You'll be seeing Jon Gosselin's Ed-Hardy clad self one less place: TLC. The network announced that as of Nov. 2, Jon no longer has a place in Jon & Kate Plus 8.
And, rather than bother with some tricky title-based arithmetic, the popular-ish reality show will be renamed Kate Plus 8.
"Given the recent changes in the family dynamics, it only makes sense for us to refresh and recalibrate the program to keep pace with the family," TLC president Eileen O'Neill said in a statement on Tuesday. "The family has evolved and we are attempting to evolve with it; we feel that Kate's journey really resonates with our viewers."
With or without an on-air Octodad, the show would appear to be as strained as Jon & Kate's relationship.
Despite enjoying a boom in the ratings around the time of its May premiere, audiences have been dropping off. According to Us Weekly, 9.8 million viewers caught the season premiere; last Monday a scant 1.7 million tuned in.
"With ratings falling, this might be the last season of Jon & Kate Plus 8. I'm not sure yet," Kate Gosselin wrote on her Facebook page (as reported by Us Weekly).
Even if it is the show's last season, Gosselin drama shows no sign of ceasing. All together now: Blerg.
Kate has filmed a pilot for a talk show where she'll co-host with the Food Network's Paula Deen. (Has her View guest spot taught us nothing?) TLC's O'Neill also said they were developing a project for Kate in 2010. As for Jon, he's reportedly been trying to get a new reality series, The Divorced Dads Club, off the ground. (The fact Michael Lohan is attached couldn't be helping things.)
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