--- title: Josh Duggar: TLC '19 Kids and Counting' Loses More Advertisers description: Josh Duggar trouble costs TLC's 19 Kids and Counting more sponsors canonical: https://time.com/3899567/19-kids-and-counting-tlc-josh-duggar/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-28T11:50:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:41:49.496Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: '19 Kids and Counting' Loses More Advertisers og:description: Amid molestation allegations against Josh Duggar og:url: https://time.com/3899567/19-kids-and-counting-tlc-josh-duggar/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b946006b3478f6/69885188a988ca965c6b2b5c/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and The Duggars Speak At CPAC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: '19 Kids and Counting' Loses More Advertisers twitter:description: Amid molestation allegations against Josh Duggar twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b946006b3478f6/69885188a988ca965c6b2b5c/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _19 Kids and Counting_ Loses More Advertisers by [Lynette Rice / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Lynette Rice / Entertainment Weekly May 28, 2015 11:50 AM UTC  Josh Duggar speaks during the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on Feb. 28, 2015 in National Harbor, Md. Josh Duggar speaks during the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on Feb. 28, 2015 in National Harbor, Md.Kris Connor— Getty Images by [Lynette Rice / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Lynette Rice / Entertainment Weekly May 28, 2015 11:50 AM UTC Social media campaigns like #canceltheduggars seem to be working: [Several more advertisers](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/26/19-kids-counting-josh-duggar-advertising) have yanked their sponsorship of TLC’s _19 Kids and Counting_ in light of the sexual molestation allegations [involving Josh Duggar](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/21/people-duggar-family-speaks-after-josh-duggar-accused-molestation). Companies like [Choice Hotels](https://twitter.com/ChoiceHotels/status/603256677056446465) and Pure Life Iced Tea followed [Walmart](https://www.facebook.com/Walgreens/posts/10153041398313611?comment%5Fid=10153042297823611&reply%5Fcomment%5Fid=10153042683363611&total%5Fcomments=7&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D), CVS Pharmacy and [Payless Shoe Source ](https://twitter.com/PaylessInsider/status/603232283047424000)by assuring the public it wouldn’t advertise in the TLC show about the Duggar family. “Thank you for contacting us to share your concerns,” wrote [Pure Life on Wednesday](https://twitter.com/PureLeaf/status/603574719770669057). “Please know that we will no longer be advertising on 19 Kids and Counting.” [David’s Bridal ](https://twitter.com/davidsbridal/status/603587239789121537)said it would “take steps to have our ads removed from future episodes” while H&R Block reportedly said in a statement that it “will not advertise on the show if it is reinstated.” Other than announcing its [decision to yank reruns](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/22/tlc-yanks-19-kids-and-counting), TLC hasn’t issued any more statements about the fate of _19 Kids and Counting,_ which follows Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children. Then again, the network could just be busy working on a plan to salvage the veteran franchise: [_People_ is reporting](http://www.people.com/article/19-kids-counting-spin-off-tlc-jessa-seewald-jill-dillard-duggar-family) that TLC could be looking into the possibility of a spinoff that focuses on newlyweds Jill and Derick Dillard and Jessa and Ben Seewald. “The show had begun to focus more and more on the next generation of Duggars, anyway – mainly Jill and Jessa and their marriages and babies,” a source told _People_. “That’s when the show got its highest ratings.” _19 Kids and Counting_ is TLC’s most successful franchise. The series, which began in 2008, just completed its 10th season. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/27/more-companies-yank-ads-19-kids-and-counting) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3899567/19-kids-and-counting-tlc-josh-duggar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3899567/19-kids-and-counting-tlc-josh-duggar/"},"headline":"19 Kids and Counting Loses More Advertisers","datePublished":"2015-05-28T11:50:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:41:49.496Z","description":"Amid molestation allegations against Josh Duggar","url":"https://time.com/3899567/19-kids-and-counting-tlc-josh-duggar/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b946006b3478f6/69885188a988ca965c6b2b5c/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lynette Rice / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b946006b3478f6/69885188a988ca965c6b2b5c/duggar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and The Duggars Speak At CPAC","caption":"Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and The Duggars Speak At CPAC","creditText":"Kris Connor— Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3899567/19-kids-and-counting-tlc-josh-duggar/","name":"19 Kids and Counting Loses More Advertisers"}}]}] ```