Will it soon just be Kate and the 8?

The only times I have ever watched TLC's hit series Jon & Kate Plus 8 has been while I was sitting on the coach next to a significant other, as was the case last night during the season 5 premier. It's not that it's a bad show, I mean the kids are cute and hilarious, but it just has never been something that really interested me, but I might start paying attention now that things are starting to get controversial.

As I'm sure most everyone knows by now thanks to the tabloids, husband and father Jon Gosselin has been caught by the paparazzi leaving night clubs and parties with female companions other than his wife Kate. Now I am not the one to judge whether the allegations are true or not on if he did in fact commit adultery, but the unknown of his actions could possibly lead to the show's demise.

In last night's season 5 premier there was only one time that Jon and Kate were both interviewed simultaneously, which was a brief 2 minute segment following the main show when the interviewer asked the two what would happen from here. Despite the camera trying to frame the couple with close-ups using opposite thirds in their interviews as if they were sitting on the other side of the couch from the other, we never saw them together throughout the entire episode other than at the sextuplets 5th birthday party and the only words I remember Kate speaking to Jon at that party were asking him to clean the water out of one of the "Jupiter jumps."

It really was painful to watch. Kate went on and on about how she had to plan the entire party herself, implying that Jon wasn't even willing to help. The paparazzi even started taking over the show, placing themselves in every scene that took place on public property... Even the kids said "there's the paparazzi!" (or they at least attempted to before Kate told them to be quiet and stop acknowledging the camera clickers).

I'm sorry to say, but this show is in trouble, Kate has expressed how much she loves doing the show and having the family's life broadcasted across the country while Jon does not seem happy with the way things have turned out over the past five years. While it's true that all families have issues to deal with, that's not why people tune in to TLC and watch the Gosselins. If we want to see a house of chaos, we tune into MTV's Real World, not Jon & Kate Plus 8.

I am starting to wonder how much longer Jon will stick around and if he does decide to bounce, whether or not the show will be able to continue with Kate doing everything herself. This really is the closest thing to the Truman Show we have and America wants to see these kids grow up, the only question is whether or not TLC will let the show go on...