On Wednesday, reports that TLC might be coming up with a spinoff series to ’19 Kids and Counting’ surfaced with which it is expected that the two married Duggar daughters will be its focus.
According to People magazine, a source close to the Duggars claims that the network has deemed it suitable to concentrate on new parents Jill and Derick Dillard, as well as the expectant newlyweds Jessa and Ben Seewald.
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'The show had begun to focus more and more on the next generation of Duggars, anyway – mainly Jill and Jessa and their marriages and babies,' the source tells People. 'That's when the show got its highest ratings.'
The network’s two-hour special documenting Jill’s labor and child delivery last month reached out to over 3.6 million viewers. She also spoke up about her new experience as not only a wife but a mother as well.
'There are a lot of things [about motherhood] that seem different than I thought they would be,' Jill revealed. Previously, she also explained about their plans for expanding their Christian family.
"We're open to as many children as God will give us," she also shared in an interview with People last year. "We believe children are a blessing from the Lord and a gift from him."
Meanwhile, last April 21, Jessa took to Twitter and announced that she and Ben, whom she married in November, are expecting their first child. The couple has also discussed the possibilities of adoption.
The couple’s love story began with the two of them hiding their real ages from each other as Ben worried about being “too young” for Jessa whereas Jessa feared that Ben might see her as “too old.”
In the Seewald Family Blog, Ben posted his own story of growing facial hair even before he met Jessa in order to look older and more masculine.
"I didn't want her [Jessa] to write me off as a possibility just because she thought I was too young. I wanted her to truly get to know me first and then I would reveal my age," Ben explained. "Well, Jessa has a lot of siblings, and so eventually someone asked me and I let on."
With the couple looking forward to their first baby together, the child is due on the same date as their wedding anniversary.
Jessa and Ben’s little one will be the sixth grandbaby for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who recently welcomed the Jill and Derick’s first tot- baby Israel David.
The religiously dedicated young Dillard and Seewald couples are expected to put up a strong foundation for a new reality series that can reach out to various audiences.
