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'Jon & Kate Plus 8' ratings nosedive. Duh.
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The return of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" to TLC Monday didn't draw near the audience of the show's breakup episode in June -- an absolutely unsurprising development in the up-and-down ratings ride the show has taken this season.About 4.2 million people tuned into Monday's back-to-back episodes, the first new episode in six weeks and the first since Jon and Kate Gosselin announced they were divorcing in late June. That will put the show in the upper echelon of the cable ratings for the week, but it's a steep drop from the series-high 10.6 million people who watched the breakup episode on June 22.
The numbers for Monday's shows, however, are an improvement over what the series was pulling in just before the June 22 episode. After a huge opening (9.8 million viewers) in May, "Jon and Kate" took a nosedive in subsequent weeks. By mid-June it had tumbled to under 3 million viewers.
Monday's shows featured the debut of the couple's new separate interview chairs (replacing the now-departed confessional couch) and focused on a pre-divorce filing remodel of the couple's kitchen and Kate attempting set up a backyard campout for the kids.
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She should write a book - "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Years."
Not surprising since many people I know didn't even know it came back. Plus, it's a lot of Kate who is to into herself and making herself sound like a sainted mother that she is completely BORING. Jon is at least entertaining and more interesting.
still not watching
repression can make people do crazy things once they are free.
i have only watched one episode and i could already tell how *****y kate is. Im surprised jon lasted that long really.
Can tell just from that picture she is a major biyotch! And a phony to boot!
yes, *****y and phony...that about sums the Katewitch up.
I hope it gets cancelled. I used watch the show occasionally but my 13 year old daughter was a fan of the show and she no longer wants to watch them. They are both disgusting.
They should rename the show
Jon and Octo*****
She and OctoMom should take their trainwreck selves and move to remote Siberia and do us all a favor.
Actually Child Welfare should take all of their kids and put them in a deserving home where they are not media-*****d for $$$
maybe Kate will now see that she's just not that interesting. hey Kate, we just not that into you!!!