Jon & Kate + 8
[related: TLC]
A once frantically popular reality television series[1] that aired on both Discovery Health and The Learning Channel. JK8, as it is commonly known, gave birth to a tidal wave of lightly scripted, mundane reality content [2] intended to function as three dimensional wallpaper. The show's premise centered on "oops sextuplets" born to parents of painfully dull twins. The parents Kate and Jon Gosselin filed for divorce midway through the fifth season, resulting in an ugly and aggressively litigious custody battle. Having fallen out of syndication following the embarrassing drunken public frolicks of Jon, the show's lasting legacy remains the brutalist haircut popularized by Kate beginning in season three of the series.
- ↑ The season five premiere of the show was seen by over 10 million viewers, far outpacing even network primetime shows.
- ↑ Stephen Bochco's fictional but realistically mundane Byrds of Paradise is a notable precursor.