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Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Kate worked a double shift every other Saturday as a nurse when the show started.

(eta: meaning she went to work as a nurse 1 day out of every 2 weeks)

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 12:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Cable networks do gather ratings for repeats, but the big numbers you hear after a show premieres (the 3-4 million in this case), are for the premiere episode airing only. Sometimes networks will use a cumulative number (For example, "Over 85 million people watched Life during its five-week run.") but most often the # you hear is based on the premiere only. And to Seamonkey's point, 3-4 million for broadcast (free) TV is just OK, but it's great #s for basic cable.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
wow! 6 kids under the age of 4 and she worked a double shift every other saturday! I am impressed!
I was a full time SAHM and my husband bathed my 2 kids (4.5) years apart and read to them. That was his special time with them plus...he was their father.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
thanks yankee!

Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Texannie, I mentioned it because Sea said it made sense Jon bathed the kids since she was working. Well, she worked 1 day every two weeks. So giving that reason for Jon doing most of the bathing didn't make sense for me. It wasn't some kind of judgment. I just didn't think it was the reason for Jon doing the bathing.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Does it really matter why he did the bathing? He is the children's father.
Parenting is never 50/50. There are times where one parent does more, and the other hardly any at all and vice versa. It doesn't make one a better parent than the other.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I was just adding some info to the conversation I knew to be true, on a subject that was already being brought up. Jeez.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
not blasting you Naja, just adding to the subject too! I have heard it brought up before about him bathing the kids or 'helping out' with them as proof he was a good dad.
just never got it cause he's a parent too.

Florin
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08-27-2006

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 3:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Florin a private message Print Post    
I have decided you (the no one in particular you) are either a Kate/Jon lover or a Kate/Jon hater and the two will never agree.

What gets me is other couples the famous and the nonfamous has used nannies/ baby sitters and don't get the attention and finger pointing on how dare they do such a thing as Kate does. So what she is not home every day with the kids. My mother worked and had to take business trips and would be gone for a couple days at a time. My sisters and I survived. Both my husband and I bothed worked and when we got home we took turns doing chores. Whoever got home first would start dinner and who ever wasn't cooking would make sure the kids were doing homework or getting ready for bed etc.

But the bottom line we really don't know what happened behind the closed doors after the camera was turned off.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Amen, Florin!

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Florin, FWIW, I neither hate nor love either one of them. I don't know either of them, so those strong words would be inaccurate.

I do think that *currently* Kate is doing a better job. However, I also think she is controlling, somewhat OCD, too reserved, and prefectionist.

Jon, however, is almost a total screwup at the moment.
It's always a little dangerous to say "there are two kinds of people" in any situation. There are always far more variations than that! :-)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Same here. LOL - I think both of them could stand some improvement. If only they could combine their better qualities. Oddly enough, that may have been what made their marriage work initially. Kate provided the control and Jon provided the fun. They may have helped balance each other out.

I think Karuuna described them very well.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 11, 2010 - 8:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
She did.. as flawed, imperfect people.. much like me and many others, I suspect.

And I do think Kate's single shift might have been a very long one.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Kate provided the control and Jon provided the fun. They may have helped balance each other out.

I have always maintained that their marriage worked for them until Jon started getting flack for being a wimp!!

Kar's description is right on spot.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I have always maintained that their marriage worked for them until Jon started getting flack for being a wimp!!

Totally agree!! I swear if they never had a TV show, their whole family would still be together!! Of course they wouldn't have that huge house, college $$ and wonderful trips.... But I think Jon was happy. Kate was happy. Then their life was broadcast. Probably did not look good to Jon and I bet his friends gave him an ear-full about the way Kate and he interacted.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I hear people talk about Kate not having any friends, have we seen any of Jon's friends? (except girlfriends)

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
No, we haven't and the implication was that Kate didn't allow him to have friends or keep up his relationships with his family. I think he spoke about how great it was to spend time with his family again.

I agree they would probably still be married if fame and money hadn't intervened. It really changes the game. I'm not sure how happy they'd be in their disfunctional marriage, but I'm not sure how happy either of them are now. Doesn't seem very!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I don't agree with the concept of one adult allowing or not allowing another to do or not do anything. I don't think it works that way unless one spouse threatens/bullies the other with the threat of something like divorce. Even then, the recipient of the threats/bullying still has a choice as to whether they do the "forbidden" thing or not.

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cricket a private message Print Post    
Cricket, the word lie is rather harsh IMHO. Do you have numbers to back up that statement, or is it your opinion?

Sabbatia, okay..maybe the word could be 'misrepresented' rather than lied. I don't have the figures in front of me @ this moment, but at the time I watched the ratings numbers and they didn't go down.

Kathyb
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05-17-2006

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kathyb a private message Print Post    
Gosselin Kids Earn More Than Jon on 'Plus Eight'
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http://www.popeater.com/2010/06/16/kate-gosselin-kids-money/#comments

By Rob Shuter Posted Jun 16th 2010 02:22AM

As Kate Gosselin and her eight children get used to their new world on 'Kate Plus Eight,' the new TLC show sans Jon following the couple's brutal public split, all eyes are on Kate and the kids. All eyes and a whole lot of money, it seems. While Jon is being paid by the network simply to not be involved in the show, the kids are bringing in a whopping amount, in addition to what Kate makes. How much does the Gosselin kid army make? The answer, after the jump!

Kate's Kids Bringing Home the Bacon

Kate Gosselin's new TV show, 'Kate Plus Eight,' is another huge hit for TLC, and for their participation, mother and children stand to earn over $700,000. Though Jon is no longer part of the show, he is still under contract with TLC, earning just over $70,000 to disappear.

"The reason you don't see Jon looking for a job or doing embarrassing interviews is that he is still on the TLC payroll," a TV insider tells me. "Jon is basically getting paid to keep his mouth shut and go away. Although it must sting him to know his kids are earning more money than he is."

How much more, you ask? My sources tell me that of the $700K that Kate and the tots bring home, $200,000 of that is pay given directly to the kids, while mama bear brings in $500,000 for the 'Kate Plus Eight' tapings. Add that to the $500K she took in for five weeks of work on 'Dancing With the Stars,' and 2010 is turning out to be quite lucrative for the octomom.

Kate, has always said every dollar the kids earn is put away so that they have the money when they are older. Good, because eight sets of college tuition is expensive!

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I think it's a bit misleading for that article to say the kids earn more than Jon, since 8 kids share $200,000 (that's about $25,000 each) and Jon gets $70,000... for doing exactly nothing. :-)

Holly
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 5:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Is that $70K per episode, Kar?

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I believe it's per season.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
could I have $70,000K to do nothing and keep my mouth shut???!!!

Kittyab
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07-15-2005

Friday, June 18, 2010 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kittyab a private message Print Post    
Texannie, I agree with you. I can do the same.