--- description: The Duggar family released a statement after TLC announced it would cancel their show in the wake of molestation revelations. title: Read the Duggar Family Statement on TLC Canceling Their Show image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bca7d92bcb49aae/69885b2b35ba6fdb29c0e357/duggar-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _19 Kids and Counting_ Canceled: Read the Duggar Family's Statement ## Video: Know Right Now: The Duggars' Fox News Interview [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: The Duggars' Fox News Interview](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/w6sLcCqe.m3u8) (1:05)  _Published 2015-06-04. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar spoke out about the scandal enveloping their family in an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly._  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2015 3:04 PM CUT  Jim Bob Duggar and wife Michelle Duggar visit "Extra" at their New York studios at H&M in Times Square on March 11, 2014 in New York City. Jim Bob Duggar and wife Michelle Duggar visit "Extra" at their New York studios at H&M in Times Square on March 11, 2014 in New York City.D Dipasupil—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2015 3:04 PM CUT TLC announced Thursday morning that it was canceling _19 Kids and Counting_ after revelations that Josh Duggar, one of the 19 Duggar children featured on the show, molested his sisters when he was a teenager. The Duggar family released this statement: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3960870/19-kids-and-counting-canceled-duggar-statement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3960870/19-kids-and-counting-canceled-duggar-statement/"},"headline":"19 Kids and Counting Canceled: Read the Duggar Family's Statement","datePublished":"2015-07-16T15:04:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:19:17.742Z","description":"\"With God’s grace and help Josh, our daughters and our entire family overcame a terrible situation, found healing and a way forward\"","url":"https://time.com/3960870/19-kids-and-counting-canceled-duggar-statement/","keywords":["Television","tlc","19 Kids and Counting","josh duggar"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bca7d92bcb49aae/69885b2b35ba6fdb29c0e357/duggar-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bca7d92bcb49aae/69885b2b35ba6fdb29c0e357/duggar-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"michelle jim bob duggar","caption":"michelle jim bob duggar","creditText":"D Dipasupil—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/3960870/19-kids-and-counting-canceled-duggar-statement/","name":"19 Kids and Counting Canceled: Read the Duggar Family's Statement"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: The Duggars' Fox News Interview","description":"Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar spoke out about the scandal enveloping their family in an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/w6sLcCqe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-04T05:28:35.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/w6sLcCqe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3960870/19-kids-and-counting-canceled-duggar-statement/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3960870/19-kids-and-counting-canceled-duggar-statement/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```