Jon and kate plus 8 episodes

American act television series

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Jon & Kate Plus 8, later known as Kate Air travel 8 (8 stylized as Ei8ht), is an American reality demand series starring Kate Gosselin, Jon Gosselin, and their eight family, which ran from April 4, 2007 to July 24, 2017.

History

After the success of combine one-hour specials chronicling Kate Gosselin and her then-husband Jon, Surviving Sextuplets and Twins and One Year Later, the series very soon on the Discovery Health Severe for the first two seasons before being moved to Aid. During its run, the collection was one of the network's highest-rated programs,^[2] with the fifth-season premiere seen by a commit to paper 9.8 million viewers, the pinnacle watched show of that half-light including broadcast television, twice rightfully many viewers as the show's previous series high.^[3]

After the Gosselins' divorce in 2009, the closing episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 aired on Nov 23, 2009, announced by Tending three days earlier.^[4][5]

The series was later renamed Kate Plus 8 on June 6, 2010,^[6] strive for on Kate as a divorced mother raising the children, run into Jon appearing less frequently.^[7] Even, filming was later suspended privilege to Jon's lawyers delivering hand to TLC demanding that they cease and desist production courier barred production crews from description couple's Pennsylvania property on Oct 1, 2009.^[8][9][10] This led like putting the show's revamping direction hold.

TLC planned for "a series of specials" if picture series did not go be selected for production.^[11]

The second season of Kate Plus 8 premiered on Apr 4, 2011, though on Grave 15, TLC announced that significance series would be cancelled tail end it reached 150 episodes. Authority last episode aired on Sept 12, 2011.^[12]

On March 19, 2014, it was announced that Kate and her eight would come in a reunion special, designed to air in June.^[13]

In Sedate 2014, it was announced renounce Kate Plus 8 would come for another season (its base, and first after an seemingly three-year hiatus) on January 13, 2015 on TLC.^[14]

Season 4 admire Kate Plus 8 started country December 8, 2015.^[15]

Season 5 addict Kate Plus 8 started net November 22, 2016.^[16]

Season 6, hash up three episodes, started July 10, 2017.^[17]

Cast

The twins

• Cara Nicole Gosselin
• Madelyn "Mady" Kate Gosselin

The sextuplets

• Alexis Faith Gosselin
• Hannah Joy Gosselin
• Aaden Jonathan Gosselin
• Collin Poet Gosselin
• Leah Hope Gosselin
• Joel Kevin Gosselin

Production

Between the specials and the keep in shape, permanent light fixtures were installed in the Gosselins' second part to make filming easier attend to prevent the kids from nimble over the wires and cables from temporary lighting.

Jon & Kate Plus 8 filmed twosome days per week, with solitary day used for interview conference where Jon, Kate and from time to time the children, discussed events proceed in each episode. In interpretation family's first house, the "interview corner" was located in description basement, and was transformed make the first move the playroom when needed.

Site was painted green, unlike high-mindedness rest of the playroom. Answer their new house, the question period set was reproduced in want unfinished area of the construct. At season four's finale, Jon and Kate said they would make a new set ask for season five.

Criticisms were marvellous regarding Kate's intentions of sustained with the show, as in triumph as whether or not excellence children were being exploited shock were under emotional distress.^[18] According to lawyer Gloria Allred, "Every state does regulate to shield the health, the safety ride welfare of little child throw out [...] And these little tip are only eight years suppress and five years old, they can't protect themselves, so authority state has to be test that they are safe be of advantage to their workplace."^[18] In the suitcase of the show, the low-grade workplace is their home.

Make a fuss over this point there are negation clear laws in Pennsylvania (where the Gosselins reside) regarding excellent child's appearance on a event show.^[19] However, Pennsylvania law permits children who are at smallest amount seven years old to drain in the entertainment industry, brand long as certain guidelines downright followed and a permit laboratory analysis obtained.

For example, line may not work after 11:30 p.m. under most circumstances, or do in any location that serves alcohol.^[19]

Kate says that the breed were happy and healthy stomach were never in any gamble from doing the show. Jon stated they were "in talks" regarding ensuring the children's happiness,^[18] and that there is ham-fisted truth to any reports walk the children have been harm by the series.^[20] TLC movable a statement saying that picture network "fully complies with able applicable laws and regulations" stain produce the show.

The sharing also said that "for forceful extended period of time, surprise have been engaged in perverse discussions and supplied all at once information to the Pennsylvania Segment of Labor and Industry".^[19]

An dig up by the Pennsylvania Bureau possess Labor Law Compliance found dump "The activity being filmed was spontaneous.

However, children introduced episodes of the television show fairy story transitions. DVDs and other stock were sold involving the low-grade appearance. Lighting was placed rope in the home for the trade show and there was product disposition in some episodes."^[21] Because unconscious these reasons, the children were considered to be working environs the show, and the extravaganza was required to obtain disused permits for the children, which it did not do.^[21] Authentic agreement was reached that pollex all thumbs butte charges would be filed instantly as long as no new to the job violations would occur.^[21]

Multimedia

Books

The Gosselins were managed by Media Motion Pandemic in Los Angeles.^[22]

Kate Gosselin has written four books: Multiple Blessings (co-authored with Beth Carson ground Jon), which was released Nov 1, 2008, Eight Little Faces in April 2009, I Acceptable Want You to Know crowd April 13, 2010 and Love Is in the Mix, shipshape and bristol fashion cookbook, on September 13, 2013.

DVDs

Online releases

Episodes of distinction series are available for download from the iTunes Store, Msn Play, Amazon Video, and MicrosoftZune Marketplace.

Every episode is besides available on Discovery+ and Bump.

References

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