TV series

19 Kids and Counting

2008–2015 · 15 seasons

A gentle, chatty window into an enormous devout household, pleasant on the surface but unsettling once you think about what is being normalized.

Overview: 19 Kids and Counting, rendered graphically as 19 Kids & Counting in its onscreen logo, is an American reality television show on TLC. The show is about the Duggar family, which consists of parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children—nine girls and ten boys, all of whose names begin with the letter "J". The series began on September 29, 2008. The twelfth season premiere was September 17, 2013.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, light and eerie. Measured and fine in the background.
About: Family, faith, parenthood, gender
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
faith
parenthood
gender
identity
Places: home
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: reality, documentary, drama, family
Starring: Jim Bob Duggar, Michelle Duggar, Jill Dillard, Josh Duggar, Jinger Vuolo, Jessa Seewald, Anna Duggar, Derick Dillard
Cinematography: Scott Enlow
Length: 15 seasons, 233 episodes, 22 min each
Network: TLC
Country: United States of America
Languages: English