Zach Vargo

So Jon and Kate are making a huge announcement on Monday’s show.  Although TLC is not commenting on this announcement, so they don’t spoil anything, they are encouraging viewers to make their own hypothesis.  Since the fifth season premier, viewers witnessed Kate stating that their love for each other had been growing more distant.  That show attracted 10 million viewers, but the shows since the premier dropped viewership by more than half.  Currently the show is under fire due to violations of child labor laws according to the Pennsylvania’s Labor Department. 

My hypothesis for the announcement is that they are ending the show and attempting damage control on their sinking ship of a marriage.  At least that is what I hope.  Trying to raise 8 children, all of whom are not old enough to take care of themselves, is hard enough, but imagine trying to do it when you’re separated.  Are they going to live near each other, in the same house, or are they just going to divide the kids up?  I really do not see that as a possibility.  I really am rooting for this family to stay together since the way I see it, nobody wins in a divorce, especially with children in the equation.  So I am actually going to watch this episode.  I’ve seen episodes from the first couple of seasons and thought it was a cute and humorous show.  

I know TLC is sweating this because the show is the most popular one on their network.  We will see what happens come Monday between 9 and 10 pm.  Also, why is the Pennsylvania Labor Department just now starting to investigate child labor violations after 6 seasons? Someone explain that to me.