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niyad

(113,532 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:19 PM Jun 2015

TLC: What If We Did A Show About The Duggars Who DON’T Diddle Little Girls?

(if you go to the link, there are a number of articles covering many aspects of this sick, sick family, its connections to huckabee, etc., etc.)

The No-Diddle Duggars


TLC: What If We Did A Show About The Duggars Who DON’T Diddle Little Girls?
(tlc--hereinafter referred to as the "touching little children" channel)

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Bye, Josh!

With all the revelations of the past week that Josh Duggar, eldest son of Jim Bob and the Clown Car Vagina, molested five girls that we know of, including four of his sisters, when he was a teenager, one would think this might be a moment for TLC to sit back and go, “YA KNOW? Maybe our little business plan of putting fucked up people on the teevee, and then being shocked when we find out that they are fucked up, is not working so well anymore!” TLC announced it is pulling 19 Kids And Counting for now but that no final decisions have been made as to the show’s future, even as advertisers run for the hills because who would want to be associated with that gross family now?

TLC, that’s who! So here’s an idea to keep making money off the Duggars. What if they did a spin-off, like when Frasier moved to Seattle to be closer to his dad, except this time, it would be the other married Duggar children, the ones what don’t molest people (that we know of), and they could have their OWN Duggar show, about sidehugs and awkward sin boners and stuff? Problem solved!


Following the controversy surrounding 19 Kids and Counting star Josh Duggar’s molestation scandal, Us Weekly has learned that cast members Jessa Duggar and her husband Ben Seewald, as well as Jill Duggar and her husband Derick Dillard, are in talks for their own TLC spinoff. […] “They’ve invested a lot of time in developing these story lines and the last thing they want to do is to throw it all away,” a source tells Us of the controversial Christian family’s show, adding that Josh, however, will not be a part of any filming.
. . . . .

So, though TLC’s official statement was that it is “deeply saddened and troubled by this heartbreaking situation, and our thoughts and prayers are with the family and victims at this difficult time,” it sounds like TLC’s grief counselor has advised focusing on the positive, which is that it gets the best ratings with the young married Duggars anyway:
Last October, a series-record average of 4.4 million people tuned in to see 19 Kids And Counting’s crazy-in-love virgins, Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard get hitched — and perform their very first kiss and first fully sanctioned frontal hug. TLC was the No. 1 cable network of the night in total viewers and among all key women demos (3 rating with women 25-54 and women 18-49). The episode was the network’s most-viewed telecast in four years.
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Read more at http://wonkette.com/586768/tlc-what-if-we-did-a-show-about-the-duggars-who-dont-diddle-little-girls#jTmzB635xaFFMqtp.99

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niyad

(113,532 posts)
2. to say the least. I read the list of articles I mentioned, cannot bring myself to actually read
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:28 PM
Jun 2015

them, at least, not without a barf bag handy.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
7. That tired old trick is such bullshit.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 11:50 AM
Jun 2015

How can one make a comment without clicking on the OP?

And, for your information, I hide about 90% of these repetitive threads that spew the same shit day after day after day. If you feel picked on that I selected your thread today, well, sorry.

niyad

(113,532 posts)
8. HOWEVER will I bear up under your disapproval????
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:02 PM
Jun 2015

where on earth did you get the egotistical idea that I feel "picked on" because of your statement?

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
18. It can be self-validating to conflate obsession with bemusement.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:27 PM
Jun 2015

It can be self-validating to intentionally conflate obsession with bemusement for the sake of melodrama. It let's us pretend we're more clever than we really are, as we rationalize to ourselves how disinterested in we are of them whilst yet commenting on each thread...

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
4. "All we know for sure is that this is gonna piss Honey Boo Boo’s mom RIGHT off"
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:20 AM
Jun 2015
Every character in this story is so gross. It’s one thing that the network has moved right on to worrying about the bottom line, but we are impressed with the young married Duggars’ ability to immediately try to find a way to profit off this and get their own show. Grifters gotta grift, yo, and it beats having to work for a living.

All we know for sure is that this is gonna piss Honey Boo Boo’s mom RIGHT off. WHERE’S HER GODDAMN SPINOFF?




Seriously, enough with the collective exploitation of these poor kids. TLC has no shame.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
6. TLC was taunting the odds. With 19 kids, odds are that one would be evil
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 11:20 AM
Jun 2015

In most families the odds are a lot greater, usually 1 in 4....

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
12. The younger Duggars don't have a hook other than virgin-at-marriage
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:25 PM
Jun 2015

and that one will wear thin quickly unless the other adult children start courting.

The brand is tainted by the revelation of the son's abuse and the parents' conduct in response to that. Stick a fork in the Duggar franchise --it's done.

niyad

(113,532 posts)
14. one can only hope. however, as h.l. mencken said, "nobody ever went broke underestimating
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:30 PM
Jun 2015

the taste of the american public."

blue neen

(12,327 posts)
17. Sure!
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:02 PM
Jun 2015

Let's give these four bigots a forum to spread their anti-gay, anti-abortion, and anti-women's rights views to the rest of the world!

Ugh. Sanctimony, thy name is Duggar. Enough, TLC. Enough.

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