Despite all the scandals that rocked their family this year, two of the Duggar girls are still willing to share their lives to their fans in a planned "19 Kids and Counting" spinoff series.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, 22-year-old Jessa Duggar shared that she and her husband Ben Seewald are excited to return to TV in a batch of new TLC specials that will center on their preparation for the arrival of their first child in November.
"We're going to be doing some filming preparing to welcome this little one into our lives," Jill said during her appearance at the Southern Women's Show in Orlando, Florida late last month. "It's gonna be great," she added.
Jessa's older sister Jill Duggar-Dillard, meanwhile, will be featured in another TLC special. The network will showcase the challenges of raising her infant child Israel while she and husband Derick Dillard embark on their mission work in El Salvador.
Talks about the Jill and Jessa specials began when the network announced their intentions to bring back the fan-favorite Duggar girls last month.
According to a report from ABC News, TLC intends to bring back the controversial Duggar family from Arkansas after pulling out their long-running reality series off air in the midst of the child molestation scandal involving Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's eldest son Josh back in May.
"We know that our audience is really excited about what's been going on with Jill and Jessa as they move into young adulthood," TLC Executive Vice President and General Manager Nancy Daniels said. "And now they're both at the precipice of big changes. With what was happening in their lives... it felt like now is the time (for the specials), and we got going pretty quickly."
The report also mentioned that production for the specials will start soon, and one of them is expected to air before the end of 2015.
