Earlier this week, TLC revealed the start date for the new 2012 season of 19 Kids and Counting, but up until today the details about the season six premiere have been kept under wraps. According to today’s update on TLC's website, here is what fans of the super-sized Duggar family can expect to see when 19 Kids and Counting returns for its 2012 debut…
The Duggars are back! Watch as the family adds new life, plants trees, visits a corn maze, and hits the speaking circuit. Later, an emotional moment occurs when Michelle and Jim Bob go in for a routine pregnancy check-up.
It looks like Michelle’s miscarriage of baby Jubilee Shalom will be an important part of the season six premiere. During a routine check-up in December, Michelle Duggar, who was five months pregnant at the time, discovered that her 20th child did not have a heartbeat. Doctors instructed Michelle to go home and miscarry naturally. She did so and was later taken to the hospital. To cope with their loss, the heartbroken family held a memorial service for the baby that was attended by hundreds.
The one-hour premiere of 19 Kids and Counting airs at 9/8c on Tuesday, February 14th on TLC.
Below are more details about upcoming episodes:
Tuesday, February 21st:
- 9:00 p.m.: It's a special milestone for Mackynzie as she gets her very first haircut. Will she be able to sit still or will it be a hair-raising experience for all? Meanwhile, Josh and Anna give fans the latest updates on their car lot and baby Michael.
- 9:30 p.m.: It's rare to find a family as big as the Duggars! Watch two big families collide when the Vanderhoffs visit the Duggars. And while Jim Bob is home playing host, Michelle hits the road to visit her best friend of 39 years and speaks at a Moms' Meeting.
More news about 19 Kids and Counting…
- A new baby for the Bates family: Gil and Kelly Bates are the proud parents of a new baby boy, which means they are now have 19 kids just like their good friends, the Duggars. Jeb Colton Bates was born on February 1st and weighed 7 lbs. 8 ounces, despite arriving two weeks before his due date. There was a minor complication that required spending a few days in the ICU, but the baby is doing well.
- Extortion plot: Last week, Teresa Hunt was arrested for a failed plot to extort money from TLC. She claimed to have compromising photos of Amy Duggar with a 56-year old musician. After a sting operation by the FBI, Hunt was placed under arrest. Cousin Amy completely denied that the intimate photographs existed and said in a statement, "It’s totally untrue. He is a longtime friend who has always been supportive of my music career.” She also tweeted, “The people who matter don’t care, and the people that care about this don’t matter.”
- Rick Santorum: GOP candidate Rick Santorum swept the states of Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado yesterday. The Duggars publicly support the candidate and even stepped in for him in Florida when Santorum’s daughter was hospitalized.
More about the Duggar family from 19 Kids & Counting:
The super-sized Duggar family includes mom Michelle, dad Jim Bob, plus children Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jeremiah, Jedidiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn and Josie. The family resides completely debt-free in Arkansas and stars in a weekly reality TV series on TLC called 19 Kids & Counting.
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