Duggar Family Reality TV Return: Is It Really Happening?

The Duggar family is dropping serious hints about a possible TV comeback.

First, there was Jana’s sudden return On social media. Then, jessa much appreciated On Michelle Duggar, of all people.

For some longtime Duggar watchers, this may be a return to normal social media. it happens.

But others see these as part of a series of red flags that could herald the family’s return to television.

Why do fans speculate that the Duggar family may return to TV?

As we noted, Jana Duggar took Instagram, Why? To wish Michelle Duggar a happy Mother’s Day.

This seems like the right time. It’s hard to think of someone who is completely deserving yet undeserving of Mother’s Day honors. by volume? She is such a mother. By quality? That’s another story.

But it is more than Mother’s Day. Not only did Jana come back after a two-year hiatus, but Jessa re-emerged after months of silence over spam posts on multiple platforms, vlogging about her kids.

Of course, it’s possible that the resurgence of the two Duggar daughters’ social media accounts could be a coincidence.

But, in general, there are two main reasons reality TV celebrities post strategically.

The first reason is that they want to do product endorsements and the like for money. And secondly because he has a project coming up like a comeback on TV.

Why did the Duggars have to leave TV in the first place?

In 2015, the world learned about Josh Duggar’s scandals.

This went beyond his “pornography scandal”, which was a controversy within his sect, and he cheated on his wife, which was a cruel thing to do.

When Josh was a teenager, he molested five young girls – including several of his own sisters. His parents covered it up, putting him through their cult idea of ​​counseling without reporting the crime or actually addressing the problem.

At the time, TLC simply pulled out a bait and switch. network canceled 19 kids and counting and replaced it counting on …bringing back almost the entire Duggar family and continuing to enrich jim bobBut without Josh or his parents appearing on screen.

It soon became clear that TLC was toying with the audience. Gradually, Jill and Jessa’s abusive parents begin to make a comeback on the show. Fans feared it was only a matter of time before Josh reappeared.

Fortunately, this did not happen. In 2021, Homeland Security officials arrested Josh Duggar for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Later that year, he received his sentence. He is currently behind bars, where he remains. And since then, the Duggars have been away from TLC.

How could the Duggar family return to TV?

After such a terrible scandal – especially in a case with so many victims And The accessories (at least, the people who covered up Josh’s crimes) were Josh’s classmates – how could the family return to TV?

We would love to believe that this is impossible.

But networks rarely cancel shows because of personal moral fears. These are business decisions. Viewer exodus, protesting viewers, and especially pressure from advertisers change the minds of TV executives more than anything right or wrong,

So what does it take for a Duggar TV comeback?

Unfortunately, all it takes is for people to “forget” and “move on.” There are elements of our culture that are almost obsessed with “getting away” with wrongdoing.

It can be possible. If people stay away from the wrongdoing, they will watch the Duggar cult again on TV and ignore the moral outrage over it. Even worse – many of them will pretend that it’s okay to see Jim Bob and Michelle and their kids just because Josh is behind bars.

Was it really just about passion?

In a way, of course, it’s all about passion. The Duggar family’s reality TV career was derailed not once, but twice, due to Josh’s scandals.

But Josh did not hide the crimes he committed as a teenager. His parents did this.

And this IBLP’s outrageous ideology And the Duggar family created an ideal hunting ground for hunters like Josh. They benefited from this, but it did not start with them. there was enthusiasm just the tip of the iceberg,

The Duggar family also has very different issues. Things that don’t really connect to Josh’s crimes against children.

Jill and Derick have raised concerns about Jim Bob taking checks from TLC and then giving limited payments to his adult children.

Over the years, he has used money and gifts – like houses – to control his adult children, even after they were married. Tuning in to see the return of the Duggars means helping Jim Bob do it again.

Has any other reality TV star come back from such a bad situation?

It is with heavy hearts that we see other reality stars return to television after terrible scandals and serious revelations.

Obviously, the first people who come to mind are some of the more disgusting people. real housewives Of 90 day fiance cast members. It’s not like they had their own show, and the producers clearly felt that including toxic scoundrels would benefit the ratings more than it would hurt.

But one reality TV figure seems especially relevant. His family had their own show on TLC. And after its scandal, which involved a sexual predator targeting children, the show was cancelled.

In spite of that, Mama June Shannon has a reality show again. This isn’t on TLC – it airs on WEtv, where apparently cuddling in bed happens With the man who abused your daughter There is water under the bridge.

As we have seen, officials rarely make deliberate moral, ideological decisions. Audience pressure, especially pressure from advertisers, is what often tips the scales.

Could the Duggars make a comeback on some fringe streaming network or WEtv or something like that? Absolutely. But we would love to believe that there are enough civilized people in the world that this won’t work.