SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld Utah’s ban on polygamy, dealing a legal blow to TLC’s “Sister Wives” in a ruling that sides with prosecutors who said they need the ban to go after polygamists like imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs. While some said Monday’s decision could help in the prosecution […]
NEW YORK (AP) — After weeks in limbo stemming from revelations of sexual misconduct by one of its stars, the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting” is officially dead. TLC is not moving forward with an 11th season of “19 Kids” featuring the Duggars, whose show “will no longer appear on the air,” the […]
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Family Research Council has accepted the resignation of Josh Duggar in the wake of the reality TV star’s apology for unspecified bad behavior as a young teen. Tony Perkins, president of the Washington-based Christian lobbying group, said in a statement Thursday that Duggar resigned because of information becoming public that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Preston “Pret” Dahlgren has led what might seem like a picture-perfect Mormon life: He met his high school sweetheart in Sunday school as a teenager, completed his mission and married her. He is active in the church and the proud father of two young daughters. Dahlgren also is attracted to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City prosecutors have charged “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro with three misdemeanor counts of drunken-driving. A criminal complaint says Bartolo Valastro, of Montville, New Jersey, was pulled over in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood at 12:30 a.m. Thursday. He didn’t enter a plea and was released. His lawyer declined to comment. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The TLC network on Friday canceled its colorful series about child beauty pageant contestant Honey Boo Boo and her Georgia family. The network had already completed filming of another season of “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” and was set to begin airing it at the end of this year. TLC wouldn’t […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court will review a ruling that struck down parts of Utah’s anti-polygamy law and was hailed as a landmark decision removing the threat of arrest for plural families in Utah. The Utah’s attorney general’s office filed an appeal Thursday with the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s attorney general has decided to appeal a ruling that struck down parts of the state’s anti-polygamy law in what marked a significant victory for the family on the reality TV show “Sister Wives” and polygamous families living in Utah. Advocacy groups for polygamy and individual liberties hailed U.S. District Judge […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – TLC has announced it will air a full series about a progressive polygamous family from Utah that starred in a one-hour pilot earlier this year. The cable TV network said Thursday it will produce nine, one-hour episodes of My Five Wives about Brady Williams and his five wives and 24 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge holding a hearing on a lawsuit by the stars of the reality show “Sister Wives” heard arguments Thursday on whether Utah can prohibit plural marriage, but issued no immediate ruling. Kody Brown and his four wives claim the law is unconstitutional. The family fled Utah for Las […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose is taking a swing at his own reality TV show. Cable’s TLC network says it has started production on an unscripted series to chronicle the lives of baseball’s all-time hitting leader and his fiancee, model Kiana Kim. The series will follow the couple as they plan a wedding and […]
NEW YORK (AP) – A TLC network reality television show about Muslim families living in the Detroit area is ending after one season. TLC spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg said Wednesday the “All-American Muslim” series won’t be back. Its eight-episode run ended in January. “All-American Muslim” attracted attention when a conservative Christian group called for an advertiser […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman is charged with extortion in an alleged plot to get Discovery Communications Inc. to cancel the TLC show “19 Kids and Counting” or pay her $10,000 in exchange for not revealing compromising photos of a cast member, according to federal court documents. Teresa Hunt, of Bettendorf, is accused […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A television show about members of a Muslim community in Michigan is focusing what may be its second-to-last episode almost entirely on the conflicted feelings that its featured participants have about marking anniversaries of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The episode of TLC’s “All-American Muslim” airs Sunday (10 p.m. EST). The […]
Lowe’s said it stands by its statement on Sunday that it pulled its ads from TLC’s All-American Muslim after the show became a “lightning rod for people to voice complaints from a variety of perspectives — political, social and otherwise.”
The retail giant stopped advertising on TLC’s All-American Muslim after a conservative group known as the Florida Family Association complained. Calling the Lowe’s decision “un-American” and “naked religious bigotry,” California State Sen. Ted Lieu called the move “un-American” and “naked religious bigotry,” and said he would consider legislative action if Lowe’s doesn’t apologize to Muslims and reinstate its ads.
