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'Jill & Jessa: Counting On' news: Series to be canceled by TLC due to public outrage?

Sheanne Aguila April 06, 2016 03:42 AM EST

"19 Kids and Counting" spinoff series "Jill and Jessa: Counting On" will be canceled by TLC after only three episodes, reportedly due to the public outrage caused by Josh Duggar's controversial misdeeds.

Just last week, TLC lost ten of its advertisers when their ads were aired during the show without permission. Representatives of Wrigley, Cici's Pizza, The UPS Store and Verizon Wireless released a press statement clarifying that the airing of their ads was in no way planned, and admitted that it was indeed an error.

In a report by Examiner, some viewers are still enraged with how TLC allowed another reality series with the Duggar family to push through, even after what Josh has done. Josh himself admitted before that he sexually molested five underage girls, with four of them his sisters back in his younger days. Just recently, Josh also confessed to using the notorious Ashley Madison website to cheat on his wife Anna Duggar.

Along with the release of "Jill and Jessa: Counting On," outraged fans pressured corporations to stop sponsoring the show because they are "enabling child abuse" by allowing the Duggar family to capitalize on the sex scandals in their desperation to have a TV series. As the media outlet pointed it out, "Critics are disgusted that the bible-thumping Duggars hold themselves out as pious Christians advocating family values when Josh molested his own sisters and cheated on his wife with porn stars and prostitutes."

Rumor has it that the family earned a whopping $25,000 to $45,000 per episode in "19 Kids and Counting," and they are allegedly milking the scandal to spike the public interest in their shows.

As per Yibada, CEO of Strategic Visions and media expert David Johnson gave his take on the issue the Duggars are facing now, saying, "The Duggars are radioactive right now. People will see that this new show is just a desperate ploy by the Duggars to reclaim the spotlight and hopefully make some dollars off the public."

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