''Counting On'' (formerly ''Jill & Jessa: Counting On'') is an American reality television show that aired on the cable channel
TLC
TLC may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Television
* ''TLC'' (TV series), a 2002 British situational comedy television series that aired on BBC2
* TLC (TV network), formerly the Learning Channel, an American cable TV network
** TLC (Asia), an A ...
from 2015 to 2020. A spin-off show of ''
19 Kids and Counting
''19 Kids and Counting'' (formerly ''17 Kids and Counting'' and ''18 Kids and Counting'') is an American reality television series that aired on the cable channel TLC for seven years until its cancellation in 2015. The show features the Duggar ...
'', it features the Duggar family:
Jessa Seewald,
Jinger Vuolo
Jinger Nicole Vuolo (née Duggar; born December 21, 1993; ) is an American television personality and author. She is known for her television appearances on TLC reality shows ''19 Kids and Counting'' (2008–2015) and
''Counting On'' (2015–202 ...
,
Joy-Anna Forsyth, and fifteen of their sixteen siblings, as well as their parents
Jim Bob
James Robert Morrison, known as Jim Bob, is a British musician and author. He was the singer of indie punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.
Biography
Jim Bob played in various bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including J ...
and Michelle. The show was created in the wake of the
molestation scandal concerning
Josh Duggar
Joshua James Duggar (born March 3, 1988) is an American convicted sex offender and former reality television personality. The eldest of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar's nineteen children, Duggar and his family gained fame as the focus of the TLC se ...
and subsequent cancellation of ''19 Kids and Counting''.
The show follows the lives of the older Duggar offspring, with the early episodes focusing specifically on Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald. After its first season, the show expanded to include the rest of the Duggar siblings and their respective families. The series was cancelled in 2021, due to
Josh Duggar's arrest for receiving and possessing child pornography.
Cast
*
Jana Duggar
*John-David and Abbie Duggar, with their daughter Grace
*
Jessa and Ben Seewald, with their children: Spurgeon, Henry, and Ivy
*
Jinger and
Jeremy Vuolo
Jeremy Jospeh Vuolo (born September 5, 1987) is a former American soccer player for Major League Soccer, North American Soccer League and Finnish second tier Ykkönen. After marrying Jinger Duggar (one of the 19 Duggar children of ''19 Kids and ...
, with their daughter Felicity
*Joe and Kendra Duggar, with their children: Garrett and Addison
*Josiah and Lauren Duggar, with their daughter Bella
*
Joy-Anna and Austin Forsyth, with their son Gideon
*
Jim Bob
James Robert Morrison, known as Jim Bob, is a British musician and author. He was the singer of indie punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.
Biography
Jim Bob played in various bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including J ...
, Michelle Duggar and their ten younger children: Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn and Josie; plus the couple's great nephew Tyler
*Anna Duggar and her and Josh Duggar's children: Mackynzie, Michael, Marcus, Meredith, Mason and Maryella
*
Jill and Derick Dillard, with their son Israel
*Mary Leona Duggar (née Lester), the mother of Jim Bob. She died on June 9, 2019, from drowning
at age 78.
Series overview
References
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2010s American reality television series
2020s American reality television series
2015 American television series debuts
2020 American television series endings
Duggar family
American English-language television shows
Television shows filmed in Arkansas
Culture of Arkansas
TLC (TV network) original programming
American television spinoffs
Reality television spinoffs
American television series about families