Counting On

Counting On, originally titled *Jill & Jessa: Counting On*, was an American reality television program broadcast on TLC from 2015 to 2020. It served as a spin-off of *19 Kids and Counting* and centered on the Duggar family, specifically featuring Jessa Seewald, Jinger Vuolo, Joy-Anna Forsyth, and fifteen of their sixteen siblings, along with their parents Jim Bob and Michelle. The series was developed following the molestation scandal involving Josh Duggar, which led to the cancellation of *19 Kids and Counting*.

The show documented the lives of the older Duggar children, with its initial episodes concentrating on Jill Dillard and Jessa Seewald. After the first season, it broadened its scope to include the other Duggar siblings and their families. The series was canceled in 2021 after Josh Duggar was arrested for receiving and possessing child pornography.

The cast included Jana Duggar; John-David and Abbie Duggar with their daughter Grace; Jessa and Ben Seewald with their children Spurgeon, Henry, and Ivy; Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo with their daughter Felicity; Joe and Kendra Duggar with their children Garrett and Addison; Josiah and Lauren Duggar with their daughter Bella; Joy-Anna and Austin Forsyth with their son Gideon; Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar with their ten younger children—Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn, and Josie—plus the couple’s great-nephew Tyler; Anna Duggar with her children Mackynzie, Michael, Marcus, Meredith, Mason, and Maryella; Jill and Derick Dillard with their son Israel; and Mary Leona Duggar, Jim Bob’s mother, who died on June 9, 2019, from drowning at age 78.