Looks like a new reality TV show, documentary, type deal is coming to TLC.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50067634-76/wives-family-sister-brown.html.csp

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"The makers of the hit television reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” are producing a new series that easily could be called “Kody & Meri & Janelle & Robyn Plus 15.” “Sister Wives,” a seven-episode series on the TLC network, is the first reality show that follows a polygamous family. The show profiles Kody Brown and his three sister wives, a group of fundamentalist Mormons in Utah (the family does not want to reveal the city it live in). The show, which was introduced Friday at the Television Critics Association summer media tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., premieres Sept. 26 with a one-hour special and then continues with six half-hour episodes. “They are very much a modern family. They are open-minded. They are generally adorable,” said Bill Hayes, president of North Carolina-based Figure 8 Films and co-executive producer of the show. Figure 8 was first approached by two independent producers last fall with the idea to follow the Brown family. “When we met this family, we thought, ‘Wow, what a great story to tell,’??” Hayes said. “Their children were so well behaved and polite and healthy and happy,” he added. “Pardon the cliche, but the proof was in the pudding. I thought, ‘What a bunch of great young people, and there was nothing strange about them.’ They have an unusual lifestyle, but for them, it was their lifestyle.” The suburban Brown family consists of the patriarch, who works in advertising; his first wife Meri, 39, and their 14-year-old daughter; second wife Janelle, 40, and their six children, ages 5 to 15; and third wife Christine, 37, and their five children, ages 6 to 14, with one on the way. The show follows Kody Brown’s pursuit of a fourth wife, Robyn, who has three children, ages 5 to 10, from a previous marriage. According to a description of the show, “Sister Wives” “captures the intense dynamics surrounding a man juggling three wives while attempting to keep it a secret from the outside world.” “From their unconventional family structure and living arrangements to financial challenges,” the description adds, “each half hour episode exposes the inner workings of a polygamous household, revealing the unexpectedly tight-knit and loving relationships between Kody’s wives.” “Sister Wives” was shot late last year and is still filming the family in case the series is picked up for a second season, Hayes said. While the family had been living in “quasi-secret” over its lifestyle for many years, Hayes said the Browns decided to do the series to show that polygamy does not have to be a world shrouded in dark secrets, he said. “They just felt they had enough of that,” he said. “They didn’t want to be perceived as strange or weird or perverted.” In an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune last year, Kody Brown said they were careful with whom they revealed their lifestyle. “In the past, polygamists have had to be secret due to the threat of indictment or expulsion from work. Our civil rights got thrown out a long time ago,” he said. “Even though society has evolved to the point of not knocking on my door with pitch forks and a lynch mob, that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t get away with it.”"

Looks kind of interesting. It's only 7 episodes, with the potential for a 2nd season. I searched, and saw no mention of this in the Entertainment section. Sorry if this is a old.

[Edited on August 7, 2010 at 3:44 PM. Reason : FORGOT THE LINK!]

8/7/2010 3:16:51 PM

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"In the past, polygamists have had to be secret due to the threat of indictment or expulsion from work. "

what's changed? AFAIK polygamy is still illegal.

8/7/2010 3:24:12 PM

Sorry, forgot the link.

And here's a picture of the 3 wives and a girlfriend:



"Sister wives" Meri, left, Christine and Janelle, share a hug with Robyn, who is being courted by their husband, in the new TLC reality show "Sister Wives."

[Edited on August 7, 2010 at 3:46 PM. Reason : I'm having an off day with the tags.]

8/7/2010 3:46:12 PM

Woo Mormsploitation.

8/8/2010 7:38:54 AM

it's going to be a really shitty version of Big Love.

8/8/2010 12:45:32 PM