
Release	September 29, 2008 –; May 19, 2015

19 Kids and Counting was an American reality television series. The series was broadcast on TLC from 2008 to 2015. It was first called 17 Kids and Counting. The name changed because the parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar had more children.^[1] The series shows the religious lifestyle of the Duggar family.^[2] The series ended after the oldest son, Josh, admitted to sexual abuse of his younger sisters.^[3]

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	10	September 29, 2008 (2008-09-29)	November 10, 2008 (2008-11-10)
2	20	January 25, 2009 (2009-01-25)	June 23, 2009 (2009-06-23)
3	28	June 30, 2009 (2009-06-30)	December 22, 2009 (2009-12-22)
4	38	January 31, 2010 (2010-01-31)	November 30, 2010 (2010-11-30)
5	33	January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)	November 8, 2011 (2011-11-08)
6	26	February 14, 2012 (2012-02-14)	October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)
7	21	April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02)	October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
8	12	April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01)	June 3, 2014 (2014-06-03)
9	17	September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)	November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25)
10	22	February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17)	May 19, 2015 (2015-05-19)

Cast

The Duggar family is parents James Robert "Jim Bob" Duggar and Michelle Annette Ruark, and children Joshua "Josh" James, Jana Marie (Wissmann), John-David, Jill Michelle (Dillard), Jessa Lauren (Seewald), Jinger Nicole (Vuolo), Joseph "Joe" Garrett, Josiah "Siah" Matthew, Joy-Anna (Forsyth), Jedidiah Robert, Jeremiah Robert, Jason Michael, James Andrew, Justin Samuel, Jackson Levi, Johannah Faith, Jennifer Danielle, Jordyn-Grace Makiya, and Josie Brooklyn.

References

↑ Marcotte, Amanda (April 16, 2014), "Sex Scandal Rocks the Duggars' Christian Patriarchy Movement", The Daily Beast, retrieved September 3, 2014
↑ Brown, Laurel (April 15, 2015). "'Dating with a purpose!': 19 Kids And Counting's Josiah j Duggar and Marjorie Jackson explain their courtship in a perky video". Daily Mail. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
↑ Caulfield, Philip (July 16, 2015). "TLC cancels '19 Kids and Counting' amid Duggar abuse scandal". Daily News. New York. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

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[Marcotte-1] Marcotte, Amanda (April 16, 2014), "Sex Scandal Rocks the Duggars' Christian Patriarchy Movement", The Daily Beast, retrieved September 3, 2014

[auto-2] Brown, Laurel (April 15, 2015). "'Dating with a purpose!': 19 Kids And Counting's Josiah j Duggar and Marjorie Jackson explain their courtship in a perky video". Daily Mail. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

[NYDaily-3] Caulfield, Philip (July 16, 2015). "TLC cancels '19 Kids and Counting' amid Duggar abuse scandal". Daily News. New York. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

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